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Archaic: fainУниверсальный русско-английский словарь > (употр . тк. с would) охотно
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Русско-английский большой базовый словарь > быть признательным за
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3 FEGINN
* * *a. glad, joyful; verða f. to rejoice; fegnari en frá megi segja, happy beyond description; with dat., Ingi konungr varð honum hinn fegnasti, king Ingi was delighted with his coming; illu f. ver þú aldrigi, never rejoice in mischief; taka við e-m fegins hendi, to receive one joyfully, with heart and hand; finnast á fegins degi, to meet on the day of joy, at the resurrection.* * *adj. [fagna; A. S. fægen; Engl. fain; Hel. fagin], glad, joyful; verða feginn, to rejoice, Eg. 567; fegnari en frá megi segja, exceeding happy, Th. 9: with dat. to rejoice in a thing, Bs. i. 133; verða eyrindi feginn, to enjoy one’s errand, bring it to a happy end, Ísl. ii. 340; urðu menn þeim fegnir, people were fain to see them again, Nj. 47; ok er fegit orðit hjarta mitt tilkvámu þinni, 175; Ingi konungr varð honum hinn fegnasti, i. e. king Inge was fain at his coming, Fms. vii. 247; íllu feginn ver þú aldregi, never rejoice in mischief, Hm. 129; glaðr ertú nú Sigurðr, ok gagni feginn, rejoiced at thy victory, Fm. 25: with subj., feginn létsk þó Hjalli at hann fjör þægi, H. would fain save his life, Am. 59 (rare).β. freq. with infin. or absol. and almost adverb, as in Engl., e. g. eg vil feginn gera það, I will fain do that; það vil eg feginn, or eg varð feginn að sleppa, I was fain to escape.II. the phrases, á fegins-degi, on the day of joy, the day of resurrection, re-meeting, Fms. viii. 98, Sl. 82; taka fegins-hendi við e-u, to receive with glad hand, with heart and hand, Fms. iii. 98, Fb. i. 257, Nj. 106; á fegins-lúðri, on the mill of joy (poët.), Gs. 5.COMPDS: feginsaga, feginsmorgun. -
4 охотно
1) General subject: I don't care if I do (преим. в ответ на предложение выпить), cheerfully, cheerly, easily, fain (употр. тк. с would), gladly, happily, heart and hand, heartily, like a brick, nothing loath, readily, soon, willingly, with a good grace, with good grace, with pleasure, lustily, enthusiastically, with enthusiasm2) Colloquial: in a hurry3) French: de bonne grace4) Rare: lief (I would as lief go there as anywhere else - я так же охотно пойду туда, как и в любое другое место)5) Makarov: like a brick bricks, like bricks6) Archaic: (употр. тк. с would) fain -
5 если бы
1. shouldмне бы хотелось … — I should like …
ещё бы!, конечно! — I should say so!
я бы сказал, что он прав — I should say that he is right
я бы сказал, что он прав — I should say that he was right
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6 у нас не было бы
1. we would not have2. we wouldn't haveРусско-английский большой базовый словарь > у нас не было бы
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7 хотелось бы
1. should likeещё бы!, конечно! — I should say so!
я бы сказал, что он прав — I should say that he is right
я бы сказал, что он прав — I should say that he was right
2. would ratherчто угодно, лишь бы не … — anything rather than …
Синонимический ряд:желательно (проч.) желательно; не мешает; не мешало бы; невредно; недурно; неплохо; хорошо бы -
8 с радостью
1) General subject: enthusiastically, fain (he would fain depart - он рад был бы уйти), gladly, with joy, excited to (Пример: I am excited to share this with my fellow students-я с радостью расскажу об этом своим одногруппникам)2) Rare: lief -
9 crēdō
crēdō didī, ditus, ere [CRAT- + 2 DA-], to give as a loan, lend, make a loan: pecunias creditas solvere: quibus pecuniam.—To commit, consign, intrust: alcuius fidei: mihi suom animum, T.: militi arma, L.: se suaque omnia alienissimis, Cs.: pennis se caelo, V.: te aequo Mecum solo, on fair ground, V.: arcana libris, H. — Poet.: non ita Creditum Poscis Quintilium deos, not on such terms intrusted to them, H.: In soles audent se germina Credere, V.—Fig., to trust, confide in, have confidence in: virtuti suorum, S.: suis militibus, L.: nimium colori, V.: aliis (fungis) male creditur, H.: campo, open fight, V. — To believe, give credence, trust: istuc tibi, T.: Chaereae iniurato: experto credite, quantus, etc., one who knows by experience, V.: ne cui de te plus quam tibi credas, H.: mihi crede, upon my word: certe credemur, ait, si, etc., O.: ora non credita, O.: (Cassandra) non credita Teucris, V.—To believe, hold true, admit: quid iam credas? T.: quis hoc credat? O.: ne quid de se, S.: nec sit mihi credere tantum! would I could discredit, V.: civitatem bellum facere ausam vix erat credendum, Cs.: inridet credentes, believers, O.: res credi non potest: arte Sinonis Credita res, V.: aut verus furor, aut creditus, O.—To be of opinion, think, believe, suppose, imagine: timeo ne aliud credam atque aliud nunties, T.: id quod volunt, Cs.: fortem crede, H.: se Suevorum caput, Ta.: pro certo creditur vacuam domum fecisse, S.: divinitate creditā Carmentae, L.: Crassum non ignarum fuisse, S.: caelo credidimus Iovem Regnare, H.: victos crederes, one might have imagined, L.: Crediderim, would fain believe, V.: in rem fore credens, expecting, S.: quem (Athin) peperisse Limnate creditur, O.: credi posset Latonia, be taken for, O.: Credo inpetrabo ut, etc., I suppose, T.: si te interfici iussero, credo, erit verendum, etc.: quod Pompeius, credo, non audebat, etc., Cs.: non enim, credo, id praecipit, ut, etc., I can't suppose he meant to teach, etc.* * *credere, credidi, creditus Vtrust, entrust; commit/consign; believe, trust in, rely on, confide; suppose; lend (money) to, make loans/give credit; believe/think/accept as true/be sure -
10 я охотно пошёл бы
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11 я с радостью последовал бы за ним
General subject: I would fain follow himУниверсальный русско-английский словарь > я с радостью последовал бы за ним
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12 SPARA
* * *(-ða, -ðr, also -aða, -at), v.1) to spare (hann sparir eigi peninga Þórólfs); s. e-m e-t, to leave it to another (spörum þetta verk öðrum); s. e-n til e-s, to spare one from (þeir spörðu hana eigi til erfiðis ok skaprauna); skal ek eigi mitt til s., I, for my part, shall not be sparing in the matter; s. e-t við e-n, to withhold from one (eigi spari ek mat við þik); s. e-t við sik, to shrink from; hverr sá er, at eigi sparir þat úhapp við sik, who does not shrink from that crime;2) refl., sparast til e-s, to shrink from, forbear (hefi ek lengi til þessa sparazk); to spare oneself, spare one’s strength; þat orð flyzt af, at þú sparist við, that thou sparest thyself, dost not use all thy strength.* * *pres. spari; pret. sparði; subj. sperði; part. sparat; imperat. spari; but also sparar, sparaði, sparat, which prevails in mod. usage: [A. S. sparjan; Dan. and Engl. spare; Germ. sparen]:—to spare: hann sparir eigi penninga Þórólfs, Fms. i. 290; ok sparði þó aldri penninga at nauðsynjum, Bs. i. 74; hirðir hann eigi at eins fé sitt ok sparar, 656 A. ii. 2; því spari ek minn mat, at þér sparit yðvarn mat, Fs. 145; ef þeir sperði svá mat sinn, at …, Fms. viii. 66; Geirríðr sparði eigi mat við menn, Landn. 100; nú spari ek eigi mat við ykkr, Fms. ii. 105; ek sparða aldri við yðr nytsamligar kenningar, 656 C. 17; ek hefi engan hlut til þess sparat, Eg. 423; skal ek eigi mitt til spara, Nj. 3; sparar hann bæði við sik ok aðra, 656 A. 2: s. e-m e-t, to leave to another; opt sparir leiðum þat hefir ljúfum hugat, Hm.; spörum þetta verk öðrum, Ld. 144.2. metaph., partly of things; þat hygg ek, at meirr komi þar til lítilmennska enn þú sparir at ek henda gaman at deilu ykkarri, Eb. 170; spari ek eigi goð geyja, Nj. 160; at þeir mundi eigi af s. at rægja Þórólf, Eg. 59; viltú kaupa þræl at mér?—þat spari ek eigi, segir Gunnarr, I am not unwilling to do that, Nj. 73; viljum vér, at þú sparir ekki af við Þorgrím, Gísl. 26; mun hér ekki af sparat at veita oss, Fms. xi. 341; spara e-t við sik, to shrink from; sá er eigi sparir þat ú-happ við sik, shrinks not from such a crime, Fms. vii. 270: partly of persons, ok sperða ek þik til þess, I would fain spare thee from that, Band. 30 new Ed.; ek spari þik til harðra álaga fyrir okkarn vinskap, Fs. 18; en sjá kveðsk hón, at þeir spörðu hana eigi til erfiðis ok skaprauna, Eb. 126.II. reflex. to spare oneself; þat orð flytzk af, at þú sparisk við, thou sparest thyself, dost not use all thy strength, Gísl. 26; sparðisk hann ekki sjálfr við orrostuna, Fms. ii. 328; muntú eigi sparask til eins drykkjar meira, Edda 32.2. to shrink from, forbear; hefi ek lengi til þessa sparask, Gísl. 43; tók fátækis-fólkit at gráta er þat mátti eigi þat skjól sækja er þat hafði lengi til sparask, long pined for, Bs. i. 332, 356. -
13 sparr
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14 в благодарность за
ну давай, принимайся за дело! — now, come on, snap into it!
Русско-английский большой базовый словарь > в благодарность за
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15 за
1. in favour ofну давай, принимайся за дело! — now, come on, snap into it!
2. withoutвне города, за городскими стенами — without the walls
3. ayeте, кто голосовал «за» — the ayes
4. one for5. behind; over; across; beyond; out of; at; after; past; before; in; within; for; during6. after7. atбазовые данные; данные взятые за базу — base data
8. forотвечать за; ответить за; ответ — answer for
9. past10. perАнтонимический ряд:перед; передо; против -
16 μέμονα
A mṇ-), cogn. with μένος (cf. Il.5.135, 136), μαίνομαι: [ per.] 1sg.μέμονα Il.5.482
; [ per.] 2sg.μέμονας 9.247
, al.; [ per.] 3sg. μέμονε, μέμονεν, 12.304, 18.176, al.; [ per.] 2 dualμέμᾰτον 8.413
; [ per.] 1pl.μέμᾰμεν 9.641
; [ per.] 2pl.μέμᾰτε 7.160
; [ per.] 3pl.μεμάᾱσι 10.208
, 236, al.; [ per.] 3sg. imper. μεμάτω [ᾰ] 20.355; inf.μεμονέναι Hdt. 6.84
;μεμάμεν Hsch.
: [tense] plpf. [ per.] 3sg. μεμόνει prob. cj. in Theoc.25.64 (μέμοινε, μέμαεν codd.); [ per.] 3pl.μέμᾰσαν Il.13.337
: mostly in [tense] pf. part.μεμᾰώς 5.301
, al. ( μεμᾱώς nom. sg. masc. only Il. 16.754); which in [dialect] Ep. and Lyr. retains ω in oblique cases, μεμᾰῶτος, μεμᾰῶτες, exc. where we have μεμᾱότες, μεμᾱότε [ā metri gr.], Il.2.818, 13.197; fem.μεμᾰυῖα 4.440
, al. ( μεμᾱότας is dub. l. in Pi.O.1.89):— to be furiously or very eager, c. [tense] pres. inf.,λάβε φαίδιμος Ἕκτωρ ἑλκέμεναι μεμαώς Il.18.156
; μάλιστα δὲ φαίδιμος Ἕκτωρ ἑλκέμεναι μέμονεν ib. 176;μέμονέν τε μάχεσθαι Od.20.15
;μέμασαν δὲ μάχεσθαι Il.13.135
;ἀλεξέμεναι μεμαῶτα 1.590
;ἐρεσσέμεναι μεμαῶτες 9.361
;θεοὶ μεμαῶτα νέεσθαι ἔσχον Od.4.351
;τοῦ.. μεμάασιν ἀκουέμεν ὁππότ' ἀείδῃ 17.520
; μέμαμεν δέ τοι ἔξοχον ἄλλων κήδιστοί τ' ἔμεναι καὶ φίλτατοι we would fain be, Il.9.641: c. [tense] aor. inf.,ἀποκτάμεναι μεμάασιν 20.165
; ;διαπραθέειν μεμαῶτες 9.532
;γούνων ἅψασθαι μεμαώς 21.65
;ἐξελθεῖν μεμαῶτα 22.413
; ;ἀμφελίξασθαι μεμαῶτες Pi.N.1.43
: inf. omitted, ἐπεὶ μεμάασί γε πολλοί (sc. ἕταροί σοι γενέσθαι) Il.10.236: abs., rage, (lyr.); γαστέρα.. μεμαυῖαν ravenous, Od.17.286; βῆ μεμαώς he strode on eagerly, Il.10.339;ἕλκ' ἐπὶ οἷ μεμαὼς ὥς τε λίς 11.239
;ἆλτ' ἐπί οἱ μεμαώς 21.174
, cf. 22.326; ἐν πέτρᾳ μεμαώς, of a fisher, expectant, Theoc. 21.42: with Adv. of direction, πῇ μέματον; whither so fast? Il.8.413; πῇ μεμαυῖα κατ' Οὐλύμπου τόδ' ἱκάνεις; 14.298; πρόσσω μεμαυῖαι pressing forward, 11.615;ἀντικρὺ μεμαώς 13.137
;ἰθὺς μεμαῶτι 22.284
: so c. dat. instrum.,μεμαότες ἐγχείῃσι 2.818
.2 to be minded, purpose, intend: c. [tense] pres. inf., οὔ ῥά τ' ἀπείρητος μέμονε σταθμοῖο δίεσθαι has no mind to be chased, Il.12.304; ἀλλ' ἄνα, εἰ μέμονάς γε καὶ ὀψέ περ υἷας Ἀχαιῶν τειρομένους ἐρύεσθαι (perh. [tense] fut. inf.) 9.247; ποσσῆμαρ μέμονας κτερεϊζέμεν Ἕκτορα δῖον; 24.657;ἢ καταλείψουσιν.. ἦε μένειν μεμάᾱσι 22.384
, cf. 10.208, 409, Od.5.375: c.[tense] aor. inf., πῇ τ' ἂρ μέμονας καταδῦναι ὅμιλον; Il.13.307;εἰ.. μέματον καταδῦναι ὅμιλον 10.433
: c. [tense] fut. inf., sts. with sense of hoping, expecting, presuming, πῶς δὲ σὺ νῦν μέμονας, κύον ἀδεές, ἀντἴ ἐμεῖο στήσεσθαι; 21.481; ἀλλ' ἄγε, πῶς μέμονας πόλεμον καταπαυσέμεν ἀνδρῶν; 7.36, cf. 2.543, 12.197, 200, 218; οὕτω δὴ μέμονας Τρώων πόλιν εὐρυάγυιαν καλλείψειν (ἐκπέρσειν Zenod.
); 14.88, cf. 15.105;μέμονέν τε μάλιστα μητέρ' ἐμὴν γαμέειν καὶ Ὀδυσσῆος γέρας ἕξειν Od.15.521
;σίτῳ ἐπιχειρήσειν μεμαῶτες 24.395
: c. acc. cogn., μέμονεν δ' ὅ γε ἶσα θεοῖσι deems himself a match for.., Il.21.315; τί μέμονας; what wishest thou ? A.Th. 686 (lyr.): c. gen.,μεμαυἶ ἔριδος καὶ ἀϋτῆς Il.5.732
; μεμαότε θούριδος ἀλκῆς mindful of.., 13.197 (cf.μεδώμεθα θούριδος ἀλκῆς 5.718
);ἦ τινα καὶ Δαναῶν, ἀλκῆς μάλα περ μεμαῶτα, σχήσω ἀμυνέμεναι 17.181
(unless ἀλκῆς goes only with σχήσω), cf. 9.655, 20.256, Od.22.172: abs.,διχθὰ δέ μοι κραδίη μέμονε Il.16.435
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17 φίλος
φίλος, η, ον, also ος, ον Pi.O.2.93: [[pron. full] ῐ: but Hom. uses the voc. φίλε with [pron. full] ῑ at the beginning of a verse, v. infr.].I pass., beloved, dear, Il.1.20, etc.;παῖδε φίλω 7.279
; freq. c. dat., dear to one,μάλα οἱ φ. ἦεν 1.381
;φ. ἀθανάτοισι θεοῖσι 20.347
, etc.: voc., φίλε κασίγνητε (at the beginning of the line) 4.155, 5.359; with neut. nouns,φίλε τέκνον Od.2.363
, 3.184, etc.; butφίλον τέκος Il.3.162
; also φίλος for φίλε ([dialect] Att., acc. to A.D.Synt.213.28),φίλος ὦ Μενέλαε Il.4.189
, cf. 9.601, 21.106, al., Pi.N.3.76, A.Pr. 545 (lyr.), E.Supp. 277 (lyr.), Ar.Nu. 1168(lyr.): gen. added to the voc.,φίλ' ἀνδρῶν Theoc. 15.74
, 24.40;ὦ φίλα γυναικῶν E.Alc. 460
(lyr.): as Subst.:a φίλος, ὁ, friend, κουρίδιος φίλος, i.e. husband, Od.15.22; φίλοι friends, kith and kin,νόσφιφίλων Il.14.256
;τῆλεφίλων Od.2.333
, cf.6.287; φ. μέγιστος my greatest friend, S.Aj. 1331; φίλοι οἱ ἐγγυτάτω, οἱ ἔγγιστα, Lys. 1.41 codd., Plb.9.24.2; after Hom. freq. with a gen.,ὁ Διὸς φίλος A.Pr. 306
; τοὺς ἐμαυτοῦ φ., τοὺς τούτων φ., Aeschin.1.47;φ. ἐμός S.Ph. 421
; τῶν ἐμε̄ν φ. ib. 509;τοὺς σφετέρους φ. X.HG4.8.25
: prov., ἔστιν ὁ φ. ἄλλος αὐτός a friend is another self, Arist.EN 1166a31;κοινὰ τὰ τῶν φ. Pl.Phdr. 279c
, cf. Arist.EN 1159b31;οὐθεὶς φ. ᾧ πολλοὶ φ. Id.EE 1245b20
; also of friends or allies, opp. πολέμιοι, X.HG 6.5.48;φ. καὶ σύμμαχος D.9.12
, etc.; of a lover, X.Mem.3.11.4 (in bad sense, Lac.2.13); φίλε my friend, as a form of courteous address, Ev.Luc.14.10, etc.; in relation to things,οἱ μουσικῆς φ. E.Fr.580.3
; ; ;Χίους φ. ποιῆσαι Lys. 14.36
, etc.;ποιεῖσθαι Luc.Pisc.38
;κτᾶσθαι Isoc.2.27
, cf. Th.2.40; ;φίλῳ χρῆσθαί τινι Antipho 5.63
;ἡμᾶς ἔχειν φίλους And.1.40
; for Hdt.3.49, v. φίλιος.b φίλη, ἡ, dear one, friend,κλῦτε, φίλαι Od.4.722
; ; of a wife, φίλην τινὰ ἄγεσθαι take as one's wife, Il.9.146, 288; ἡ Ξέρξου φ., of his mother, A.Pers. 832; of a mistress, X.Mem.2.1.23, 3.11.16; .c φίλον, τό, an object of love, τὸ φ. σέβεσθαι to reverence what the city loves, S.OC 187 (lyr.): addressed to persons, darling,φ. ἐμόν Ar.Ec. 952
(lyr.); so φίλτατον ib. 970; τὰ φίλτατα one's nearest and dearest, dear ones, such as wife and children, A.Pers. 851, Eu. 216, S.OT 366, OC 1110, E.Med.16: v. φίλτατος; τἀμὰ φίλα, τὰ σὰ φ., Id. Ion 523 (troch.), 613.d οἱ πρῶτοι φίλοι, a title at the Ptolemaic court, OGI99.3, PTeb.11.4 (ii B. C.), etc.; or simplyοἱ φ. τοῦ βασιλέως OGI100.1
; or οἱ φ. alone, ib. 115.4; τῶν φ. και διοικητοῦ one of the king's friends and dioecetes, PTeb.79.56 (ii B. C.).2 of things, pleasant, welcome,δόσις ὀλίγη τε φ. τε Od.6.208
, cf. Il.1.167: c. dat. pers., , cf. Od.8.248, 13.295;οὐ φίλα τοι ἐρέω Hdt.7.104
; δαίμοσιν πράσσειν φίλα their pleasure, A.Pr. 660, cf. infr. 11.b freq. as predic., φίλον ἐστί or γίγνεταί μοι pleases me, it is after my own heart,εἴ πού τοι φίλον ἐστί Od.7.320
; μὴ φ. Διὶ πατρὶ γένοιτο ib. 316, cf. Il.7.387;εἰ τόδε πᾶσι φ. καὶ ἡδὺ γένοιτο 4.17
;καί τοι φ. ἔπλετο θυμῷ Od.13.145
, etc.; : less freq. c. inf., ; , cf. 24.334, Od. 14.378; so , cf. 108, 4.97: rarely c. part., εἰ τόδ' αὐτῷ φιλον κεκλημένῳ if it please him to be so called, A.Ag. 161 (lyr.): agreeing with pl., , cf. Od.17.15;ἔνθα φίλ' ὀπταλέα κρέα ἔδμεναι Il.4.345
; .c in Hom. and early Poets, one's own; freq. of limbs, life, etc., φίλον δ' ἐξαίνυτο θυμόν he took away dear life, Il.5.155, cf. 22.58;κατεπλήγη φίλον ἦτορ 3.31
;εἰς ὅ κε.. μοι φίλα γούνατ' ὀρώρῃ 9.610
;φίλον κατὰ λαιμόν 19.209
; esp. of one's nearest kin,πατὴρ φ. 22.408
, Sapph.Supp.20a.11;ἄλοχος φ. Il.5.480
: cf. φίλτατος: as a standing epith. when no affection is implied, μητρὶ φίλῃ Ἀλθαίῃ χωόμενος κῆρ angry with his own mother, Il.9.555: simply to denote possession,φίλα εἵματα 2.261
; φ. πόνος their wonted labour, Theoc.21.20.d applied to the numbers 284 and 220, Iamb. in Nic.p.35P.II less freq. (chiefly poet.) in act. sense, loving, friendly, Od.1.313, cf. Il.24.775: c. gen., φίλαν ξένων ἄρουραν friendly to strangers, Pi.N.5.8, cf. P.3.5: of things, kindly, pleasing,φίλα φρεσὶ μήδεα εἰδώς Il.17.325
; φίλα φρονέειν τινί feel kindly, Il.4.219;φ. ἐργάζεσθαί τινι Od.24.210
;φ. εἰδέναι τινί 3.277
; φ. ποιέεσθαί τινι deal with one in friendly fashion, do one a pleasure, Hdt.2.152, 5.37.III Adv. φίλως, once in Hom., φίλως χ' ὁρόῳτε ye would fain see it, Il.4.347, cf. Hes. Sc.45, A.Ag. 247(lyr.), [ 1591], etc.; φ. ἐμοί in a manner dear or pleasing to me, ib. 1581.2 in a friendly, kindly spirit,τήνδε τὴν πόλιν φ. εἰπών S.OC 758
;φ. δέχεσθαί τινα X.HG4.8.5
, cf. Pl.Epin. 988c.IV φίλος has several forms of comparison:1 [comp] Comp. φιλίων [pron. full] [λῐ], ον, gen. ονος, Od.19.351, 24.268: [comp] Sup. φίλιστος, η, ον, interpol. in S.Aj. 842.2 [comp] Comp. φίλτερος, [comp] Sup. φίλτατος, v. sub voce.3 [comp] Comp.φιλαίτερος X.An.1.9.29
, Call.Del.58: [comp] Sup.φιλαίτατος X.HG7.3.8
, Theoc.7.98.5 also as [comp] Comp.,μᾶλλον φίλος A.Ch. 219
, S.Ph. 886;φ. μᾶλλον Thphr. CP6.1.4
; [comp] Sup.,μάλιστα φ. X.Cyr.8.1.17
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18 отвечающий за
[lang name="Russian"]ну давай, принимайся за дело! — now, come on, snap into it!
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19 gern
1. gladly; (bereitwillig) willingly; gern(e)! of course; stärker: I’d love to; ich helfe gern(e) I’ll be glad to help; ich bin gern(e) hier I like it here; (bei spezifischer Veranstaltung) I’m glad to be here; gern(e) haben oder mögen (jemanden) like, be fond of; (etw.) like, enjoy; (Tätigkeit) like (+ Ger.), enjoy (+ Ger.), Brit. auch be keen on (+ Ger.) sie singt gern(e) she likes singing; etw. gern(e) essen / trinken like eating / drinking s.th.; ich würde es ganz gern(e) tun I wouldn’t mind (doing it); du weißt, du bist bei uns immer gern(e) gesehen you know you’re always welcome here; er / es ist nicht gern(e) gesehen he’s not welcome around here etc. / it’s frowned [up]on; ein gern(e) gesehener Gast a welcome guest; er sieht oder hat es nicht gern(e), wenn du... he doesn’t like you (+ Ger.), he doesn’t like it when you (+ Inf.) das haben wir gern(e)! iro. that’s just great!; du kannst mich mal gern(e) haben! umg. you know what you can do3. Wunsch ausdrückend: ich hätte gern(e) Herrn X gesprochen could I speak to Mr ( oder Mr.) X, please?; ich hätte gern(e) ein Bier / ein Kilo Äpfel could I have a beer / a kilo of apples, please?; ich möchte gern(e) wissen I’d (really) like to know; (auch ich frage mich) I wonder; ich wüsste gar oder nur zu gern(e) I would be very glad ( oder would very much like) to know4. billigend: das glaube ich gern(e) I can well believe it; das kannst du gern(e) haben you’re welcome to it; du kannst gern(e) kommen you’re welcome to come; Er, 35, Nichtraucher, sucht liebevolle Sie, gern(e) mit Kind... Kontaktanzeige: male, 35, non-smoker, seeks female for loving relationship, children not a problem ( oder children OK)5. bes. umg. (häufig): nach dem Essen ging er gern(e) spazieren he would go for a walk; sie kommt gern(e) um diese Zeit she usually comes ( oder turns up) around this time; ... wird gern(e) gekauft... sells well,... is in demand; Erlen wachsen gern(e) am Fluss alders tend to grow ( oder are usually found) along riverbanks; Gusseisen bricht gern(e) cast iron is brittle ( oder breaks easily); gut, hören, Leben, liebend, lieber etc.* * *with pleasure; willingly; readily; lief; gladly* * *gẹrn [gɛrn] ['gɛrnə]adv comp lieber,superl am liebsten1) (= freudig) with pleasure; (= bereitwillig) with pleasure, willingly, readilyja, gern! — (yes) please
gern geschehen! — you're welcome! (esp US), not at all!, my pleasure!
"Witwer, 61, sucht Partnerin, gern älter/mit Kindern" — "widower, aged 61, seeks partner, age not important/children not a problem"
etw gern tun — to like doing sth or to do sth (esp US)
etw gern essen/trinken — to like sth
sie isst am liebsten Spargel — asparagus is her favourite (Brit) or favorite (US) food
er macht seine Arbeit gern und mit Freude — he does his work willingly and gets a lot of pleasure out of it
ich stehe gern zu Ihren Diensten (old form) — I am happy or pleased to be of service to you
jdn/etw gern mögen — to like sb/sth, to be fond of sb/sth
das kannst du gern haben — you're welcome to it, you can have it with pleasure
er hat es gern, wenn man ihm schmeichelt — he likes being flattered, he likes it when you flatter him
ich hätte or möchte gern... — I would like...
ich hätte gern Herrn Kurtz gesprochen — could I speak to Mr Kurtz?, I would like to speak to Mr Kurtz, please
wie hätten Sies ( denn) gern? — how would you like it?
See:→ gut2)(= gewöhnlich, oft)
etw gern tun — to tend to do sthmorgens lässt er sich gern viel Zeit — he likes to leave himself a lot of time in the mornings
* * *(willingly: I would sooner stand than sit.) soon* * *ger·n(e)< lieber, am liebsten>[ˈgɛrn(ə)]1. (freudig) with pleasure\gern gesehen welcomejdn/sich \gern mögen to be fond of sb/one anotherich mag ihn sehr \gern I like him a lot, I'm very fond of himetw \gern tun to like doing/to do sth, to enjoy doing sthdas mache ich doch \gern für dich! of course I'll do it for you!seine Arbeit \gern machen to enjoy one's worketw \gern essen to like [eating] sther sieht das nicht \gern he doesn't like thatich hätte \gern gewusst,... I would like to know...2. (ohne weiteres)das kannst du \gern haben you're welcome to [have] itdas glaube ich \gern! I can quite believe that!, I believe that straight away!3. (gewöhnlich, oft)etw \gern tun to tend to do sthein \gern gehörtes Lied a popular songein \gern gelesenes Buch a popular book4.▶ aber \gern! of course!, please do!▶ \gern geschehen! don't mention it!, my pleasure!▶ wie hätten [o möchten] Sie es [denn] \gern? how would you like that?▶ ja, \gern! with pleasure!* * *1. gladly; (bereitwillig) willingly;gern! of course; stärker: I’d love to;ich helfe gern I’ll be glad to help;ich bin gern hier I like it here; (bei spezifischer Veranstaltung) I’m glad to be here;gern mögen (jemanden) like, be fond of; (etwas) like, enjoy; (Tätigkeit) like (+ger), enjoy (+ger), Br auch be keen on (+ger)sie singt gern she likes singing;etwas gern essen/trinken like eating/drinking sth;ich würde es ganz gern tun I wouldn’t mind (doing it);du weißt, du bist bei uns immer gern gesehen you know you’re always welcome here;er/es ist nicht gern gesehen he’s not welcome around here etc/it’s frowned [up]on;ein gern gesehener Gast a welcome guest;hat es nicht gern, wenn du … he doesn’t like you (+ger), he doesn’t like it when you (+inf)2. als Antwort auf ‚Danke!‘:gern geschehen! odergerne! you’re welcome, my pleasureich hätte gern Herrn X gesprochen could I speak to Mr ( oder Mr.) X, please?;ich hätte gern ein Bier/ein Kilo Äpfel could I have a beer/a kilo of apples, please?;ich möchte gern wissen I’d (really) like to know; (auch ich frage mich) I wonder;nur zu gern I would be very glad ( oder would very much like) to know4. billigend:das glaube ich gern I can well believe it;das kannst du gern haben you’re welcome to it;du kannst gern kommen you’re welcome to come;Er, 35, Nichtraucher, sucht liebevolle Sie, gern mit Kind … Kontaktanzeige: male, 35, non-smoker, seeks female for loving relationship, children not a problem ( oder children OK)ging er gern spazieren he would go for a walk;sie kommt gern um diese Zeit she usually comes ( oder turns up) around this time;… wird gern gekauft … sells well, … is in demand;Erlen wachsen gern am Fluss alders tend to grow ( oder are usually found) along riverbanks;Gusseisen bricht gern cast iron is brittle ( oder breaks easily); → gut, hören, Leben, liebend, lieber etc* * *adj.fain adj. adv.gladly adv. -
20 AF
of* * *prep. w. dat.I. Of place:1) off, from;G. hljóp af hesti sínum, G. jumped off his horse;ganga af mótinu, to go away from the meeting;Flosi kastaði af sér skikkjunni, threw off his cloak;Gizzur gekk af útsuðri at gerðinu, from the south-west;hann hafði leyst af sér skúa sína, he had taken off his shoes;Steinarr vildi slíta hann af sér, throw him off;tók Gísli þá af sér vápnin, took off his arms;bréf af Magnúsi konungi, a letter from king Magnus;land af landi, from one land to the other;hverr af öðrum, one after another, in succession;vil ek þú vinnir af þér skuldina, work off the debt;muntu enga sætt af mér fá, no peace at my hand;rísa af dauða, to rise from the dead;vakna af draumi, to awaken from a dream;lúka upp af hrossi, to open a gate from off a horse;vindr stóð af landi, the wind blew from the land;2) out of;verða tekinn af heimi, to be taken out of the world;gruflar hón af læknum, she scrambles out of the brook;Otradalr var mjök af vegi, far out of the way.Connected with út; föstudaginn fór út herrinn af borginni, marched out of the town.II. Of time; past, beyond:af ómagaaldri, able to support oneself, of age;ek em nú af léttasta skeiði, no longer in the prime of life;þá er sjau vikur eru af sumri, when seven weeks of summer are past;var mikit af nótt, much of the night was past.III. In various other relations:1) þiggja lið af e-m, to receive help from one;hafa umboð af e-m, to be another’s deputy;vera góðs (ills) maklegr af e-m, to deserve good (bad) of one;féll þar lið mart af Eyvindi, many of Eyvind’s men fell there;þá eru þeir útlagir ok af goðorði sínu, have forfeited their goðorð;þá skalt þú af allri fjárheimtunni, forfeit all the claim;ek skal stefna þér af konunni, summon thee to give up;2) off, of;höggva fót, hönd, af e-m, to cut off one’s foot, hand;vil ek, at þú takir slíkt sem þér líkar af varningi, whatever you like of the stores;þar lá forkr einn ok brotit af endanum, with the point broken off;absol., beit hann höndina af, bit the hand off;fauk af höfuðit, the head flew off;3) of, among;hinn efniligasti maðr af ungum mönnum, the most promising of the young men;4) with;hláða, (ferma) skip af e-u, to load (freight) a ship with;fylla heiminn af sínu kyni, to fill the world with his offspring;5) of (= ór which is more frequent);húsit var gert af timbr stokkum, was built of trunks of trees;6) fig., eigi vita menn hvat af honum er orðit, what has become of him;hvat hefir þú gert af Gunnari, what hast thou done with Gunnar?;7) denoting parentage, descent, origin;ok eru af þeim komnir Gilsbekkingar, are descended from them;kominn af Trójumönnum, descended from the Trojans;8) by, of (after passive);ek em sendr hingat af Starkaði, sent hither by;ástsæll af landsmónnum, beloved of;9) on account of, by reason of, by;úbygðr at frosti ok kulda, because of frost and cold;ómáli af áverkum, speechless from wounds;af ástæld hans, by his popularity;af því, therefore;af hví, wherefor why;af því at, because;10) by means of, by;framfœra e-n af verkum sínum, by means of his own labour;af sínu fé, by one’s own means;absol., hann fekk af hina mestu sœmd, derived great honour from it;11) with adjectives, in regard to;mildr af fé, liberal of money;góðr af griðum, merciful;fastr af drykk, close (stingy) in regard to drink;12) used absol. with a verb, off away;hann bað hann þá róa af fjörðinn, to row the firth off;ok er þeir höfðu af fjörðung, when they had covered one forth of the way;sofa af nóttina, to sleep the night away.* * *prep. often used elliptically by dropping the case, or even merely adverbially, [Ulf. af; A. S. and Engl. of, off; Hel. ab; Germ. ab; Gr. άπό; Lat. a, ab.] With dat. denoting a motion a loco; one of the three prepp. af, ór, frá, corresponding to those in loco—á, í, við, and ad locum—á, í, at. It in general corresponds to the prepp. in loco—á, or in locum— til, whilst ór answers more to í; but it also frequently corresponds to yfir, um or í. It ranges between ór and frá, generally denoting the idea from the surface of, while ór means from the inner part, and frá from the outer part or border. The motion from a hill, plain, open place is thus denoted by af; by ór that from an enclosed space, depth, cavity, thus af fjalli, but ór of a valley, dale; af Englandi, but ór Danmörk, as mörk implies the notion of a deep wood, forest. The wind blows af landi, but a ship sets sail frá landi; frá landi also means a distance from: af hendi, of a glove, ring; ór hendi, of whatever has been kept in the hand (correl. to á hendi and í hendi). On the other hand af is more general, whilst frá and ór are of a more special character; frá denoting a departure, ór an impulse or force; a member goes home af þingi, whereas ór may denote an inmate of a district, or convey the notion of secession or exclusion from, Eb. 105 new Ed.; the traveller goes af landi, the exile ór landi: taka e-t af e-m is to take a thing out of one’s hand, that of taka frá e-m to remove out of one’s sight, etc. In general af answers to Engl. of, off, ór to out of, and frá to from: the Lat. prepp. ab, de, and ex do not exactly correspond to the Icelandic, yet as a rule ór may answer to ex, af sometimes to ab, sometimes to de. Of, off, from among; with, by; on account of by means of, because of concerning, in respect of.A. Loc.I. With motion, off, from:1. prop. corresp. to á,α. konungr dró gullhring af hendi sér (but á hendi), Ld. 32; Höskuldr lætr bera farm af skipi, unload the ship (but bera farm á skip), id.; var tekit af hestum þeirra, they were unsaddled, Nj. 4; Gunnarr hafði farit heiman af bæ sínum, he was away from home, 82; Gunnarr hljóp af hesti sínum, jumped off his horse (but hl. á hest), 83; hlaupa, stökkva af baki, id., 112, 264 ; Gunnarr skýtr til hans af boganum, from the bow, where af has a slight notion of instrumentality, 96; flýja af fundinum, to fly from off the battle-field, 102; ríða af Þríhyrningshálsum, 206; út af Langaholti, Eg. 744 ; sunnan ór Danmörk ok af Saxlandi, 560; ganga af mótinu, to go from the meeting, Fms. vii. 130; af þeirra fundi reis María upp ok fór, 625. 85 ; Flosi kastaði af ser skikkjunni, threw his cloak off him (but kasta á sik),Nj. 176; taka Hrungnis fót af honum, of a load, burden, Edda 58; land þat er hann fiskði af, from which he set off to fish, Grág. i. 151, is irregular, frá would suit better; slíta af baki e-s, from off one’s back, ii. 9 ; bera af borði, to clear the table, Nj. 75.β. where it more nearly answers to í; þeir koma af hafi, of sailors coming in (but leggja í haf), Nj. 128 ; fara til Noregs af Orkneyjum (but í or til O.), 131; þeim Agli fórst vel ok komu af hafi i Borgarfjörð, Eg. 392 ; hann var útlagi ( outlawed) af Noregi, where ór would be more regular, 344; af Islandi, of a traveller, Fms. x. 3; búa her af báðum ríkjunum, to take a levy from, 51; hinir beztu bændr ór Norðlendingafjórðungi ok af Sunnlendingafjórðungi, the most eminent Southerners and Northerners, 113; Gizzurr gékk af útsuðri at gerðinu, from south-west, Sturl. ii. 219; prestar af hvárutveggja biskupsdæmi, from either diocess, Dipl. ii. 11; verða tekinn af heimi, to be taken out of the world, 623. 21; gruflar hon af læknum, scrambles out of the brook, Ísl. ii. 340; Egill kneyfði af horninu í einum drykk, drained off the horn at one draught, literally squeezed every drop out of it, Eg. 557; brottuaf herbúðunurn, Fms. x. 343.γ. of things more or less surrounding the subject, corresp. to yfir or um; láta þeir þegar af sér tjöldin, break off, take down the tents in preparing for battle, Eg. 261; kyrtillinn rifnaði af honum, his coat burst, caused by the swollen body, 602; hann hafði leyst af sér skúa sína, he untied his shoes (but binda á sik), 716; Steinarr vildi slíta hann af sér, throw him off, of one clinging to one’s body, 747; tók Gísli þá af sér vápnin, took off his arms, Fms. vii. 39. Of putting off clothes; fara af kápu, Nj. 143; far þú eigi af brynjunni, Bs. i. 541; þá ætlaði Sigurðr at fara af brynjunni, id.; þá var Skarphéðinn flettr af klæðunum, Nj. 209: now more usually fara or klæðum, fötum, exuere, to undress.δ. connected with út; föstudaginn for út herrinn af borginni, marched out of the town, Nj. 274; ganga út af kirkjunni, to go out of the church, now út úr, Fms. vii. 107: drekki hann af þeirri jörðunni, of something impregnated with the earth, Laekn. 402.ε. more closely corresponding to frá, being in such cases a Latinism (now frá); bréf af páfa, a pope’s bull, Fms. x. 6; rit af hánum, letter from him, 623. 52; bréf af Magnúsi konungi, a letter from king Magnus, Bs. i. 712; farið þér á brautu af mér í eilífan eld, Hom. 143; brott af drottins augliti, Stj. 43.ζ. denoting an uninterrupted continuity, in such phrases as land aflandi, from land to land, Eg. 343, Fas. ii. 539; skip af skipl. from ship to ship, Fms. v. 10; brann hvat af öðru, one after another, of an increasing fire, destroying everything, i. 128; brandr af brandi brenn, funi kveykist af funa, one from another, Hm. 56; hverr af öðrum, one after another, in succession, also hverr at öðrum, Eb. 272, 280 (where at in both passages).2. metaph., at ganga af e-m dauðum, to go from, leave one dead on the spot, of two combatants; en hann segiz bani hins ef hann gekk af dauðum manni, Grág. ii. 88, Hkr. 1. 327; undr þykir mér er bróðir þinn vildi eigi taka af þér starf þetta, would not take this toil from thee, Nj. 77; þegnar hans glöddust af honum, were fain of him, Fms. x. 380; at koma þeim manni af sér er settr var á fé hans, to get rid of, Ld. 52; vil ek þú vinriir af þér skuldina, work off the debt, Njarð. 366; reka af sér, to repel, Sturl. ii. 219; hann á þá sonu er aldri munu af oss ganga, who will never leave us, whom we shall never get rid of, Fas. i. 280; leysa e-n af e-u, to relieve, 64; taka e-n af lífi, to kill, Eg. 48, 416, Nj. 126; af lífdögum, Fms. vii. 204; ek mun ná lögum af því máli, get the benefit of the law in this case, Eg. 468; muntu enga sætt af mér fá, no peace at my hand, 414; rísa af dauða, to rise from death, Fms. ii. 142; guð bætti honum þó af þessi sótt, healed him of this sickness, ix. 390; vakna af sýn, draumi, svefni, to awaken from a vision, dream, sleep, 655 xxxii. I, Gísl. 24, Eb. 192, Fas. i. 41. Rather with the notion out of, in the phrase af sér etc., e. g. sýna e-t af scr, to shew, exhibit a disposition for or against, Ld. 18; gera mikit af sér, to shew great prowess, Ísl. ii. 368; éf þú gerir eigi meira af þér um aðra leika, unless you make more of thyself, Edda 32; Svipdagr hafði mikit af sér gert, fought bravely, Fas. i. 41; góðr (illr) af sér, good ( bad) of oneself, by nature; mikill af sjálfum sér, proud, bold, stout, Nj. 15; ágætastr maðr af sjálfum sér, the greatest hero, Bret.: góðr af ser, excellent, Hrafn. 7; but, on the contrary, af sér kominn, ruinous, in decay; this phrase is used of old houses or buildings, as in Bs. i. 488 = Sturl. l. c.; af sér kominn af mæði can also be said of a man fallen off from what he used to be; kominn af fotum fram, off his legs from age, Sturl. i. 223, Korm. 154 (in a verse).II. WITHOUT MOTION:1. denoting direction from, but at the same time continuous connection with an object from which an act or thing proceeds, from; tengja skip hvárt fram af stafni annars, to tie the ships in a line, stem to stern, Fms. i. 157, xi. 111; svá at þeir tóku út af borðum, jutted out of the boards, of rafters or poles, iv. 49; stjarna ok af sem skaft, of a comet, ix. 482; lúka upp af hrossi, to open a gate from off a horse, Grág. ii. 264; hon svarar af sínu sæti sem álpt af baru, Fás. i. 186; þar er sjá mátti utau af firði, af þjóðleið, that might be seen from the fareway on the sea when sailing in the firth, Hkr. ii. 64; þá mun hringt af (better at) Burakirkju, of bells rung at the church, Fms. xi. 160; gengr þar af Meðalfellsströnd, projects from, juts out, of a promontory, Ld. 10.2. denoting direction alone; upp af víkinni stóð borg mikil, a burg inland from the inlet, Eg. 161; lokrekkja innar af seti, a shut bed inward from the benches in the hall, Ísl. ii. 262; kapella upp af konungs herbergjum, upwards from, Fms. x. 153; vindr stóð af landi, the wind stood off the land, Bárð. 166.β. metaph., stauda af e-u, vide VI. 4.γ. ellipt., hallaði af norðr, of the channel, north of a spot, Boll. 348; also, austr af, suðr af, vestr af, etc.3. denoting absence; þingheyendr skulu eigi vera um nótt af þingi ( away from the meeting), eðr lengr, þá eru þeir af þingi ( away from (be meeting) ef þeir eru or ( out of) þingmarki, Grág. i. 25; vera um nótt af várþingi, 115; meðan hann er af landi héðan, abroad, 150.β. metaph., gud hvíldi af öllum verkum sínum á sjaunda degi, rested from his labours, Ver. 3.4. denoting distance; þat er komit af þjóðleið, out of the high road, remote, Eg. 369; af þjóðbraut, Grág. ii. 264, i. 15; Otradalr (a farm) var mjök af vegi, far out of the way, Háv. 53.B. TEMP, past, from, out of, beyond:1. of a person’s age, in the sense of having past a period of life; af ómaga aldri, of age, able to support oneself, Grág. i. 243; af aeskualdri, stricken in years, having past the prime of life, Eg. 202; lítið af barnsaldri, still a child, Ld. 74; ek em nú af léttasia skeiði, no longer in the prime of life, Háv. 40.2. of a part or period of time, past; eigi síðar en nótt er af þingi, a night of the session past, Grág. i. 101; þá er sjau vikur eru af sumri, seven weeks past of the summer, 182; tíu vikur af sumri, Íb. 10; var mikit af nótt, much of the night was past, Háv. 41; mikið af vetri, much of the winter was past, Fas. ii. 186; þriðjungr af nótt, a third of the night past, Fms. x. 160; stund af degi, etc.; tveir mánoðr af sumri, Gþl. 103.3. in adverbial phrases such as, af stundu, soon; af bragði, at once; af tómi, at leisure, at ease; af nýju, again; af skyndingu, speedily; af bráðungu, in a hurry, etc.C. In various other relations:I. denoting the passage or transition of an object, concrete or abstract, of, from.1. where a thing is received, derived from, conferred by a person or object; þiggja lið af e-m, to derive help from, Edda 26; taka traust af e-m, to receive support, comfort from, Fms. xi. 243; taka mála af e-m, to be in one’s pay, of a soldier, Eg. 266; halda land af e-m, to hold land of any one, 282; verða viss af e-m, to get information from, 57, Nj. 130; taka við sök af manni (a law term), to undertake a case, suit, Grág. i. 142; hafa umboð af e-m, to be another’s deputy, ii. 374; vera góðs (ills) maklegr af e-m, to deserve good (bad) of, Vd. 88 (old Ed., the new reads frá), Fs. 45; afla matar af eyjum, to derive supplies from, Eb. 12.2. where an object is taken by force:α. prop. out of a person’s hand; þú skalt hnykkja smíðit af honum, wrest it out of his hand, Nj. 32; cp. taka, þrífa, svipta e-u (e-t) af e-m, to wrest from.β. metaph. of a person’s deprival of anything in general; hann tók af þér konuna, carried thy wife off, Nj. 33; tók Gunnarr af þér sáðland þitt, robbed thee of seedland, 103; taka af honum tignina, to depose, degrade him, Eg. 271; vinna e-t af e-m, to carry off by force of arms, conquer, Fms. iii. 29; drepa menn af e-m, for one, slay one’s man, Eg. 417; fell þar lið mart af Eyvindi, many of Eyvind’s people fell there, 261.γ. in such phrases as, hyggja af e-u (v. afhuga), hugsa af e-u, to forget; hyggja af harmi; sjá af e-u, to lose, miss; var svá ástúðigt með þeim, at livargi þóttist mega af öðrum sjá, neither of them could take his eyes off the other, Sturl. i. 194; svá er mörg við ver sinn vær, at varla um sér hon af hoiuun nær, Skálda 163.3. denoting forfeiture; þá eru þeir útlagir, ok af goðorði sínu, have forfeited their priesthood, Grág. i. 24; telja hann af ráðunum fjár síns alls, to oust one, on account of idiocy or madness, 176; verða af kaupi, to be off the bargain, Edda 26; þá skalt þú af allri fjárheimtunni, forfeit all the claim, Nj. 15; ek skal stefna þér af konunni, summon thee to forfeit, a case of divorce, id.; ella er hann af rettarfari um hana, has forfeited the suit, Grág. i. 381.β. ellipt., af ferr eindagi ef, is forfeited, Grág. i. 140.II. denoting relation of a part to a whole, off, of, Lat. de; höggva hönd, höfuð, fót af e-um, to cut one’s hand, head, foot off, Nj. 97, 92, Bs. i. 674; höggva spjót af skapti, to sever the blade from the shaft, 264; hann lét þá ekki hafa af föðurarfi sínum, nothing of their patrimony, Eg. 25; vil ek at þú takir slíkt sem þér líkar af varningi, take what you like of the stores, Nj. 4; at þú eignist slíkt af fé okkru sem þú vili, 94.β. ellipt., en nú höfum vér kjörit, en þat er af krossinum, a slice of, Fms. vii. 89; Þórðr gaf Skólm frænda sínum af landnámi sínu, a part of, Landn. 211; hafði hann þat af hans eigu er hann vildi, Sturl. ii. 169; þar lá forkr einn ok brotið af endanum, the point broken off, Háv. 24, Sturl. i. 169.γ. absol. off; beit hann höndina af, þar sem nú heitir úlfliðr, bit the hand off, Edda 17; fauk af höfuðit, the head flew off, Nj. 97; jafnt er sem þér synist, af er fótrinn, the foot is off, id.; af bæði eyru, both ears off, Vm. 29.2. with the notion of—among; mestr skörungr af konum á Norðrlöndum, the greatest heroine in the North, Fms. i. 116; hinn efniligasti maðr af ungum mönnum í Austfjörðum, the most hopeful of youths in the Eastfirths, Njarð. 364; af ( among) öllurn hirðmönnuni virði konungr mest skáld sín, Eg. 27; ef hann vildi nokkura kaupa af þessum konum, Ld. 30; ör liggr þar útiá vegginum, ok er sú af þeirra örum, one of their own arrows, Nj. 115.β. from, among, belonging to; guð kaus hana af ollum konum sér til móður, of the Virgin Mary, Mar. A. i. 27.γ. metaph., kunna mikit (lítið) af e-u, to know much, little of, Bragi kann mest af skáldskap, is more cunning of poetry than any one else, Edda 17.δ. absol. out of, before, in preference to all others; Gunnarr bauð þér góð boð, en þú vildir eingi af taka, you would choose none of them, Nj. 77; ráða e-t af, to decide; þó mun faðir minn mestu af ráða, all depends upon him, Ld. 22; konungr kveðst því mundu heldr af trúa, preferred believing that of the two, Eg. 55; var honum ekki vildara af ván, he could expect nothing better, 364.3. with the additional sense of instrumentality, with; ferma skip af e-u, to freight a ship with, Eg. 364; hlaða mörg skip af korni, load many ships with corn, Fms. xi. 8; klyfja tvá hesta af mat, Nj. 74; var vágrinn skipaðr af herskipum, the bay was covered with war ships, 124; fylla ker af glóðum, fill it with embers, Stj. 319; fylla heiminn af sínu kyni, to fill the world with his offspring, Ver. 3.III. denoting the substance of which a thing is made, of; used indifferently with ór, though ór be more frequent; þeir gerðu af honum jörðina, af blóði hans sæinn ok vötnin, of the creation of the world from the corpse of the giant Ymir; the poem Gm. 40, 41, constantly uses ór in this sense, just as in modern Icelandic, Edda 5; svá skildu þeir, at allir hlutir væri smíðaðir af nokkru efni, 147 (pref.); húsit var gert af timbrstokkum, built of trunks of timber, Eg. 233; hjöhin vóru af gulli, of gold, golden, Fms. i. 17; af osti, of cheese, but in the verse 1. c. ór osti, Fms. vi. 253; línklæði af lérepti, linen, Sks. 287.2. metaph. in the phrases, göra e-t af e-n ( to dispose of), verða af ( become of), hvat hefir þú gört af Gunnari, what hast thou done with Gunnar? Njarð. 376; hvat af motrinuni er orðit, what has become of it? of a lost thing, Ld. 208; hverfr Óspakr á burt, svá eigi vita menn hvat af honum er orðit, what has become of him? Band. 5.IV. denoting parentage, descent, origin, domicile, abode:1. parentage, of, from, used indifferently with frá; ok eru af þeim komnir Gilsbekkingar, descend from them, but a little below—frá honum eru konmir Sturlungar, Eb. 338, cp. afkvæmi; af ætt Hörðakára, Fms. i. 287; kominn af Trojumönnum, xi. 416; af Ása-ætt (Kb. wrongly at), Edda I.β. metaph., vera af Guði (theol.), of God, = righteous, 686 B. 9; illr ávöxtr af íllri rót, Fms. ii. 48; Asia er kölluð af nafni nokkurar konu, derives her name from, Stj. 67; af honum er bragr kallaðr skáldskapr, called after his name, Edda 17.2. of domicile; af danskri tungu, of Danish or Scandinavian origin, speaking the Danish tongue, Grág. ii. 73; hvaðan af löndum, whence, native of what country? Ísl.β. especially denoting a man’s abode, and answering to á and í, the name of the farm (or country) being added to proper names, (as in Scotland,) to distinguish persons of the same name; Hallr af Síðu, Nj. 189; Erlingr af Straumey, 273; Ástríðr af Djúpárbakka, 39; Gunnarr af Hlíðarenda (more usual frá); þorir haklangr konungr af Ögðum, king of Agdir, Eg. 35, etc.; cp. ór and frá.V. denoting a person with whom an act, feeling, etc. originates, for the most part with a periphrastic passive:1. by, the Old Engl. of; as, ek em sendr hingað af Starkaði ok sonum hans, sent hither by, Nj. 94; inna e-t af hendi, to perform, 257; þó at alþýða væri skírð af kennimönnum, baptized of, Fms. ii. 158; meira virðr af mönnum, higher esteemed, Ld. 158; ástsæll af landsmönnum, beloved, íb. 16; vinsæll af mönnum, Nj. 102; í allgóðu yfirlæti af þeim feðgum, hospitably treated by them, Eg. 170; var þá nokkut drukkið af alþjóð, there was somewhat hard drinking of the people, Sturl. iii. 229; mun þat ekki upp tekið af þeim sükudólgum mínum, they will not clutch at that, Nj. 257; ef svá væri í hendr þér búit af mér, if í had so made everything ready to thy hands, Ld. 130; þá varð fárætt um af föður hans, his father said little about it, Fms. ii. 154.2. it is now also sometimes used as a periphrase of a nom., e. g. ritað, þýtt af e-m, written, translated, edited by, but such phrases scarcely occur in old writers.VI. denoting cause, ground, reason:1. originating from, on account of, by reason of; af frændsemis sökum, for kinship’s sake, Grág. ii. 72; ómáli af áverkum, speechless from wounds, 27; af manna völdum, by violence, not by natural accident, of a crime, Nj. 76; af fortölum Halls, through his pleading, 255; af ástsæld hans ok af tölum þeirra Sæmundar, by his popularity and the eloquence of S., Íb. 16; af ráðum Haralds konungs, by his contriving, Landn. 157; úbygðr af frosti ok kulda, because of frost and cold, Hkr. i. 5.β. adverbially, af því, therefore, Nj. 78; af hví, why? 686 B. 9; þá verðr bóndi heiðinn af barni sínu, viz. if he does not cause his child to be christened, K. Þ. K. 20.2. denoting instrumentality, by means of; af sinu fé, by one’s own means, Grág. i. 293; framfæra e-n af verkum sinum, by means of one’s own labour, K. Þ. K. 142; draga saman auð af sökum, ok vælum ok kaupum, make money by, 623. I; af sínum kostnaði, at hi s own expense, Hkr. i. 217.β. absol., hún fellir á mik dropa svá heita at ek brenn af öll, Ld. 328; hann fékk af hina mestu sæmd, derived great honotur from it, Nj. 88; elli sótti á hendr honum svá at hann lagðist í rekkju af, he grew bedridden from age, Ld. 54; komast undan af hlaupi, escape by running, Fms. viii. 58; spinna garn af rokki, spin off a wheel (now, spinna á rokk), from a notion of instrumentality, or because of the thread being spun out (?), Eb. 92.3. denoting proceeding, originating from; lýsti af höndum hennar, her hands spread beams of light, Edda 22; allir heimar lýstust ( were illuminated) af henni, id.; en er lýsti af degi, when the day broke forth, Fms. ii. 16; lítt var lýst af degi, the day was just beginning to break, Ld. 46; þá tók at myrkja af nótt, the ‘mirk-time’ of night began to set in, Eg. 230; tók þá brátt at myrkva af nótt, the night grew dark, Hkr. ii. 230.4. metaph., standa, leiða, hljótast af, to be caused by, result from; opt hlýtst íllt af kvenna hjali, great mischief is wrought by women’s gossip (a proverb), Gísl. 15, 98; at af þeim mundi mikit mein ok úhapp standa, be caused by, Edda 18; kenna kulda af ráðum e-s, to feel sore from, Eb. 42; þó mun her hljótast af margs manns bani, Nj, 90.5. in adverbial phrases, denoting state of mind; af mikilli æði, in fury, Nj. 116; af móð, in great emotion, Fms. xi. 221; af áhyggju, with concern, i. 186; af létta, frankly, iii. 91; af viti, collectedly, Grág. ii. 27; af heilu, sincerely, Eg. 46; áf fári, in rage; af æðru, timidly, Nj. (in a verse); af setning, composedly, in tune, Fms. iii. 187; af mikilli frægð, gallantly, Fas. i. 261; af öllu afli, with all might, Grág. ii. 41; af riki, violently, Fbr. (in a verse); af trúnaði, confidently, Grág. i. 400.VII. denoting regard to, of, concerning, in respect of, as regards:1. with verbs, denoting to tell of, be informed, inquire about, Lat. de; Dioscorides segir af grasi því, speaks of, 655 xxx. 5; er menn spurðu af landinu, inquired about it, Landn. 30; halda njósn af e-u, Nj. 104; er þat skjótast þar af at segja, Eg. 546, Band. 8.β. absol., hann mun spyrja, hvárt þér sé nokkut af kunnigt hversu for með okkr, whether you know anything about, how, Nj. 33; halda skóla af, to hold a school in a science, 656 A. i. 19 (sounds like a Latinism); en ek gerða þik sera mestan mann af öllu, in respect of all, that you should get all the honour of it, Nj. 78.2. with adjectives such as mildr, illr, góðrafe-u, denoting disposition or character in respect to; alira manna mildastr af fo, very liberal, often-banded, Fms. vii. 197; mildr af gulli, i. 33; góðr af griðum, merciful, Al. 33; íllr af mat en mildr af gulli, Fms. i. 53; fastr af drykk, close, stingy in regard to, Sturl. ii. 125; gat þess Hildigunnr at þú mundir góðr af hestinum, that you would be good about the horse, Nj. 90, cp. auðigr at, v. at, which corresponds to the above phrases; cp. also the phrase af sér above, p. 4, col. I, ll. 50 sqq.VIII. periphrasis of a genitive (rare); provincialis af öllum Predikaraklaustrum, Fms. x. 76; vera af hinum mesta fjandskap, to breathe deep hatred to, be on bad terms with, ix. 220; af hendi, af hálfu e-s, on one’s behalf, v. those words.IX. in adverbial phrases; as, af launungu, secretly; af hljóði, silently; v. those words.β. also used absolutely with a verb, almost adverbially, nearly in the signification off, away; hann bað þá róa af fjörðinn, pass the firth swiftly by rowing, row the firth off, Fms. ix. 502; var pá af farit þat seni skerjóttast var, was past, sailed past, Ld. 142; ok er þeir höfðu af fjórðung, past one fourth of the way, Dropl. 10: skína af, to clear up, of the skv, Eb. 152; hence in common language, skína af sér, when the sun breaks forth: sofa af nóttina, to sleep it away, Fms. ii. 98; leið af nóttin, the night past away, Nj. 53; dvelja af stundir, to kill the time, Band. 8; drepa af, to kill; láta af, to slaughter, kill off;γ. in exclamations; af tjöldin, off with the awnings, Bs. i. 420, Fins, ix. 49.δ. in the phrases, þar af, thence; hér af, hence, Fms. ii. 102; af fram, straight on, Nj. 144; now, á fram, on, advance.X. it often refers to a whole sentence or to an adverb, not only like other prepp. to hér, hvar, þar, but also redundantly to hvaðan, héðan, þaðan, whence, hence, thence.2. the preposition may sometimes be repeated, once elliptically or adverbially, and once properly, e. g. en er af var borit at borðinu, the cloth was taken off from the table, Nj. 176; Guð þerrir af (off, away) hvert tár af ( from) augum heilagra manna, God wipes off every tear from the eyes of his saints, 655 xx. vii. 17; skal þó fyrst bætr af lúka af fé vegaiula, pay off, from, Gþl. 160, the last af may be omitted—var þá af borið borðinu—and the prep. thus be separated from its case, or it may refer to some of the indecl. relatives er or sem, the prep. hvar, hér, þar being placed behind them without a case, and referring to the preceding relative, e. g. oss er þar mikit af sagt auð þeim, we have been told much about these riches, Band. 24; er þat skjótast þar af at segja, in short, shortly. Eg. 546; þaðan af veit ek, thence í infer, know, Fms. i. 97.XI. it is moreover connected with a great many verbs besides those mentioned above, e. g. bera af, to excel, whence afbragð, afbrigði; draga af, to detract, deduct, hence afdráttr; veita ekki af, to be hard with; ganga at, to be left, hence afgangr; standast af um e-t, to stand, how matters stand; sem af tekr, at a furious rate; vita af, to be conscious, know about (vide VII).D. As a prefix to compounds distinction is to be made between:I. af privativum, denoting diminution, want, deduction, loss, separation, negation of, etc., answering indifferently to Lat. ab-, de-, ex-, dis-, and rarely to re- and se-, v. the following COMPDS, such as segja, dicere, but afsegja, negare; rækja, colere, but afrækja, negligere; aflaga, contra legem; skapligr, normalis, afskapligr, deformis; afvik, recessus; afhús, afhellir, afdalr, etc.II. af intensivum, etymologically different, and akin to of, afr-, e. g. afdrykkja = ofdrykkja, inebrietas; afbrýði, jealously; afbendi, tenesmus; afglapi, vir fatuus, etc. etc. Both the privative and the intensive af may be contracted into á, esp. before a labial f, m, v, e. g. á fram = af fram; ábrýði = afbrýði; ávöxtr = afvöxtr; áburðr = afburðr; ávíta = afvíta (?). In some cases dubious. With extenuated and changed vowel; auvirðiligr or övirðiligr, depreciated, = afv- etc., v. those words.
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