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north-east+++north-west

  • 101 полрумба

    Русско-английский военно-политический словарь > полрумба

  • 102 orienté

    orienté, e [ɔʀjɑ̃te]
       a. ( = disposé) orienté au sud facing south
       b. ( = tendancieux) [article] biased
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    1.
    orientée ɔʀjɑ̃te participe passé orienter

    2.

    bien/mal orienté — [maison] in a good/bad position ou situation

    * * *
    ɔʀjɑ̃te adj orienté, -e
    1) (idéologiquement) (article, journal) slanted
    2)

    orienté au sud — facing south, with a southerly aspect

    * * *
    A pp ⇒ orienter.
    B pp adj
    1 ( disposé) maison orientée d'est en ouest house which has an east-west aspect; bien/mal orienté [maison] in a good/bad position ou situation; [phare] shining in the right/wrong direction; région orientée vers le tourisme et l'agriculture region geared to tourism and farming;
    2 ( non objectif) [reportage] biasedGB, slanted;
    3 Géog [carte, plan] showing grid north ( après n); Math [vecteur, axe] directed.
    ( féminin orientée) [ɔrjɑ̃te] adjectif
    1. [positionné]
    a. [édifice] facing west, with a western aspect
    local bien/mal orienté well-/badly-positioned premises
    2. [idéologiquement - discours, journal] biased, slanted
    élève bien/mal orienté pupil who has taken the right/wrong academic advice

    Dictionnaire Français-Anglais > orienté

  • 103 दक्षिण _dakṣiṇa

    दक्षिण a. [दक्ष्-इनन् Uṇ 2.5.]
    1 Able, skilful, dexterous, competent, clever; इत्यम्बरीषं नाभागिमन्वमोदन्त दक्षिणाः Mb.12.29.12.
    -2 Right (opp. वाम).
    -3 Situated on the right side. दक्षिणं परि, दक्षिणं कृ to place any one on the right side as a mark of respect; ग्रहर्क्षताराः परियन्ति दक्षिणम् Bhāg.4.12.25.
    -4 South, southern; as in दक्षिणवायु, दक्षिणदिक्; आददे नातिशीतोष्णो नभस्वानिव दक्षिणः R. 4.8.
    -5 Situated to the south.
    -6 Sincere, straightfor- ward, honest, impartial.
    -7 Pleasing, amiable.
    -8 Courteous, civil.
    -9 Compliant, submissive.
    -1 Depen- dent.
    -11 Favourable; 'दक्षिणः सरलावामपरच्छन्दानुवर्तिषु' इति विश्वः; Ki.18.27.
    -णः 1 The right hand or arm.
    -2 A civil or courteous person, applied in poetic compositions to a lover who professes attachment to one mistress, while his heart has been entirely taken up by another.
    -3 An epithet of Śiva or Viṣṇu.
    -4 The right-hand horse of a carriage; इन्द्रस्येव दक्षिणः श्रियैधि Vāj.9.8.
    -5 The southern sacred fire.
    -णः, णम् 1 The right side.
    -2 The south; Nala.9.23.
    -3 The Deccan.
    -णम् The highest doctrine of the Śāktas
    -Comp. -अग्निः the southern fire, the sacred fire placed southwards; also called अन्वाहार्यपचन q. v.
    -अग्र a. pointing to the south.
    -अचलः the southern mountain. i. e. Malaya.
    -अत्ययः a dweller in the south.
    - अपर a. south-western.
    -अभिमुख a. facing the south, directed towards the south; Ms.4.5.
    -अयनम् the sun's progress south of the equator, the half year in which the sun moves from the north to the south, the winter solstice; सर्वे$श्वमेधैरीजानास्ते$ न्वयुर्दक्षिणायनम् Mb. 12.29.13. रात्रिः स्याद्दक्षिणायनम् Ms.1.67; Bhāg.5.21.3.
    -अरण्यम् Dandakāraṇya.
    -अर्धः 1 the right hand.
    -2 the right or southern side.
    -आचार a.
    1 honest, well-behaved.
    -2 a worshipper of Śakti according to the right hand (or purer) ritual.
    -आम्नायः the sou- thern sacred text (of the Tāntrikas).
    -आवर्त a. turning to the right (from the left), (a conch-shell).
    -आशा the south. ˚पतिः
    1 an epithet of Yama.
    -2 the planet Mars.
    1 left (as hand or foot); तमिमं कुरु दक्षिणेतरं चरणं निर्मितरागमेहि मे Ku.4.19.
    -2 northern. (
    -रा) the north.
    -ईर्मन् a. (a deer) wounded on the right side मृगयुमिव मृगो$थ दक्षिणेर्मा.
    -उत्तर a. turned or lying to the south and the north. ˚वृत्तम् the meridian line.
    -कालिका f.
    1 A Tāntrika Deity.
    -2 Durgā.
    -पश्चात् ind. to the south- west.
    -पश्चिम a. south-western. (
    -मा) the south-west; जग्मुर्भरतशार्दूल दिशं दक्षिणपश्चिमाम् Mb.17.1.44.
    -पूर्व, -प्राच् a. south-east.
    -पूर्वा, -प्राची the south-eastern quarter.
    -भागः the southern hemisphere.
    -समुद्रः, -सागरः the southern ocean.
    -स्थः a charioteer.

    Sanskrit-English dictionary > दक्षिण _dakṣiṇa

  • 104 Gresley, Sir Herbert Nigel

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    b. 19 June 1876 Edinburgh, Scotland
    d. 5 April 1941 Hertford, England
    [br]
    English mechanical engineer, designer of the A4-class 4–6–2 locomotive holding the world speed record for steam traction.
    [br]
    Gresley was the son of the Rector of Netherseale, Derbyshire; he was educated at Marlborough and by the age of 13 was skilled at making sketches of locomotives. In 1893 he became a pupil of F.W. Webb at Crewe works, London \& North Western Railway, and in 1898 he moved to Horwich works, Lancashire \& Yorkshire Railway, to gain drawing-office experience under J.A.F.Aspinall, subsequently becoming Foreman of the locomotive running sheds at Blackpool. In 1900 he transferred to the carriage and wagon department, and in 1904 he had risen to become its Assistant Superintendent. In 1905 he moved to the Great Northern Railway, becoming Superintendent of its carriage and wagon department at Doncaster under H.A. Ivatt. In 1906 he designed and produced a bogie luggage van with steel underframe, teak body, elliptical roof, bowed ends and buckeye couplings: this became the prototype for East Coast main-line coaches built over the next thirty-five years. In 1911 Gresley succeeded Ivatt as Locomotive, Carriage \& Wagon Superintendent. His first locomotive was a mixed-traffic 2–6–0, his next a 2–8–0 for freight. From 1915 he worked on the design of a 4–6–2 locomotive for express passenger traffic: as with Ivatt's 4 4 2s, the trailing axle would allow the wide firebox needed for Yorkshire coal. He also devised a means by which two sets of valve gear could operate the valves on a three-cylinder locomotive and applied it for the first time on a 2–8–0 built in 1918. The system was complex, but a later simplified form was used on all subsequent Gresley three-cylinder locomotives, including his first 4–6–2 which appeared in 1922. In 1921, Gresley introduced the first British restaurant car with electric cooking facilities.
    With the grouping of 1923, the Great Northern Railway was absorbed into the London \& North Eastern Railway and Gresley was appointed Chief Mechanical Engineer. More 4–6– 2s were built, the first British class of such wheel arrangement. Modifications to their valve gear, along lines developed by G.J. Churchward, reduced their coal consumption sufficiently to enable them to run non-stop between London and Edinburgh. So that enginemen might change over en route, some of the locomotives were equipped with corridor tenders from 1928. The design was steadily improved in detail, and by comparison an experimental 4–6–4 with a watertube boiler that Gresley produced in 1929 showed no overall benefit. A successful high-powered 2–8–2 was built in 1934, following the introduction of third-class sleeping cars, to haul 500-ton passenger trains between Edinburgh and Aberdeen.
    In 1932 the need to meet increasing road competition had resulted in the end of a long-standing agreement between East Coast and West Coast railways, that train journeys between London and Edinburgh by either route should be scheduled to take 8 1/4 hours. Seeking to accelerate train services, Gresley studied high-speed, diesel-electric railcars in Germany and petrol-electric railcars in France. He considered them for the London \& North Eastern Railway, but a test run by a train hauled by one of his 4–6–2s in 1934, which reached 108 mph (174 km/h), suggested that a steam train could better the railcar proposals while its accommodation would be more comfortable. To celebrate the Silver Jubilee of King George V, a high-speed, streamlined train between London and Newcastle upon Tyne was proposed, the first such train in Britain. An improved 4–6–2, the A4 class, was designed with modifications to ensure free running and an ample reserve of power up hill. Its streamlined outline included a wedge-shaped front which reduced wind resistance and helped to lift the exhaust dear of the cab windows at speed. The first locomotive of the class, named Silver Link, ran at an average speed of 100 mph (161 km/h) for 43 miles (69 km), with a maximum speed of 112 1/2 mph (181 km/h), on a seven-coach test train on 27 September 1935: the locomotive went into service hauling the Silver Jubilee express single-handed (since others of the class had still to be completed) for the first three weeks, a round trip of 536 miles (863 km) daily, much of it at 90 mph (145 km/h), without any mechanical troubles at all. Coaches for the Silver Jubilee had teak-framed, steel-panelled bodies on all-steel, welded underframes; windows were double glazed; and there was a pressure ventilation/heating system. Comparable trains were introduced between London Kings Cross and Edinburgh in 1937 and to Leeds in 1938.
    Gresley did not hesitate to incorporate outstanding features from elsewhere into his locomotive designs and was well aware of the work of André Chapelon in France. Four A4s built in 1938 were equipped with Kylchap twin blast-pipes and double chimneys to improve performance still further. The first of these to be completed, no. 4468, Mallard, on 3 July 1938 ran a test train at over 120 mph (193 km/h) for 2 miles (3.2 km) and momentarily achieved 126 mph (203 km/h), the world speed record for steam traction. J.Duddington was the driver and T.Bray the fireman. The use of high-speed trains came to an end with the Second World War. The A4s were then demonstrated to be powerful as well as fast: one was noted hauling a 730-ton, 22-coach train at an average speed exceeding 75 mph (120 km/h) over 30 miles (48 km). The war also halted electrification of the Manchester-Sheffield line, on the 1,500 volt DC overhead system; however, anticipating eventual resumption, Gresley had a prototype main-line Bo-Bo electric locomotive built in 1941. Sadly, Gresley died from a heart attack while still in office.
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    Principal Honours and Distinctions
    Knighted 1936. President, Institution of Locomotive Engineers 1927 and 1934. President, Institution of Mechanical Engineers 1936.
    Further Reading
    F.A.S.Brown, 1961, Nigel Gresley, Locomotive Engineer, Ian Allan (full-length biography).
    John Bellwood and David Jenkinson, Gresley and Stanier. A Centenary Tribute (a good comparative account).
    PJGR

    Biographical history of technology > Gresley, Sir Herbert Nigel

  • 105 meridiano de Greenwich

    Ex. In addition, all countries west of the prime meridian are in the Western Hemisphere while those east of the prime meridian are in the Eastern Hemisphere.
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    el meridiano de Greenwich
    = Greenwich meridian, the

    Ex: The International Date Line is an imaginary line which runs from the North Pole to the South Pole and is 180° away from the Greenwich meridian.

    Ex: In addition, all countries west of the prime meridian are in the Western Hemisphere while those east of the prime meridian are in the Eastern Hemisphere.

    Spanish-English dictionary > meridiano de Greenwich

  • 106 orienter

    orienter [ɔʀjɑ̃te]
    ➭ TABLE 1
    1. transitive verb
       a. [+ lampe, rétroviseur, miroir, antenne] to adjust
       b. [+ touristes, voyageurs] to direct ( vers to ) ; [+ enquête, recherches] to direct ( vers towards)
    2. reflexive verb
       a. ( = se repérer) to find one's bearings
       b. ( = se diriger vers) s'orienter vers to turn towards ; [parti, société] to move towards
    * * *
    ɔʀjɑ̃te
    1.
    1) ( positionner) to decide on the aspect of [maison]; to adjust [antenne, lampe] ( vers to)

    orienter la maison vers le sud or (face) au sud — to make the house south-facing

    2) ( faire porter) to focus [enquête] ( sur on)
    3) ( politiser) to slant [cours]
    4) ( guider) to direct [personne] ( vers to)
    5) École, Université ( conseiller) to give [somebody] some career advice

    2.
    s'orienter verbe pronominal
    1) ( se repérer) to get ou find one's bearings

    s'orienter vers — lit to turn toward(s); fig [pays, mouvement] to move toward(s); [conversation] to turn to

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    ɔʀjɑ̃te vt
    1) [rétroviseur] to adjust, [pièce, antenne] to position
    2) (= faire pivoter, tourner) [projecteur, haut-parleur, miroir] to direct, to turn

    orienter un projecteur vers... — to turn a spotlight towards...

    3) [voyageur] to direct
    4) ÉDUCATION, [élève] to guide
    5) [recherches, enquête] to concentrate

    orienter qch vers... — to concentrate sth on...

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    orienter verb table: aimer
    A vtr
    1 ( positionner) to decide on the aspect of [maison]; to adjust [antenne, lampe, bras de machine] (vers to); orienter la maison/terrasse vers le sud or (face) au sud to make the house/terrace south-facing; orienter le spot vers le fond to direct the spotlight toward(s) the back; orienter l'antenne vers l'ouest to make the aerial face west;
    2 ( faire porter) to channel [fonds publics]; orienter qch sur qch [enquête, fonds publics] to focus sth on sth; orienter la conversation sur to bring the conversation around to;
    3 ( donner un sens idéologique à) to slant [cours, conférence];
    4 ( guider) to direct [personne] (vers to);
    5 Scol, Univ ( conseiller) to give [sb] some career advice; orienter qn vers un spécialiste to send sb to a specialist; orienter qn vers les sciences to direct ou steer sb towards science subjects;
    6 ( flécher) to show grid north on [carte, plan]; Math to direct [axe];
    7 Naut to trim [voile].
    B s'orienter vpr
    1 ( se repérer) to get ou to find one's bearings;
    2 ( se diriger) s'orienter vers lit to turn toward(s); fig [pays, mouvement] to move toward(s); [conversation] to turn to; s'orienter vers les sciences/carrières scientifiques to go in for science subjects/a career in science.
    [ɔrjɑ̃te] verbe transitif
    1. [antenne, haut-parleur, spot] to direct, to turn, to point
    [rétroviseur] to adjust, to position
    [plante] to position
    2. [mettre sur une voie]
    a. [enquête, recherches] to direct ou to orientate towards
    b. [discussion] to turn round to
    c. [passant] to direct to
    il m'a demandé où était la gare mais je l'ai mal orienté he asked where the station was, but I misdirected him
    3. [rendre partial - discours] to give a bias ou slant to
    4. [carte, plan] to orientate
    6. NAUTIQUE [voiles] to trim
    ————————
    s'orienter verbe pronominal intransitif
    ————————
    s'orienter vers verbe pronominal plus préposition
    [suj: enquête, recherches] to be directed towards
    [suj: discussion] to turn round to
    [suj: parti, entreprise] to move towards
    [suj: étudiant] to turn to

    Dictionnaire Français-Anglais > orienter

  • 107 VÍKJA

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    (vík; veik, vikum; vikinn), v.
    1) to move, turn, with dat. (sveinninn mátti hvergi víkja höfðinu);
    hann veik sér hjá dyrunum, he passed by the door;
    víkja e-m af hendi, to turn one off, dismiss;
    víkja e-u af sér, to decline (A. veik því af sér);
    víkja e-u til ráða (atkvæða) e-s, to hand it over to one’s decision;
    víkja tali, rœðu, máli til e-s, to turn one’s speech to one, address oneself to one;
    víkja til e-s, to mention, refer to (hefr hann svá kvæðit, at hann víkr til Ólafs konungs);
    víkja til við e-n, to broach it to one;
    víkja á e-t, to hint at (Þ. víkr á nökkut í Þorgeirsdrápu á misþokka þeira);
    víkja á við e-n = víkja til við e-n;
    víkja svá bœkr til, at, the books indicate that;
    2) to move, go (þeir víkja þegar eptir þessum mönnum);
    víkja aptr, to return (þeir víku aptr ok leita þeira);
    hann veik heim, he returned home;
    víkja til norðrættar, to trend north (þat ríki víkr til norðrættar);
    víkja inn til hafnar, to veer round and seek harbour (önnur skipin viku inn til hafna af leiðinni);
    víkja eptir e-m, to follow one’s example;
    víkja eptir e-u, to yield to (víkja eptir freistingu fjándans);
    3) impers. to turn, trend;
    landinu víkr til landnorðrs, the land trends to north-east;
    svá veik viðr veginum, at þar var hraungata mikil, the road was of this nature;
    nú veik svá við, at liðit fór yfir á eina mikla, now it came to pass;
    nú víkr sögunni vestr til Breiðafjarðardala, now the story turns west to B.;
    en þar veik annan veg af, it turned out quite another way;
    4) refl., víkjast, to turn oneself;
    víkjast aptr, to return;
    hón sat ok veikst eigi, she sat and stirred not;
    víkjast eptir e-u, to turn after, imitate;
    víkjast undan e-u, to evade, decline;
    víkjast undan við e-n, to refuse one;
    víkjast undir hlýðni við e-n, to do homage to;
    víkjast við e-t, to respond to (kvað hann vel hafa vikizt við sína nauðsyn).
    * * *
    older vikva, MS. 325. 76; the spelling with y is curious; pres. vykr, Hom. (a very old vellum); pret. veyk, Ó. H. 174. l. 9, Mork. 171. l. 34; ykva, q. v., also occurs (vi = y); pres. vík; pret. veik, veikt, veik, pl. viku; subj. víki; imperat. vík (víktu); part. vikinn; a pret. vék (like sté, hné, from stíga, hníga) has prevailed in mod. usage (vék, lék, Úlf. 3. 34), but is hardly found in old writers: [Dan. vige; Swed. vika.]
    B. To move, turn; veik hann þaðan ok kom fyrir konung, Stj.; hann veik þá upp á hálsinn, Gullþ. 61 new Ed.; víkr hann út á borgar-vegginn, Fms. x. 238; Þórir veik aptr til Jómalans, Ó. H. 135; þeir viku aptr ( returned) ok leita þeirra, Fms. ix. 54; hann veik heim, returned home, Ísl. ii. 202, v. l.; veik ek hjá ( I passed by) allstaðar er spillvirkja bælin eru vön at vera, Fms. ii. 81; þeir viku þá í Eystri-dali, ix. 233; es maðrinn výkr (sic) eptir teygingu fjándans, Hom. 216 (Ed.); þat skyldi eptir öðru líkja eðr víkja, Fms. v. 319; margir höfðingjar viku mjök eptir honum ( followed him) í áleitni við Harald, vii. 165; megu vér þar til víkja, we may call there, Grett. 5 new Ed.; víkja mörgum hlutum eptir þínum vilja, Fb. i. 320; Arnkell veik því af sér, A. declined, Eb. 122, Ld. 68; tók hann því seinliga ok veik nökkut til ráða bræðra sinna, Eb. 208; veik hann sér hjá dyrunum, Fs. 62; svá at sveinninn mætti hvergi víkja höfðinu, move with the head, i. e. turn, stir the head, Fms. ii. 272; engi maðr skal þér í móti víkja hendi né fæti, stir hand or foot against thee, Stj. 204; víkja hendinni, 581 (in mod. usage, víkja hvorki hendi né fæti, of a lazy person); hann veik honum frá sér, he pushed him off, Fms. ix. 243 (v. l.), Stj. 614; hann veik sér undan, turned aside, Bs. i. 861; vík (imperat.) hegat keri þínu, pass the beaker! Stj. 136; helgir feðr viku til bindendi níu-vikna-fóstu (dat.), 49.
    2. metaph.; veik hann til samþykkis við bændr ræðu sinni, Fms. ii. 35; hón veik tali til kóngs-sonar, she turned her speech to the king’s son, Pr. 431; var því vikit til atkvæða Marðar, Nj. 207; viku þeir til Haralds málinu, Fms. vii. 169; þessu veik hann til Snorra Goða, Eb. 84; ok forvitnask um þat er til hennar var vikit af þessum stórmælum, 625. 86; konungr tók vænliga á ok veik undir Gizur hvíta, Nj. 178, Fb. i. 273; veik hann á þat fyrir þeim, at …, he hinted at, Ld. 26; Þormóðr víkr á nokkut í Þorgeirs-drápu á misþokka þeirra, Th. hints at, Fbr. 24 new Ed.; hón veik á við Önund, at hón vildi kvæna Ólaf frænda sinn, Grett. 87; víkja svá bækr til, at …, the books indicate, Karl. 547; hélt Þorleifr á um málit en Arnkell veik af höndum, declined, Eb. 182.
    3. to trend; þat ríki víkr til norðrættar, Fms. xi. 230.
    4. to turn, veer, of a ship, better ykva; skútan renndi fram hart, ok varð þeim seint at víkja, Fms. vii. 202; ok (she) reist svá rúman krókinn at þeir fengu eigi at vikit, viii. 386; önnur skipin viku inn til hafna af leiðinni, ix. 310; lát víkja! víkja til, til at víkja, vi. 244, 262, l. c.; Þórðr veik frá ok ór læginu því skipi, vii. 113; viku þeir nú stöfnum, veered round, ix. 301; þá gátu þeir vikit jarls skipinu. viii. 386; þann hjálmun-völ, er hann hneigir ok víkr með hjörtum stór-höfðingja, Sks. 479 B: metaph., mátti Þórir eigi vikva skapi sínu til Magnúss, Fms. x. 411; þar veik annan veg, it took another turn, viii. 60; þat þóttusk menn skilja, at konungr viki meirr áleiðis með Gizuri the king was biassed towards G. þat allt er honum þótti svá mega, Sturl. iii. 91.
    II. impers. to turn, recede, trend; landi víkr, the land recedes, draws back, as one sails on, Orkn. (in a verse); þaðan víkr landi til landnorðrs, A.A. 289; feninu víkr at hálsinum upp, Eg. 582; svá veik viðr veginum, at þar var hraungata mikil, the road was thus shaped, Pr. 411; nú víkr sögunni vestr til Breiðafjarðar-dala, the story turns west to B., Nj. 2; en þar veik annan veg af, but it turned quite another way, Fms. viii. 60; nú veik svá við ( it came to pass) at liðit fór yfir eina á mikla, 33.
    III. reflex. to turn oneself; víkjask aptr, to turn back, Fs. 37: to stir, hón sat ok veiksk eigi, she sate and stirred not, Landn. 152; vikjask eptir e-u, to turn after, imitate, Fs. 4; víkjask undan e-u, to evade, shun, decline, Ld. 18, 42, Fms. xi. 94; hann víksk skjótt við þetta mál, respond to it, 27; kveðr hann vel hafa vikizk við sína nauðsyn, 29, i. 208; flestir menn vikusk lítt undir af orðum þeirra, Bs. i. 5; Íslendingar höfðu þá vikizk undir hlýðni við Magnús konung, Fms. x. 157; hann veiksk við skjótt, started at once, Hrafn. 18.

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  • 108 kun

    day; time, life; the sun. kunda every day. kunda shunda habitu?frequenter. kuniga per day. kun ochiq It’s a clear day. kun ora every other day. kun oshib (skipping) every other day. kun sayin day by day. kun bo’yi all day long. kun qaytdi/kun og’di It?s past noon.; It?s getting late in the day. kun botar west. kun botarda at sunset; in the west. kun botdi The sun set. kun botishi sunset. kuni kecha just yesterday. kun chiqdi the sun rose., The sun came out. kun chiqar east. kun chiqarda at sunrise; in the east. kun chiqardan kun botargacha from dawn ?til dusk. kunga teskari not facing the sun, north facing; shady. kun tutilishi eclipse of the sun. qora kun bad times. kun berma to torment, to make life impossible or difficult. kuni bitdi It’s time is up. kun ko’r /oy chiqsa ham unga, kun chiqsa ham unga to be waited on hand and foot, to be the center of s.o.’s attention or affection. ish kuni workday. kun tartibi daily schedule, schedule of events. tunu kun night and day. qulog’idan kun ko’rinadi to be as thin as a wisp. kun(i) tug’di to have one’s day come. kundan kun(ga) from day to day; day by day. kuning shunga qoldimi? Have you been reduced to this?

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  • 109 Riley, James

    SUBJECT AREA: Metallurgy
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    b. 1840 Halifax, England
    d. 15 July 1910 Harrogate, England
    [br]
    English steelmaker who promoted the manufacture of low-carbon bulk steel by the open-hearth process for tin plate and shipbuilding; pioneer of nickel steels.
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    After working as a millwright in Halifax, Riley found employment at the Ormesby Ironworks in Middlesbrough until, in 1869, he became manager of the Askam Ironworks in Cumberland. Three years later, in 1872, he was appointed Blast-furnace Manager at the pioneering Siemens Steel Company's works at Landore, near Swansea in South Wales. Using Spanish ore, he produced the manganese-rich iron (spiegeleisen) required as an additive to make satisfactory steel. Riley was promoted in 1874 to be General Manager at Landore, and he worked with William Siemens to develop the use of the latter's regenerative furnace for the production of open-hearth steel. He persuaded Welsh makers of tin plate to use sheets rolled from lowcarbon (mild) steel instead of from charcoal iron and, partly by publishing some test results, he was instrumental in influencing the Admiralty to build two naval vessels of mild steel, the Mercury and the Iris.
    In 1878 Riley moved north on his appointment as General Manager of the Steel Company of Scotland, a firm closely associated with Charles Tennant that was formed in 1872 to make steel by the Siemens process. Already by 1878, fourteen Siemens melting furnaces had been erected, and in that year 42,000 long tons of ingots were produced at the company's Hallside (Newton) Works, situated 8 km (5 miles) south-east of Glasgow. Under Riley's leadership, steelmaking in open-hearth furnaces was initiated at a second plant situated at Blochairn. Plates and sections for all aspects of shipbuilding, including boilers, formed the main products; the company also supplied the greater part of the steel for the Forth (Railway) Bridge. Riley was associated with technical modifications which improved the performance of steelmaking furnaces using Siemens's principles. He built a gasfired cupola for melting pig-iron, and constructed the first British "universal" plate mill using three-high rolls (Lauth mill).
    At the request of French interests, Riley investigated the properties of steels containing various proportions of nickel; the report that he read before the Iron and Steel Institute in 1889 successfully brought to the notice of potential users the greatly enhanced strength that nickel could impart and its ability to yield alloys possessing substantially lower corrodibility.
    The Steel Company of Scotland paid dividends in the years to 1890, but then came a lean period. In 1895, at the age of 54, Riley moved once more to another employer, becoming General Manager of the Glasgow Iron and Steel Company, which had just laid out a new steelmaking plant at Wishaw, 25 km (15 miles) south-east of Glasgow, where it already had blast furnaces. Still the technical innovator, in 1900 Riley presented an account of his experiences in introducing molten blast-furnace metal as feed for the open-hearth steel furnaces. In the early 1890s it was largely through Riley's efforts that a West of Scotland Board of Conciliation and Arbitration for the Manufactured Steel Trade came into being; he was its first Chairman and then its President.
    In 1899 James Riley resigned from his Scottish employment to move back to his native Yorkshire, where he became his own master by acquiring the small Richmond Ironworks situated at Stockton-on-Tees. Although Riley's 1900 account to the Iron and Steel Institute was the last of the many of which he was author, he continued to contribute to the discussion of papers written by others.
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    Principal Honours and Distinctions
    President, West of Scotland Iron and Steel Institute 1893–5. Vice-President, Iron and Steel Institute, 1893–1910. Iron and Steel Institute (London) Bessemer Gold Medal 1887.
    Bibliography
    1876, "On steel for shipbuilding as supplied to the Royal Navy", Transactions of the Institute of Naval Architects 17:135–55.
    1884, "On recent improvements in the method of manufacture of open-hearth steel", Journal of the Iron and Steel Institute 2:43–52 plus plates 27–31.
    1887, "Some investigations as to the effects of different methods of treatment of mild steel in the manufacture of plates", Journal of the Iron and Steel Institute 1:121–30 (plus sheets II and III and plates XI and XII).
    27 February 1888, "Improvements in basichearth steel making furnaces", British patent no. 2,896.
    27 February 1888, "Improvements in regenerative furnaces for steel-making and analogous operations", British patent no. 2,899.
    1889, "Alloys of nickel and steel", Journal of the Iron and Steel Institute 1:45–55.
    Further Reading
    A.Slaven, 1986, "James Riley", in Dictionary of Scottish Business Biography 1860–1960, Volume 1: The Staple Industries (ed. A.Slaven and S. Checkland), Aberdeen: Aberdeen University Press, 136–8.
    "Men you know", The Bailie (Glasgow) 23 January 1884, series no. 588 (a brief biography, with portrait).
    J.C.Carr and W.Taplin, 1962, History of the British Steel Industry, Harvard University Press (contains an excellent summary of salient events).
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  • 110 अङ्गम् _aṅgam

    अङ्गम् [अम् गत्यादौ बा˚ -गन्; according to Nir. अङ्ग, अङ्ग- नात् अञ्चनात् वा]
    1 The body.
    -2 A limb or member of the body; शेषाङ्गनिर्माणविधौ विधातुः Ku.1.33; क्लेशस्याङ्गमदत्वा Pt.5. 32 without undergoing troubles; इति स्वप्नोपमान्मत्वा कामान्मा गास्तदङ्गताम् । Ki.11.34 do not be influenced or swayed by them (do not be subject to them)
    -3 (a.) A division or department (of anything), a part or portion, as of a whole; as सप्ताङ्गम् राज्यम्, चतुरङ्गम् बलम्, चतुःषष्ट्ष्ट्यङ्गम् ज्योतिः- शास्त्रम् see the words; गीताङ्गानाम् Pt.5.56; यज्ञश्चेत्प्रतिरुद्धःस्या- देकेनाङ्गेन यज्वनः Ms.11.11. (Hence) (b.) A supple- mentary or auxiliary portion, supplement; षडङ्ग or साङ्ग वेदः A peculiar use of the word अङ्ग in masculine gender may here be noted वेदांश्चैव तु वेदाङ्गान् वेदान्तानि तथा स्मृतीः । अधीत्य ब्राह्मणः पूर्वं शक्तितो$न्यांश्च संपठेत् Bṛhadyogiyājñaval- kya Smṛiti 12.34. (c.) A constituent part, essential requisite or component; सर्वैर्बलाङ्गैः R.7.59; तदङ्गमग्ऱ्यं मघवन् महाक्रतो R.3.46. (d.) An attributive or secondary part; secondary, auxiliary or dependent member (serving to help the principal one) (opp. प्रधान or अङ्गिन्); अङ्गी रौद्र- रसस्तत्र सर्वे$ङ्गानि रसाः पुनः S. D.517; अत्र स्वभावोक्तिरुत्प्रेक्षाङ्गम् Malli. on Ki 8.26. (e.) An auxiliary means or expe- dient (प्रधानोपयोगी उपायः or उपकरणम्); सर्वकार्यशरीरेषु मुक्त्वा- ङ्गस्कन्धपञ्चकम् । मन्त्रो योध इवाधीर सर्वाङ्गैः संवृतैरपि ॥ Śi.2.28-29; See अङ्गाङ्गि, पञ्चाङ्ग also ( the angas of the several sciences or departments of knowledge will be given under those words).
    -4 (Gram.) A name for the base of a word; यस्मात्प्रत्ययविधिस्तदादिप्रत्यये अङ्गम् P.I.4.13; यः प्रत्ययो यस्मात्क्रियते तदादिशब्दस्वरूपं तस्मिन्प्रत्यये परे अङ्गसंज्ञं स्यात् Sk. The अङ्ग terminations are those of the nominative, and accusative singular and dual.
    -5 (Drama) (a.) One of the sub-divisions of the five joints or sandhis in dramas; the मुख has 12, प्रतिमुख 13, गर्भ 12, विमर्ष 13 and उपसंहार 14, the total number of the angas being thus 64; for details see the words. (b.) The whole body of subordinate characters.
    -6 (astr.) A name for the position of stars (लग्न), See अङ्गाधीश.
    -7 A symbolical expression for the number six (derived from the six Vedāngas).
    -8 The mind; हिरण्यगर्भाङ्गभुवं मुनिं हरिः Śi.1.1, See अङ्गज also.
    -9 N. of the chief sacred texts of the jainas.
    -ङ्गः (pl.) N. of a country and the people inhabiting it, the country about the modern Bhāgalpur in Bengal. [It lay on the south of Kauśikī Kachchha and on the right bank of the Ganges. Its capital was Champā, sometimes called Aṅgapurī Lomapādapurī, Karṇapurī or Mālinī. According to Daṇḍin (अङ्गेषु गङ्गातटे बहिश्चम्पायाः) and Hiouen Thsang it stood on the Ganges about 24 miles west of a rocky island. General Cunningham has shown that this description applies to the hill opposite Pātharghāṭā, that it is 24 miles east of Bhāgalpur, and that there are villages called Champanagar and Champapura adjoininng the last. According to Sanskrit poets the country of the Aṅgas lay to the east of Girivraja, the capital of Magadha and to the north- east or south-east of Mithilā. The country was in ancient times ruled by Karṇa] cf. अङ्गं गात्रा- न्तिकोपाय प्रतीकेष्वप्रधानके । देशभेदे तु पुंसि स्यात्...॥ Nm. -a.
    1 Contiguous.
    -2 Having members or divisions.
    -Comp. -अङ्गि, [
    अङ्गीभावः -अङगस्य अङ्गिनो भावः] the relation of a limb to the body, of the subordinate to the principal, or of that which is helped or fed to the helper or feeder (गौणमुख्यभावः, उपकार्येपकारकभावश्च); e. g. प्रयाज and other rites are to दर्श as its angas, while दर्श is to them the aṅgi; अङ्गाङ्गिभावमज्ञात्वा कथं सामर्थ्यनिर्णयः । पश्य टिट्टिभमात्रेण समुद्रो व्याकुलीकृतः ॥ H.2.138; अत्र वाक्ये समास- गतयोरुपमयोः साध्यसाधनभावात् ˚वेन सम्बन्धः Malli. on Ki.6.2; अविश्रान्तिजुषामात्मन्यङ्गाङ्गित्वं तु संकरः K.P.1. (अनुग्राह्यानुग्राह- कत्वम्).
    -अधिपः, -अधीशः 1 lord of the Aṅgas, N. of Karṇa (cf. ˚राजः, ˚पतिः, ˚ईश्वरः, ˚अधीश्वरः).
    -2 'lord of a लग्न', the planet presiding over it; (अङ्गाधिपे बलिनि सर्वविभूतिसम्पत्; अङ्गाधीशः स्वगेहे बुधगुरुकविभिः संयुतो वीक्षितो वा Jyotiṣa).
    -अपूर्वम् effect of a secondary sacrificial act.
    -कर्मन् n.
    -क्रिया 1 besmearing the body with fragrant cosmetics, rubbing it &c. Dk.39.
    -2 a supplementary sacrificial act.
    -क्रमः the order of the performance with reference to the अङ्गs. The rule in this connection is that the अङ्गक्रम must conform to the मुख्यक्रम. cf. MS. 5.1.14.
    -ग्रहः spasm; seizure of the body with some illness.
    -ज-जात a. [अङ्गात् जायते जन्-ड]
    1 produced from or on the body, being in or on the body, bodily; ˚जं रजः, ˚जाः अलङ्काराः &c.
    -2 produced by a supple- mentary rite.
    -3 beautiful, ornamental. (
    -जः)
    -जनुस् also
    1 a son.
    -2 hair of the body (n. also); तवोत्तरीयं करिचर्म साङ्गजम् Ki.18.32.
    -3 love, cupid (अङ्गं मनः तस्मा- ज्जातः); intoxicating passion; अङ्गजरागदीपनात् Dk.161.
    -4 drunkenness, intoxication.
    -5 a disease. (
    -जा) a daugh- ter. (
    -जम्) blood, अङ्गजं रुधिरे$नङ्गे केशे पुत्रे मदे पुमान् । नागरे नखरे$पि स्यात्... । Nm.
    -ज्वरः [अङ्गमङ्गम् अधिकृत्य ज्वरः] the disease called राजयक्ष्मा, a sort of consumption.
    -दूष- णम् 1 the defects of the limbs; the penalties of a defec- tive construction; Māna.
    -2 name of the 79th chapter.
    -द्वीपः one of the six minor Dvīpas.
    -न्यासः [अङ्गेषु मन्त्र- भेदस्य न्यासः] touching the limbs of the body with the hand accompanied by appropriate Mantras.
    -पालिः f. [अङ्गं पाल्यते सम्बध्यते$त्र, अङ्ग-पाल्-इ] an embrace (probably a corruption of अङ्कपालि).
    -पालिका = अङ्कपालि q. v.
    -प्रत्यङ्गम् [समा. द्वन्द्व] every limb, large and small; ˚गानि पाणिना स्पृष्ट्वा K.167,72.
    -प्रायश्चित्तम् [अङ्गस्य शुद्ध्यर्थं प्राय- श्चित्तम्] expiation of bodily impurity, such as that caused by the death of a relative, consisting in making pre- sents (पञ्चसूनाजन्यदुरितक्षयार्थं कार्यं दानरूपं प्रायश्चित्तम् Tv.).
    -भूः a. [अङ्गात् मनसो वा भवति; भू-क्विप्] born from the body or mind.
    (-भूः) 1 a son.
    -2 Cupid.
    -3 [अङ्गानाम् अङ्गमन्त्राणां भूः स्थानम्] one who has touched and purified, and then restrained, his limbs by repeating the Man- tras pertaining to those limbs; ब्रह्माङ्गभूर्ब्रह्मणि योजितात्मा Ku.3.15 (सद्योजातादिमन्त्राणाम् अङ्गानां हृदयादिमन्त्राणां भूः स्थानं, कृतमन्त्रन्यासः Malli.).
    -भङ्गः 1 palsy or paralysis of limbs; ˚विकल इव भूत्वा स्थास्यामि Ś.2.
    -2 twisting or stretching out of the limbs (as is done by a man just after he rises from sleep); साङ्गभङ्गमुत्थाय Vb.; जृम्भितैः साङ्गभङ्गैः Mu.3.21, K.85.
    -3 The middle part of the anus and testicles.
    -मन्त्रः N. of a Mantra.
    -मर्दः [अङ्ग मर्दयति; मृद्-णिच्]
    1 one who shampoos his master's body.
    -2 [भावे घञ्] act of shampooing; so ˚मर्दका or ˚मर्दिन्, मृद्- णिच् ण्वुल् or णिनि) one who shampoos.
    -मर्षः [ष. त.] rheumatism; ˚प्रशमनम् the curing of this disease. ˚मेजयत्वम् subtle throbbing of the body; Pātañjala 1.31.
    -यज्ञः, -यागः [अङ्गीभूतः यज्ञः] a subordinate sacrificial act which is of 5 sorts; समिधो यजति, तनूनपातं यजति, इडो यजति, बर्हिर्यजति, स्वाहाकारं यजति इति पञ्चविधाः । एतेषां सकृदनुष्ठा- नेनैव तन्त्रन्यायेन प्रधानयागानामाग्नेयादीनामुपकारितेति मीमांसा Tv.
    -रक्तः, -क्तम् [अङ्गे अवयवे रक्तः] N. of a plant गुडारोचनी found in काम्पिल्य country and having red powder (रक्ताङ्गलोचनी).
    -रक्षकः [अङ्गं रक्षति; रक्ष्-ण्वुल्] a body- guard, personal attendant Pt.3.
    -रक्षणी [अङ्ग रक्ष्यते अनया] a coat of mail, or a garment. (
    -णम्) protection of person.
    -रागः [अङ्गं रज्यते अनेन करणे घञ्]
    1 a scented cosmetic, application of perfumed unguents to the body, fragrant unguent; पुष्पगन्धेन अङ्गरागेण R.12.27, 6.6, स्तनाङ्गरागात् Ku.5.11.
    -2 [भावे ल्युट्] act of anointing the body with unguents.
    -रुहम् [अङ्गे रोहति; रुह्-क स. त. P.III.9.135.] hair; मम वर्णो मणिनिभो मृदून्य- ङ्गरुहाणि च Rām.6.48.12. विहङ्गराजाङ्गरुहैरिवायतैः Śi.1.7.
    -लिपिः f. written character of the Aṅgas.
    -लेपः [अङ्गं लिप्यते अनेन; लिप्-करणे घञ्]
    1 a scented cosmetic.
    -2 [भावे घञ्] act of anointing.
    -लोड्यः (लोड ण्यत्) a kind of grass, ginger or its root, Amomum Zingiber.
    -वस्त्रोत्था f. A louse.
    -विकल a. [तृ. त.]
    1 maimed, paralysed.
    -2 fainting, swooning.
    -विकृतिः f.
    1 change 2of bodily appearance; collapse.
    -2 [अङ्गस्य विकृतिश्चालनादिर्यस्मात् प. ब.] an apoplectic fit, swooning, apoplexy (अपस्मार).
    -विकारः a bodily defect.
    -विक्षेपः 1 movement of the limbs; gesticulation.
    -2 a kind of dance.
    -विद्या [अङ्गरूपा व्याकरणादिशास्त्ररूपा विद्या ज्ञानसाधनम्]
    1 the science of grammar &c. contributing to knowledge.
    -2 the science of foretelling good or evil by the movements of limbs. Kau. A.1.12; N. of chapter 51 of Bṛhat Saṁhitā which gives full details of this science; न नक्षत्राङ्गविद्यया...भिक्षां लिप्सेत कर्हिचित् Ms.6.5.
    -विधिः [अङ्गस्य प्रधानोपकारिणः विधिः विधानम् [a subordinate or subsidiary act sub- servient to a knowledge of the principal one (प्रधान- विधिविधेयकर्मणो$ङ्गबोधकतया अङ्गविधिः).
    -वीरः chief or princi- pal hero.
    -वैकृतम् [अङ्गेन अङ्गचेष्टया वैकृतं हृदयभावो ज्ञाप्यते यत्र बहु.]
    1 a sign, gesture or expression of the face leading to a knowledge of internal thoughts (आकार)
    -2 a nod, wink.
    -3 changed bodily appearance.
    -वैगुण्यम् a defect or flaw in the performance of some subordinate or subsidiary act which may be expiated by thinking of Viṣṇu); श्राद्धादिपद्धतौ कर्मान्ते यत्किञ्चिदङ्गवैगुण्यं जातं तद्दोषप्रशमनाय विष्णुस्मरणमहं करिष्ये इत्यभिलापवाक्यम् Tv.).
    -संस्कारः, -संस्क्रिया [अङ्गं संस्क्रियते अनेन; कृ-करणे or भावे- घञ्)
    1 embellishment of person, personal decoration, doing whatever secures a fine personal appearance, such as bathing, rubbing the body, perfuming it with cosmetic &c.
    -2 [कर्त्रर्थे अण्] one who decorates or embellishes the person.
    -संहतिः f. compactness, symmetry; body; स्थेयसीं दधतमङ्गसंहतिम् Ki.13.5; or strength of the body.
    -संहिता The phonetic relation between consonants and vowels in the body of a word Ts. Prāt.
    -सङ्गः bodily contact, union; coition.
    -सुप्तिः f. Benumbing of the body.
    -सेवकः a personal attend- ant, body-guard.
    -स्कन्धः [कर्मधा.] a subdivision of a science.
    -स्पर्शः fitness or qualification for bodily con- tact or being touched by others.
    -हानिः f. 1. a defect or flaw in the performance of a secondary or subsidi- ary act (= ˚वैगुण्यम्); दैवाद् भ्रमात् प्रमादाच्चेदङ्गहानिः प्रजायते । स्मरणादेव तद्विष्णोः संपूर्णं स्यादिति श्रुतिः ॥
    -हारः [अङ्गं ह्रियते इतस्ततः चाल्यते यत्र, हृ-आधारे or भावे घञ्] gesticulation, movements of the limbs, a dance; अङ्गहारैस्तथैवान्या कोमलै- र्नृत्यशालिनी Rām.5.1.36. संसक्तैरगुरुवनेषु साङ्गहारम् Ki.7.37. Ku.7.91.
    -हारिः [अङ्गं ह्रियते$त्र; हृ-बा˚णि]
    1 gesticula- tion.
    -2 stage; dancing hall.
    -हीन a. [तृ. त.]
    1 muti- lated, deprived of some defective limb (अङ्गं हीनं यथो- चितप्रमाणात् अल्पं यस्य) according to Suśruta a man is so born, if the mother's दोहद has not been duly fulfilled (सा प्राप्तदौर्हृदा पुत्रं जनयेत गुणान्वितम् । अलब्धदौर्हृदा गर्भे लभेता- त्मनि वा भयम् ॥ येषु येष्विन्द्रियार्थेषु दौर्हृदे वै विमानना । जायते तत्सुतस्यार्तिस्तस्मिंस्तस्मिंस्तथेन्द्रिये ॥).

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  • 111 FYRIR

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    prep.
    I. with dat.
    1) before, in front of (ok vóru fyrir honum borin merkin);
    fyrir dyrum, before the door;
    2) before one, in one’s presence;
    hón nefndist fyrir þeim Gunnhildr, she told them that her name was G.;
    3) for;
    hann lét ryðja fyrir þeim búðina, he had the booth cleared for them, for their reception;
    4) before one, in one’s way;
    fjörðr varð fyrir þeim, they came to a fjord;
    sitja fyrir e-m, to lie in wait for one;
    5) naut. term. before, off;
    liggja fyrir bryggjum, to lie off the piers;
    fyrir Humru-mynni, off the Humber;
    6) before, at the head of, over;
    vera fyrir liði, to be over the troops;
    vera fyrir máli, to lead the case;
    sitja fyrir svörum, to undertake the defence;
    7) of time, ago;
    fyrir þrem nóttum, three nights ago;
    fyrir stundu, a while ago;
    fyrir löngu, long ago;
    vera fyrir e-u, to forebode (of a dream);
    8) before, above, superior to;
    Hálfdan svarti var fyrir þeim brœðrum, H. was the foremost of the brothers;
    9) denoting disadvantige, harm, suffering;
    þú lætr Egil vefja öll mál fyrir þér, thou lettest E. thwart all thy affairs;
    tók at eyðast fyrir herm lausa-fé, her money began to fail;
    10) denoting obstacle, hindrance;
    mikit gøri þer mér fyrir þessu máli, you make this case hard for me;
    varð honum lítit fyrir því, it was a small matter for him;
    Ásgrími þótti þungt fyrir, A. thought that things looked bad;
    11) because of, for;
    hon undi sér hvergri fyrir verkjum, she had no rest for pains;
    fyrir hræðslu, for fear;
    illa fœrt fyrir ísum, scarcely, passable for ice;
    gáðu þeir eigi fyrir veiðum at fá heyjanna, because of fishing, they neglected to make hay;
    fyrir því at, because, since, as;
    12) against;
    gæt þín vel fyrir konungi ok hans mönnum, guard thee well against the king and his men;
    beiða griða Baldri fyrir alls konar háska, against all kinds of harm;
    13) fyrir sér, of oneself;
    mikill fyrir sér, strong, powerful;
    minnstr fyrir sér, smallest, weakest;
    14) denoting manner or quality, with;
    hvítr fyrir hærum, while with hoary hair;
    II. with acc.
    1) before, in front of;
    halda fyrir augu sér, to hold (one’s hands) before one’s eyes;
    2) before, into the presence of;
    stefna e-m fyrir dómstól, before a court;
    3) over;
    hlaupa fyrir björg, to leap over a precipice;
    kasta fyrir borð, to throw overboard;
    4) in one’s way, crossing one’s way;
    ríða á leið fyrir þá, to ride in their way, so as to meet them;
    5) round, off;
    sigla fyrir nes, to weather a point;
    6) along, all along;
    fyrir endilangan Noreg, all along Norway, from one end to the other;
    draga ör fyrir odd, to draw the arrow past the point;
    7) of time, fyrir dag, before day;
    fyrir e-s minni, before one’s memory;
    8) for, on behalf of;
    vil ek bjóða at fara fyrir þik, I will offer to go for thee, in thy stead;
    lögvörn fyrir mál, a lawful defence for a case;
    9) for, for the benefit of;
    þeir skáru fyrir þá melinn, they cut the lyme-grass for them (the horses);
    10) for, instead of, in place of, as;
    11) for, because of (vilja Gunnar dauðan fyrir höggit);
    fyrir þín orð, for thy words (intercession);
    fyrir sína vinsæld, by reason of his popularity;
    12) denoting value, price;
    fyrir þrjár merkr, for three marks;
    fyrir hvern mun, by all means, at any cost;
    13) in spite of, against (giptast fyrir ráð e-s);
    14) joined with adverbs ending in -an, governing acc. (fyrir austan, vestan, sunnan, norðan, útan innan, framan, handan, ofan, neðan);
    fyrir austan, sunnan fjall, east, south of the fell;
    fyrir neðan brú, below the bridge;
    fyrir handan á, beyond the river;
    fyrir innan garð, inside the fence;
    III. as adverb or ellipt.
    1) ahead, before, opp. to eptir;
    þá var eigi hins verra eptir ván, er slíkt fór fyrir, when this came first, preceded;
    2) first;
    mun ek þar eptir gera sem þér gerit fyrir, I shall do to you according as you do first;
    3) at hand, present, to the fore;
    föng þau, er fyrir vóru, stores that were at hand;
    þar var fyrir fjöldi boðsmanna, a host of guests was already present (before the bride and bridegroom came);
    4) e-m verðr e-t fyrir, one takes a certain step, acts so and so;
    Kolbeini varð ekki fyrir, K. was at a loss what to do;
    e-t mælist vel (illa) fyrir, a thing is well (ill) spoken or reported of (kvæðit mæltist vel fyrir).
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    prep., in the Editions spelt differently; in MSS. this word is usually abbreviated either  (i. e. firir), or Ꝼ̆, fur͛, fvr͛ (i. e. fyrir); in some MSS. it is idiomatically spelt with i, fir͛, e. g. Arna-Magn. 382 (Bs. i. 263 sqq.); and even in the old Miracle-book Arna-Magn. 645 (Bs. i. 333 sqq.), just as ifir is written for yfir ( over); in a few MSS. it is written as a monosyllable fyr, e. g. D. I. i. 475, Mork. passim; in Kb. (Sæm.-Edda) occurs fyr telia, Vsp. I; fyr norðan, 36; fyr dyrum, Gm. 22; fyr vestan ver, Hkv. 2. 8; in other places as a dissyll. fyrir, e. g. Hm. 56, Gm. 54, Skm. 34, Ls. 15, Am. 64, Hkv. 2. 2, 19 (quoted from Bugge’s edition, see his preface, p. xvi); fyr and fyrir stand to one another in the same relation as ept to eptir, und to undir, of ( super) to yfir: this monosyllabic form is obsolete, save in the compds, where ‘for-’ is more common than ‘fyrir-;’ in some cases both forms are used, e. g. for-dæming and fyrir-dæming; in others only one, but without any fixed rule: again, the forms fyri, fyre, or fire, which are often used in Edd., are just as wrong, as if one were to say epti, undi, yfi; yet this spelling is found now and then in MSS., as, fyre, Ó. H. (facsimile); fire, Grág. Sb. ii. 288 (also facsimile): the particles í and á are sometimes added, í fur, Fms. iv. 137; í fyrir, passim; á fur, Haustl. 1. [Ulf. faur and faura; A. S. fore and for; Engl. for and fore-; Germ. für and vor; Dan. for; Swed. för; Gr. προ-; Lat. pro, prae.]
    WITH DAT., chiefly without the notion of movement.
    A. LOCAL:
    I. before, in front of; fyrir dyrum, before the doors, at the doors, Nj. 14, Vsp. 53, Hm. 69, Edda 130; niðr f. smiðju-dyrum, Eg. 142:—ahead, úti fyrir búðinni, Nj. 181; kómusk sauðirnir upp á fjallit f. þeim, ahead of them, 27; vóru fyrir honum borin merkin, the banner was borne before him, 274; göra orð fyrir sér, to send word before one, Fms. vii. 207, Hkr. iii. 335 (Ó. H. 201, l. c., frá sér):—also denoting direction, niðri í eldinum f. sér, beneath in the fire before them, Nj. 204; þeir sá f. sér bæ mikinn, they saw before them a great building, i. e. they came to a great house, Eg. 546; öðrum f. sér ( in front) en öðrum á bak sér, Grág. i. 5.
    2. before one, before one’s face, in one’s presence; úhelgaða ek Otkel f. búum, before the neighbours, Nj. 87; lýsi ek f. búum fimm, 218; lýsa e-u ( to proclaim) f. e-m, Ld. 8; hann hermdi boð öll f. Gizuri, Nj. 78; hón nefndisk f. þeim Gunnhildr, told them that her name was G., Fms. i. 8; kæra e-t f. e-m, Ó. H. 60; slíkar fortölur hafði hann f. þeim, Nj. 200; the saying, því læra börnin málið að það er f. þeim haft, bairns learn to speak because it is done before them, i. e. because they hear it; hafa gott (íllt) f. e-m, to give a good (bad) example, e. g. in the presence of children; lifa vel f. Guði, to live well before God, 623. 29; stór ábyrgðar-hluti f. Guði, Nj. 199; sem þeir sjá réttast f. Guði, Grág. i. (pref.); fyrir öllum þeim, Hom. 89; á laun f. öðrum mönnum, hidden from other men, unknown to them, Grág. i. 337, Jb. 378; nú skaltú vera vin minn mikill f. húsfreyju minni, i. e. when you talk to my wife, Nj. 265; fyrir Drottni, before the Lord, Merl. 2. 78.
    3. denoting reception of guests, visitors; hann lét ryðja f. þeim búðina, he had the room cleared for them, for their reception, Nj. 228; Valhöll ryðja fyr vegnu fólki, i. e. to clear Valhalla for slain folk, Em. I; ryðja vígvöll f. vegundum, Nj. 212; ljúka upp f. e-m, to open the door for one, Fms. xi. 323, Stj. 5; rýma pallinn f. þeim, Eg. 304; hann lét göra eld f. þeim, he had a fire made for them, 204; þeir görðu eld. f. sér, Fms. xi. 63; … veizlur þar sem fyrir honum var búit, banquets that were ready for him, Eg. 45.
    II. before one, in one’s way; þar er díki varð f. þeim, Eg. 530; á (fjörðr) varð f. þeim, a river, fjord, was before them, i. e. they came to it, 133, 161; at verða eigi f. liði yðru, 51; maðr sá varð f. Vindum, that man was overtaken by the V., Hkr. iii. 363; þeirra manna er f. honum urðu, Eg. 92.
    2. sitja f. e-m, to lie in wait for one, Ld. 218, Nj. 107; lá f. henni í skóginum, Edda (pref.); sitja f. rekum, to sit watching for wrecks, Eg. 136 (fyrir-sát).
    3. ellipt., menn urðu at gæta sín er f. urðu, Nj. 100; Egill var þar f. í runninum, E. was before (them), lay in ambush, Eg. 378; hafði sá bana er f. varð, who was before (the arrow), i. e. he was hit, Nj. 8.
    4. verða f. e-u, to be hit, taken, suffer from a thing; ef hann verðr f. drepi, if he be struck, Grág. ii. 19; verða f. áverka, to be wounded, suffer injury, Ld. 140; verða f. reiði konungs, to fall into disgrace with the king, Eg. 226; verða f. ósköpum, to become the victim of a spell, spell-bound, Fas. i. 130; sitja f. hvers manns ámæli, to be the object of all men’s blame, Nj. 71; vera eigi f. sönnu hafðr, to be unjustly charged with a thing, to be innocent.
    III. a naut. term, before, off; liggja f. bryggjum, to lie off the pier, Ld. 166; skip fljóta f. strengjum, Sks. 116; þeir lágu f. bænum, they lay off the town, Bs. i. 18; liggja úti f. Jótlands-síðu, off Jutland, Eg. 261; hann druknaði f. Jaðri, off the J., Fms. i. II; þeir kómu at honum f. Sjólandi, off Zealand, x. 394; hafa úti leiðangr f. landi, Hkr. i. 301; f. Humru-minni, off the Humber, Orkn. 338, cp. Km. 3, 8, 9, 13, 19, 21; fyrir Nesjum, off the Ness, Vellekla; fyrir Tungum, Sighvat; fyrir Spáni, off Spain, Orkn. 356.
    IV. before, at the head of, denoting leadership; smalamaðr f. búi föður síns, Ver. 26 (of king David); vera f. liði, to be over the troops, Eg. 292, Nj. 7; vera f. máli, to lead the case, Band. 8; vera forstjóri f. búi, to be steward over the household, Eg. 52; ráða f. landi, ríki, etc., to rule, govern, Ó H. 33, Nj. 5; hverr f. eldinum réði, who was the ringleader of the fire, Eg. 239; ráða f. e-u, to rule, manage a thing, passim: the phrase, sitja f. svörum, to respond on one’s behalf, Ölk. 36, Band. 12; hafa svör f. e-m, to be the chief spokesman, Fms. x. 101, Dipl. v. 26.
    V. special usages; friða f. e-m, to make peace for one, Fms. vii. 16, Bs. i. 65; bæta f. e-m, to make things good for one, Hom. 109; túlka, vera túlkr, flytja (etc.) f. e-m, to plead for one, Fms. iii. 33, Nj. 128,—also spilla f. e-m, to disparage one, Eg. 255; haga, ætla f. e-u, to manage, arrange for one, Ld. 208, Sturl. i. 14, Boll. 356; rífka ráð f. e-m, to better one’s condition, Nj. 21; ráða heiman-fylgju ok tilgjöf f. frændkonu sinni, Js. 58; standa f. manni, to stand before, shield a man, stand between him and his enemy, Eg. 357, Grág. ii. 13; vera skjöldr f. e-m, 655 xxxii. 4; hafa kostnað f. e-u, to have the expences for a thing, Ld. 14; vinna f. e-m, to support one by one’s work, Sks. 251; starfa f. fé sínu, to manage one’s money, Ld. 166; hyggja f. e-u, to take heed for a thing, Nj. 109; hyggja f. sér, Fs. 5; hafa forsjá f. e-m, to provide for one, Ld. 186; sjá f. e-u, to see after, Eg. 118, Landn, 152; sjá þú nokkut ráð f. mér, Nj. 20: ironic. to put at rest, Háv. 40: ellipt., sjá vel f., to provide well for, Nj. 102.
    B. TEMP. ago; fyrir þrem nóttum, three nights ago; fyrir stundu, a while ago, Nj. 80; fyrir litlu, a little while ago, Fms. i. 76, Ld. 134; fyrir skömmu, a sbort while ago; fyrir löngu, a long while ago, Nj. 260, Fms. i. 50; fyrir öndverðu, from the beginning, Grág. i. 80, ii. 323, 394, Finnb. 342; fyrir þeim, before they were born, Fms. i. 57.
    2. the phrase, vera f. e-u, to forebode; vera f. stórfundum, Nj. 107, 277; þat hygg ek vera munu f. siða-skipti, Fms. xi. 12; þessi draumr mun vera f. kvámu nökkurs manns, vii. 163; dreyma draum f. e-u, 8; fyrir tiðendum, ii. 65:—spá f. e-m, to ‘spae’ before, prophecy to one, Nj. 171.
    C. METAPH.:
    I. before, above; þóttu þeir þar f. öllum ungum mönnum, Dropl. 7; þykkisk hann mjök f. öðrum mönnum, Ld. 38; ver f. hirðmönnum, be first among my herdsmen, Eg. 65; Hálfdan svarti var f. þeim bræðrum, H. was the foremost of the brothers, Fms. i. 4; þorgrímr var f. sonum Önundar, Grett. 87; var Haraldr mest f. þeim at virðingu, Fms. i. 47.
    II. denoting help, assistance; haun skal rétta vættið f. þeim, Grág. i. 45 (vide above A. IV and V).
    2. the following seem to be Latinisms, láta lífit f. heilagri Kristni, to give up one’s life for holy Christianity, = Lat. pro, Fms. vii. 172; ganga undir píslir fyrir Guðs nafni, Blas. 38; gjalda önd mína f. önd þinni, Johann. 17; gefa gjöf f. sál sinni ( pro animâ suâ), H. E. i. 466; fyrir mér ok minni sál, Dipl. iv. 8; færa Guði fórnir f. e-m, 656 A; heita f. e-m, biðja f. e-m, to make a vow, pray for one (orare pro), Fms. iii. 48, Bs. i. 70; biðja f. mönnum, to intercede for, 19, Fms. xi. 287: even with a double construction, biðja f. stað sinn (acc., which is vernacular) ok heilagri kirkju (dat., which is a Latinism), x. 127.
    III. denoting disadvantage, harm, suffering; þú lætr Egil vefja öll mál fyrir þér, thou lettest Egil thwart all thy affairs, Eg. 249; únýtir hann þá málit fyrir sér, then he ruins his own case, Grág. i. 36, Dropl. 14, 16; Manverjar rufu safnaðinn f. Þorkatli, the Manxmen broke up the assembly, i. e. forsook Thorkel, Fms. ix. 422; kom upp grátr f. henni, she burst into tears, 477; taka fé f. öðrum, to take another’s money, N. G. L. i. 20; knörr þann er konungr lét taka fyrir Þórólfi, Landn. 56; ef hross verðr tekit f. honum, if a horse of his be taken, Grág. i. 436; hann tók upp fé fyrir öllum, he seized property for them all, Ó. H. 60; e-t ferr ílla f. e-m, a thing turns out ill for one; svá fór f. Ólófu, so it came to pass for O., Vígl. 18; loka dyrr f. e-m, to lock the door in one’s face, Edda 21: þeir hafa eigi þessa menn f. yðr drepit, heldr f. yðrar sakir þessi víg vegit, i. e. they have not harmed you, but rather done you a service in slaying those men, Fbr. 33; tók at eyðask f. henni lausa-fé, her money began to fail, Nj. 29; rak á f. þeim storma ok stríðviðri, they were overtaken by gales and bad weather, Vígl. 27; Víglundr rak út knöttinn f. Jökli, V. drove the ball for J., i. e. so that he had to run after it, 24; sá er skar tygil f. Þóri, he who cut Thor’s line, Bragi; sverð brast f. mér, my sword broke, Korm. 98 (in a verse); brjóta e-t f. e-m, to break a thing for one, Bs. i. 15 (in a verse); Valgarðr braut krossa fyrir Merði ok öll heilög tákn, Nj. 167; árin brotnaði f. honum, his oar broke; allar kýrnar drápust fyrir honum, all his cows died.
    2. denoting difficulty, hindrance; sitja f. sæmd e-s, to sit between oneself and one’s honour, i. e. to hinder one’s doing well, Sturl. 87; mikit göri þér mér f. þessu máli, you make this case sore for me, Eb. 124; þér er mikit f. máli, thy case stands ill, Fms. v. 325; ekki er Guði f. því, it is easy for God to do, 656 B. 9; varð honum lítið f. því, it was a small matter for him, he did it easily, Grett. III; mér er minna f. því, it is easier for me, Am. 60; þykkja mikit f. e-u, to be much grieved for a thing, do it unwillingly, Nj. 77; Icel. also say, þykja fyrir (ellipt.), to feel hurt, be displeased:—ellipt., er þeim lítið fyrir at villa járnburð þenna, it is a small matter for them to spoil this ordeal, Ó. H. 140; sem sér muni lítið f. at veiða Gunnar, Nj. 113; fast mun f. vera, it will be fast-fixed before (one), hard to move, Ld. 154; Ásgrími þótti þungt f., A. thought that things looked sad (heavy), Nj. 185; hann var lengi f., he was long about it, Fms. x. 205; hann var lengi f. ok kvað eigi nei við, he was cross and said not downright no, Þorf. Karl. 388.
    IV. in a causal sense, for, because of, Lat. per, pro; sofa ek né mákat fugls jarmi fyrir, I cannot sleep for the shrill cry of birds, Edda 16 (in a verse); hon undi sér hvergi f. verkjum, she had no rest for pains, Bjarn. 69; fyrir gráti, tárum, = Lat. prae lacrymis; fyrir harmi, for sorrow; f. hlátri, for laughter, as in Engl.; þeir æddust f. einni konu, they went mad for the sake of one woman, Sól. 11; ílla fært f. ísum, scarce passable for ice, Fms. xi. 360; hætt var at sitja útar f. Miðgarðs-ormi, Edda 35; hann var lítt gengr f. sárinu, he could hardly walk for the wound, Fbr. 178; fyrir hræðslu, for fear, Hbl. 26; heptisk vegrinn f. þeim meinvættum sem …, Fs. 4; gáðu þeir eigi f. veiðum at fá heyjanna, because of fishing they took no care to make hay, Landn. 30; fyrir riki konungs, for the king’s power, Eg. 67, 117; fyrir ofríki manna, Grág. i. 68; fyrir hví, for why? Eluc. 4; fyrir hví þeir væri þar, Eg. 375; fyrir því, at …, for that, because, Edda 35, Fms. i. 22, vii. 330, Ld. 104; en fyrir því nú at, now since, Skálda 171; nú fyrir því at, id., 169: the phrase, fyrir sökum, for the sake of, because of, passim; vide sök.
    V. by, by the force of; öxlin gékk ór liði fyrir högginu, the shoulder was disjointed by the force of the stroke, Háv. 52.
    2. denoting contest; falla f. e-m, to fall before one, i. e. fighting against one, Fms. i. 7, iv. 9, x. 196; verða halloki f. e-m, to be overcome in fighting one, Ld. 146; látask f. e-m, to perish by one, Eb. 34; hafa bana f. e-m, to be slain by one, Nj. 43; þeir kváðu fá fúnað hafa f. honum, 263; mæddisk hann f. þeim, he lost his breath in fighting them, Eg. 192; láta ríki f. e-m, to lose the kingdom before another, i. e. so that the latter gains it, 264; láta lausar eignir mínar f. þér, 505; láta hlut sinn f. e-m, Fs. 47; standask f. e-m, to stand one’s ground before one, Edda (pref.); hugðisk hann falla mundu f. sjóninni einni saman, that he would sink before his glance, 28, Hým. 12; halda hlut f. e-m, Ld. 54; halda frið ok frelsi f. várum óvinum, Fms. viii. 219; fara mun ek sem ek hefi áðr ætlað f. þínum draum ( thy dream notwithstanding), Ld. 216; þér farit hvárt er þér vilit f. mér, you go wherever you like for me, so far as I am concerted, Fær. 37; halda vöku f. sér, to keep oneself awake, Fms. i. 216.
    β. with verbs, flýja, hlaupa, renna, stökkva f. e-m, to fly, leap, run before one, i. e. to be pursued, Bs. i. 774, Grág. ii. 359; at hann rynni f. þrælum hans, Ld. 64; fyrir þessum úfriði stökk Þangbrandr til Noregs, 180; skyldi hann ganga ór á f. Hofsmönnum, Landn. 178; ganga f. e-u, to give way before, yield to a thing, Fms. i. 305, x. 292; vægja f. e-m, to yield to one, give way, Eg. 21, 187, Nj. 57, Ld. 234.
    VI. against; verja land f. e-m, Eg. 32; verja landit f. Dönum ok öðrum víkingum, Fms. i. 23; til landvarnar f. víkingum, Eg. 260; landvarnar-maðr f. Norðmönnum, Fms. vi. 295; gæta brúarinnar f. bergrisum, Edda 17; gæt þín vel f. konungi ok hans mönnum, guard thee well against the king and his men, Eg. 113; góð aðstoð f. tröllum ok dvergum, Bárð. 163; beiða Baldri griða f. allskonar háska, Edda 36; auðskæðr f. höggum, Eg. 770.
    VII. in the sense of being driven before; fyrir straumi, veðri, vindi, before the stream, wind, weather (forstreymis, forvindis), Grág. ii. 384, Fms. vii. 262; halda f. veðri, to stand before the wind, Róm. 211.
    2. rýrt mun verða f. honum smá-mennit, he will have an easy game with the small people, Nj. 94: ellipt., hafði sá bana er f. varð, 8; sprakk f., 16, 91.
    VIII. fyrir sér, of oneself, esp. of physical power; mikill f. sér, strong, powerful; lítill f. sér, weak, feeble, Nj. 20, Ísl. ii. 368, Eg. 192; þér munuð kalla mik lítinn mann f. mér, Edda 33; minnstr f. sér, smallest, weakest, Eg. 123; gildr maðr f. sér, Ísl. ii. 322, Fms. ii. 145; herðimaðr mikiil f. sér, a hardy man, Nj. 270; hvat ert þú f. þér, what kind of fellow art thou? Clem. 33; vera einn f. sér, to be a strange fellow, Grett. 79 new Ed.; Icel. also say, göra mikið (lítið) f. sér, to make oneself big ( little).
    β. sjóða e-t f. sér, to hesitate, saunter, Nj. 154; mæla f. munni, to talk between one’s teeth, to mutter, Orkn. 248, Nj. 249.
    IX. denoting manner or quality; hvítr f. hærum, white with hoary hairs, Fms. vi. 95, Fas. ii. 540; gráir fyrir járnum, grey with steel, of a host in armour, Mag. 5; hjölt hvít f. silfri, a hilt white with silver = richly silvered, Eb. 226.
    X. as adverb or ellipt.,
    1. ahead, in front, = á undan, Lat. prae, opp. to eptir; þá var eigi hins verra eptir ván, er slíkt fór fyrir, as this came first, preceded, Nj. 34; at einhverr mundi fara heim fyrir, that some one would go home first (to spy), Eg. 580; Egill fór f., E. went in before, id.; at vér ríðim þegar f. í nótt, 283.
    β. first; hann stefndi f. málinu, en hann mælti eptir, one pronounced the words first, but the other repeated after him, Nj. 35; mun ek þar eptir göra sem þér gerit f., I shall do to you according as you do first, 90:—temp., sjau nóttum f., seven nights before, Grág. ii. 217.
    2. to the fore, at hand, present; þar var fyrir fjöldi boðsmanna, a host of guests was already to the fore, i. e. before the bride and bridegroom came, Nj. 11; úvíst er at vita hvar úvinir sitja á fleti fyrir, Hm. 1; skal þá lögmaðr þar f. vera, he shall be there present, Js. 3; heima í túni fyrir, Fær. 50; þar vóru fyrir Hildiríðar-synir, Eg. 98; var honum allt kunnigt fyrir, he knew all about the localities, 583; þeim ómögum, sem f. eru, who are there already, i. e. in his charge, Grág. i. 286: of things, föng þau er f. vóru, stores that were to the fore, at hand, Eg. 134.
    3. fore, opp. to ‘back,’ of clothes; slæður settar f. allt gullknöppum, Eg. 516; bak ok fyrir, back and front, = bak ok brjóst, Mar.
    XI. in the phrase, e-m verðr e-t fyrir, a thing is before one, i. e. one takes that and that step, acts so and so in an emergency; nú verðr öðrum þeirra þat f., at hann kveðr, now if the other part alleges, that …, Grág. i. 362; Kolbeini varð ekki f., K. had no resource, i. e. lost his head, Sturl. iii. 285:—the phrase, e-t mælisk vel (ílla) fyrir, a thing is well ( ill) reported of; víg Gunnars spurðisk ok mæltisk ílla fyrir um allar sveitir, Nj. 117, Sturl. ii. 151; mun þat vel f. mælask, people will like it well, Nj. 29, Þórð. 55 new Ed.; ílla mun þat f. mælask at ganga á sættir við frændr sína, Ld. 238; ok er lokit var, mæltisk kvæðit vel f., the people praised the poem, Fms. vii. 113.
    XII. in special senses, either as prep. or adv. (vide A. V. above); segja leið f. skipi, to pilot a ship, Eg. 359; segja f. skipi, to say a prayer for a new ship or for any ship going to sea, Bs. i. 774, Fms. x. 480; mæla f. e-u, to dictate, Grág. ii. 266; mæla f. minni, to bring out a toast, vide minni; mæla f. sætt, i. 90; skipa, koma e-u f., to arrange, put right; ætla f. e-u, to make allowance for; trúa e-m f. e-u, to entrust one with; það fer mikið f. e-u (impers.), it is of great compass, bulky; hafa f. e-u, to have trouble with a thing; leita f. sér, to enquire; biðjask f., to say one’s prayers, vide biðja; mæla fyrir, segja f., etc., to order, Nj. 103, Js. 3: of a spell or solemn speaking, hann mælti svá f., at …, Landn. 34; spyrjask f., to enquire, Hkr. ii. 333; búask f., to prepare, make arrangement, Landn. 35, Sks. 551; skipask f., to draw up, Nj. 197; leggjask f., to lie down in despair, Bs. i. 194; spá fyrir, to ‘spae’ before, foretell; þeir menn er spá f. úorðna hluti, Fms. i. 96; segja f., to foretell, 76, Bb. 332; Njáll hefir ok sagt f. um æfi hans, Nj. 102; vita e-t f., to ‘wit’ beforehand, know the future, 98; sjá e-t f., to foresee, 162; ef þat er ætlat f., fore-ordained, id.
    WITH ACC., mostly with the notion of movement.
    A. LOCAL:
    I. before, in front of; fyrir dyrrin, Nj. 198; láta síga brýnn f. brár, Hkv. Hjörv. 19; halda f. augu sér, to hold (one’s hands) before one’s eyes, Nj. 132; leggja sverði fyrir brjóst e-m, to thrust a sword into his breast, 162, Fs. 39.
    2. before one, before a court; stefna e-m f. dómstól, Fms. xi. 444; ganga, koma f. e-n, to go, come before one, Fms. i. 15, Eg. 426, Nj. 6, 129, passim; fyrir augu e-s, before one’s eyes, Stj. 611.
    3. before, so as to shield; hann kom skildinum f. sik, he put the shield before him, Nj. 97, 115; halda skildi f. e-n, a duelling term, since the seconder had to hold one’s shield, Ísl. ii. 257.
    4. joined to adverbs such as fram, aptr, út, inn, ofan, niðr, austr, vestr, suðr, norðr, all denoting direction; fram f., forward; aptr f., backward, etc.; hann reiddi öxina fram f. sik, a stroke forward with the axe, Fms. vii. 91; hann hljóp eigi skemra aptr en fram fyrir sik, Nj. 29; þótti honum hann skjóta brandinum austr til fjallanna f. sik, 195; komask út f. dyrr, to go outside the door, Eg. 206:—draga ofan f. brekku, to drag over the hill, Ld. 220; hrinda f. mel ofan, to thrust one over the gravel bank, Eg. 748; hlaupa f. björg, to leap over a precipice, Eb. 62, Landn. 36; elta e-n f. björg, Grág. ii. 34; hlaupa (kasta) f. borð, to leap ( throw) overboard, Fms. i. 178, Hkr. iii. 391, Ld. 226; síga ( to be hauled) niðr f. borgar-vegg, 656 C. 13, Fms. ix. 3; hlaupa niðr f. stafn, Eg. 142; niðr f. skaflinn, Dropl. 25; fyrir brekku, Orkn. 450, Glúm. 395 (in a verse).
    II. in one’s way, crossing one’s way; þeir stefndu f. þá, Fms. ix. 475; ríða á leið f. þá, to ride in their way, so as to meet them, Boll. 348; hlaupa ofan f. þá, Nj. 153; vóru allt komin f. hann bréf, letters were come before him, in his way, Fms. vii. 207; þeir felldu brota f. hann, viz. they felled trees before him, so as to stop him, viii. 60, ix. 357; leggja bann f. skip, to lay an embargo on a ship, Ld. 166.
    III. round, off a point; fyrir nesit, Nj. 44; út f. Holm, out past the Holm, Fms. vii. 356: esp. as a naut. term, off a point on the shore, sigla f. England, Norðyrnbraland, Þrasnes, Spán, to sail by the coast of, stand off England, Northumberland, … Spain, Orkn. 338, 340, 342, 354; fyrir Yrjar, Fms. vii. (in a verse); fyrir Siggju, Aumar, Lista, Edda 91 (in a verse); er hann kom f. Elfina, when be came off the Gotha, Eg. 80; leggja land f. skut, to lay the land clear of the stern, i. e. to pass it, Edda l. c.; göra frið f. land sitt, to pacify the land from one end to another, Ld. 28; fyrir uppsprettu árinnar, to come to ( round) the sources of the river, Fms. iii. 183; fyrir garðs-enda, Grág. ii. 263; girða f. nes, to make a wall across the ness, block it up, cp. Lat. praesepire, praemunire, etc., Grág. ii. 263; so also binda f. op, poka, Lat. praeligare, praestringere; hlaða f. gat, holu, to stop a hole, opening; greri f. stúfinn, the stump (of the arm or leg) was healed, closed, Nj. 275; skjóta slagbrandi f. dyrr, to shoot a bolt before the door, to bar it, Dropl. 29; láta loku (lás) f. hurð, to lock a door, Gísl. 28; setja innsigli f. bréf, to set a seal to a letter, Dipl. i. 3: ellipt., setr hón þar lás fyrir, Ld. 42, Bs. i. 512.
    2. along, all along; f. endilanga Danmörk, f. endilangan Noreg, all along Denmark, Norway, from one end to the other, Fms. iv. 319, xi. 91, Grett. 97:—öx álnar f. munn, an axe with an ell-long edge, Ld. 276; draga ör f. ödd, to draw the arrow past the point, an archer’s term, Fms. ii. 321.
    IV. with verbs, fyrir ván komit, one is come past hope, all hope is gone, Sturl. i. 44, Hrafn. 13, Fms. ii. 131; taka f. munn e-m, to stop one’s mouth; taka f. háls, kverkar, e-m, to seize one by the throat, etc.; taka mál f. munn e-m, ‘verba alicujus praeripere,’ to take the word out of one’s mouth, xi. 12; taka f. hendr e-m, to seize one’s hands, stop one in doing a thing, Eb. 124; mod., taka fram f. hendrnar á e-m.
    B. TEMP.: fyrir dag, before day, Eg. 80; f. miðjan dag, Ld. 14; f. sól, before sunrise, 268; f. sólar-lag, before sunset; f. miðjan aptan, Nj. 192; f. náttmál, 197; f. óttu, Sighvat; f. þinglausnir, Ölk. 37; f. Jól, Nj. 269; f. fardaga, Grág. ii. 341; viku f. sumar, 244; f. mitt sumar, Nj. 138; litlu f. vetr, Eg. 159; f. vetrnætr, Grág. ii. 217; f. e-s minni, before one’s memory, Íb. 16.
    C. METAPH.:
    I. above, before; hann hafdi mest fyrir aðra konunga hraustleikinn, Fms. x. 372.
    II. for, on behalf of; vil ek bjóða at fara f. þik, I will go for thee, in thy stead, Nj. 77; ganga í skuld f. e-n, Grág. i. 283; Egill drakk … ok svá f. Ölvi, Eg. 210; kaupa e-t f. e-n, Nj. 157; gjalda gjöld f. e-n, Grág. i. 173; verja, sækja, sakir f. e-n, Eg. 504; hvárr f. sik, each for oneself, Dipl. v. 26; sættisk á öll mál f. Björn, Nj. 266; tók sættir f. Björn, Eg. 168; svara f. e-t, Fms. xi. 444; hafa til varnir f. sik, láta lýrit, lög-vörn koma f.; færa vörn f. sik, etc.; verja, sækja sakir f. sik, and many similar law phrases, Grág. passim; biðja konu f. e-n, to woo a lady for another, Fms. x. 44; fyrir mik, on my behalf, for my part, Gs. 16; lögvörn f. mál, a lawful defence for a case, Nj. 111; hafa til varnar f. sök, to defend a case, Grág. i. 61; halda skiladómi f. e-t, Dipl. iv. 8; festa lög f. e-t, vide festa.
    III. in a distributive sense; penning f. mann, a penny per man, K. Þ. K. 88; fyrir nef hvert, per nose = per head, Lv. 89, Fms. i. 153, Ó. H. 141; hve f. marga menn, for how many men, Grág. i. 296; fyrir hverja stiku, for each yard, 497.
    IV. for, for the benefit of; brjóta brauð f. hungraða, Hom. 75; þeir skáru f. þá melinn, they cut the straw for them (the horses), Nj. 265; leggja kostnað f. e-n, to defray one’s costs, Grág. i. 341.
    V. for, instead of; hann setti sik f. Guð, Edda (pref.); hafa e-n f. Guð (Lat. pro Deo), Stj. 73, Barl. 131; geta, fá, kveðja mann f. sik, to get a man as one’s delegate or substitute, Grág. i. 48 passim; þeir höfðu vargstakka f. brynjur, Fs. 17; manna-höfuð vóru f. kljána, Nj. 275; gagl f. gás ok grís f. gamalt svín, Ó. H. 86; rif stór f. hlunna, Háv. 48; buðkr er f. húslker er hafðr, Vm. 171; auga f. auga, tönn f. tönn, Exod. xxi. 24; skell f. skillinga, Þkv. 32.
    VI. because of, for; vilja Gunnar dauðan fyrir höggit, Nj. 92, Fms. v. 162; eigi f. sakleysi, not without ground, i. 302; fyrir hvat (why, for what) stefndi Gunnarr þeim til úhelgi? Nj. 101; ok urðu f. þat sekir, Landn. 323; hafa ámæli f. e-t, Nj. 65, passim.
    2. in a good sense, for one’s sake, for one; fyrir þín orð, for thy words, intercession, Ísl. ii. 217; vil ek göra f. þín orð, Ld. 158, Nj. 88; fyrir sína vinsæld, by his popularity, Fms. i. 259: the phrase, fyrir e-s sök, for one’s sake, vide sök: in swearing, a Latinism, fyrir trú mína, by my faith! (so in Old Engl. ‘fore God), Karl. 241; fyrir þitt líf, Stj. 514; ek særi þik f. alla krapta Krists ok manndóm þinn, Nj. 176. VII. for, at, denoting value, price; fyrir þrjár merkr, for three marks, Eg. 714; er sik leysti út f. þrjú hundruð marka, Fms. ix. 421; ganga f. hundrað, to pass or go for a hundred, D. I. i. 316:—also of the thing bought, þú skalt reiða f. hana þrjár merkr, thou shall pay for her three marks, Ld. 30; fyrir þik skulu koma mannhefndir, Nj. 57; bætr f. víg, Ísl. ii. 274; bætr f. mann, Eg. 259, passim; fyrir áverka Þorgeirs kom legorðs-sökin, Nj. 101:—so in the phrase, fyrir hvern mun, by all means, at any cost; fyrir öngan mun, by no means, Fms. i. 9, 157, Gþl. 531:—hafði hverr þeirra mann f. sik, eða tvá …, each slew a man or more for himself, i. e. they sold their lives dearly, Ó. H. 217.
    2. ellipt., í staðinn f., instead of, Grág. i. 61; hér vil ek bjóða f. góð boð, Nj. 77; taka umbun f., Fms. vii. 161; svara slíku f. sem …, Boll. 350; þér skulut öngu f. týna nema lífinu, you shall lose nothing less than your head, Nj. 7.
    VIII. by means of, by, through; fyrir þat sama orð, Stj.; fyrir sína náttúru, Fms. v. 162; fyrir messu-serkinn, iii. 168; fyrir þinn krapt ok frelsis-hönd, Pass. 19. 12; svikin f. orminn, by the serpent, Al. 63,—this use of fyrir seems to be a Latinism, but is very freq. in eccl. writings, esp. after the Reformation, N. T., Pass., Vídal.; fyrir munn Davíðs, through the mouth of David, etc.:—in good old historical writings such instances are few; þeir hlutuðu f. kast ( by dice), Sturl. ii. 159.
    IX. in spite of, against; fyrir vilja sinn, N. G. L. i. 151; fyrir vitorð eðr vilja e-s, against one’s will or knowledge, Grág. ii. 348; kvángask (giptask) f. ráð e-s, i. 177, 178, Þiðr. 190; nú fara menn f. bann ( in spite of an embargo) landa á milli, Gþl. 517; hann gaf henni líf f. framkvæmd farar, i. e. although she had not fulfilled her journey ( her vow), Fms. v. 223; fyrir várt lof, vi. 220; fyrir allt þat, in spite of all that, Grett. 80 new Ed.; fyrir ráð fram, heedlessly; fyrir lög fram, vide fram.
    X. denoting capacity, in the same sense as ‘at,’ C. II, p. 27, col. 1; scarcely found in old writers (who use ‘at’), but freq. in mod. usage, thus, eigi e-n f. vin, to have one for a friend, in old writers ‘at vin;’ hafa e-n f. fífl, fól, to make sport of one.
    2. in old writers some phrases come near to this, e. g. vita f. vist, to know for certain, Dipl. i. 3; vita f. full sannindi, id., ii. 16; hafa f. satt, to take for sooth, believe, Nj. 135; koma f. eitt, to come ( turn) all to one, Lv. 11, Nj. 91, Fms. i. 208; koma f. ekki, to come to naught, be of no avail, Ísl. ii. 215; fyrir hitt mun ganga, it will turn the other way, Nj. 93; fyrir hann er einskis örvænt orðs né verks, from him everything may be expected, Ísl. ii. 326; hafa e-s víti f. varnað, to have another’s faults for warning, Sól. 19.
    XI. joined with adverbs ending in -an, fyrir austan, vestan, sunnan, norðan, útan, innan, framan, handan, ofan, neðan, either with a following acc. denoting. direction, thus, fyrir austan, sunnan … fjall, east, south of the fell, i. e. on the eastern, southern side; fyrir neðan brú, below the bridge; fyrir útan fjall = Lat. ultra; fyrir innan fjall = Lat. infra; fyrir handan á, beyond the river; fyrir innan garð, inside the yard; fyrir ofan garð, above, beyond the yard, etc.; vide these adverbs:—used adverb., fyrir sunnan, in the south; fyrir vestan, in the west; fyrir norðan, in the north; fyrir austan, in the east,—current phrases in Icel. to mark the quarters of the country, cp. the ditty in Esp. Árb. year 1530; but not freq. in old writers, who simply say, norðr, suðr …, cp. Kristni S. ch. 1: absol. and adverb., fyrir ofan, uppermost; fyrir handan, on the other side:—fyrir útan e-t, except, save, Anal. 98, Vkv. 8; fyrir fram, vide fram.
    ☞ For- and fyrir- as prefixes, vide pp. 163–167 and below:
    I. fore-, for-, meaning before, above, in the widest sense, local, temp., and metaph. furthering or the like, for-dyri, for-nes, for-ellri, for-beini, etc.
    β. before, down, for-brekkis, -bergis, -streymis, -vindis, -viðris, etc.
    2. in an intens. sense = before others, very, but not freq.; for-dyld, -góðr, -hagr, -hraustr, -kostuligr, -kuðr, -lítill, -ljótr, -prís, -ríkr, -snjallr.
    II. (cp. fyrir, acc., C. IX), in a neg. or priv. sense; a few words occur even in the earliest poems, laws, and writers, e. g. for-að, -átta, -dæða, -nám, -næmi, -sending, -sköp, -verk, -veðja, -viða, -vitni, -ynja, -yrtir; those words at least seem to be original and vernacular: at a later time more words of the same kind crept in:
    1. as early as writers of the 13th and 14th centuries, e. g. for-boð, -bænir, -djarfa, -dæma (fyrir-dæma), -taka (fyrir-taka), -þóttr; fyrir-bjóða, -fara, -göra, -koma, -kunna, -líta, -muna, -mæla, -vega, -verða.
    2. introduced in some words at the time of the Reformation through Luther’s Bible and German hymns, and still later in many more through Danish, e. g. for-brjóta, -drífa, -láta, -líkast, -merkja, -nema, -sorga, -sóma, -standa, -svara, -þénusta, and several others; many of these, however, are not truly naturalised, being chiefly used in eccl. writings:—it is curious that if the pronoun be placed after the verb (which is the vernacular use in Icel.) the sense is in many cases reversed; thus, fyrir-koma, to destroy, but koma e-u fyrir can only mean to arrange; so also fyrir-mæla, to curse, and mæla fyrir, to speak for; for-bænir, but biðja fyrir e-m, etc.; in the latter case the sense is good and positive, in the former bad and negative; this seems to prove clearly that these compds are due to foreign influence.

    Íslensk-ensk orðabók > FYRIR

  • 112 иметь

    have; также служебный глагол
    Having exchanged (русск. деепричастие прош. вр.: см. также предисловие) .
    their original forest habitats for open landscapes, the pioneer species proceeded to spread along two main routes. Some of the species have extended their ranges south from African tropical forests into open arid regions of South Africa .
    Species of undoubtedly African origin has, by expanding along two different routes – through Iceland and Greenland in the west and across the Bering Strait in the east, penetrated into the New World. .
    This ancestral species had adapted to living in savannas and steppes, but nevertheless succeeded in colonizing new areas in North Africa, Arabia and the Middle East .
    This colonization may have taken place (могла предположительно, иметь место) in the period when suitable habitats for the species became predominant in these regions .
    These mutual displays have never been observed to lead to copulation in this species .
    In all the cases discussed we are dealing with so-called allopatric forms whose breeding ranges are not contiguous, but rather situated well apart from each other .
    Many non-raptorial birds deal with large food items by beating them vigorously prior to swallowing .

    Русско-английский словарь по этологии (поведению животных) > иметь

  • 113 Tagus, River

       The Tagus (Rio Tejo in Portugal, Rio Tajo in Spain) is the longest river in the Iberian Peninsula. It rises in east-central Spain, east of Madrid, and flows west across Spain to the Portuguese border for about 60 kilometers (36 miles), forming a section of the Luso-Spanish border, then turns southwest and enters the Atlantic at Lisbon. The Tagus estuary is an important harbor resource. About 16 kilometers (10 miles) above Lisbon, the Tagus burgeons into a 11 kilometer (7-mile-wide) lagoon that narrows at Lisbon to a channel of some 3 kilometers (2 miles) wide and 18 kilometers (8 miles) long, blocked in part by a sand bar. The Tagus is navigable as far as the town of Abrantes, roughly 240 kilometers (146 miles) upriver. In tradition and history, this river acts as a kind of dividing line between north and south Portugal, each with its different regions and features.

    Historical dictionary of Portugal > Tagus, River

  • 114 República Togolesa, la

    = Togolese Republic, the
    Ex. Togo (officially the Togolese Republic) is a narrow country in West Africa bordering Ghana to the west, Benin to the east and Burkina Faso to the north.

    Spanish-English dictionary > República Togolesa, la

  • 115 mirar

    v.
    1 to look at (dirigir la vista a).
    mirar algo de cerca/lejos to look at something closely/from a distance
    ¡míralos! look at them!
    mirar algo por encima to glance over something, to have a quick look at something
    mirar a alguien bien/mal to think highly/poorly of somebody
    mirar a alguien de arriba abajo to look somebody up and down
    Ella mira la luna She looks at the moon.
    Ella mira She looks.
    ¡mira! look (at that!)
    mira, yo creo que… look, I think (that)…
    mira que te avisé I told you so
    mira por dónde… guess what?, would you believe it? (peninsular Spanish)
    ¡mira que eres pesado/tonto! you're being really tedious/silly!
    3 to check, to look through.
    le miraron todas las maletas they searched all her luggage
    Ella mira la revista She looks through=leafs through the magazine.
    4 to check, to look.
    he mirado en todas partes I've looked everywhere
    5 to watch.
    Ella mira el partido She watches the game.
    6 to consider, to think about, to think over.
    Ella mira la posibilidad She considers the possibility.
    * * *
    1 (observar) to look at; (con atención) to watch
    2 (buscar) to look; (registrar) to search
    4 (averiguar) to see, find out
    5 (dar) to face
    6 (tener cuidado con) to watch, mind, be careful
    7 (tener en cuenta) to consider
    1 (gen) to look; (con atención) to stare
    2 (buscar) to look
    3 (tener cuidado) to mind, watch, be careful
    \
    de mírame y no me toques very fragile, delicate
    mira que si... what if...
    ¡mira! (gen) look! 2 (con asombro) well I never!, fancy that! 3 (como aviso) look here!
    mira que te lo dije I did tell you, didn't I?
    mira quién habla look who's talking
    mira, yo no digo nada look, I'm not saying a thing
    mirándolo bien... thinking about it...
    mirar a alguien por encima del hombro to look down one's nose at somebody
    mirar algo/a alguien con buenos/malos ojos to have a good/bad opinion of something/somebody
    mirar algo por encima to have a quick look at something
    mirar atrás to look back
    mirar de arriba a abajo a alguien to look somebody up and down
    mirar por alguien to think of somebody
    mirarse en alguien to look up to somebody
    ¡mira por donde! would you believe it!
    ¡mira que!
    ■ ¡mira que es tonto! he's so stupid!
    * * *
    verb
    1) to look, look at
    •
    * * *
    1. VT
    1) (=ver) to look at

    • mirar a algn de arriba abajo — to look sb up and down

    • mirar algo/a algn de reojo o de través — to look at sth/sb out of the corner of one's eye

    • mirar fijamente algo/a algn — to gaze o stare at sth/sb

    • mirar algo por encima — to glance over sth

    hombro
    2) (=observar) to watch
    3) (=comprobar)

    mira a ver lo que hace el niño — go and see o check what the boy's up to

    4) (=pensar en)

    ¡no gastes más, mira que no tenemos dinero! — don't spend any more, remember we've no money!

    • mirándolo bien, bien mirado o si bien se mira o mirándolo bien, la situación no es tan grave — all in all, the situation isn't that bad, if you really think about it, the situation isn't all that bad

    bien mirado o mirándolo bien, creo que lo haré más tarde — on second thoughts, I think I'll do it later

    5) (=ser cuidadoso con)
    6) [uso exclamativo]
    a) [en imperativo]

    ¡mira qué cuadro tan bonito! — look, what a pretty painting!

    ¡mira cómo me has puesto de agua! — look, you've covered me in water!

    ¡mira lo que has hecho! — (just) look what you've done!

    ¡mira quién fue a hablar! — look who's talking!

    ¡mira (bien) lo que haces! — watch what you do!

    ¡mira con quién hablas! — just remember who you're talking to!

    b) [indicando sorpresa, disgusto]

    • mira que, ¡mira que es tonto! — he's so stupid!

    ¡mira que te avisé! — didn't I warn you?

    ¡mira que ponerse a llover ahora! — it would have to start raining right now!

    c) [indicando esperanza, temor]

    • mira que si, ¡mira que si ganas! — imagine if you win!

    ¡mira que si no viene! — just suppose he doesn't come!

    ¡mira que si es mentira! — just suppose it isn't true!, what if it isn't true?

    7) LAm (=ver) to see

    ¿lo miras? — can you see it?

    2. VI
    1) [con la vista] to look

    me vio pero miró hacia otro lado — she saw me, but she looked the other way

    mirar de reojo o de través — to look out of the corner of one's eye

    2) (=comprobar) to look

    ¿has mirado en el cajón? — have you looked in the drawer?

    3) (=estar orientado hacia) to face
    4) (=cuidar)

    • mirar por algn — to look after sb, take care of sb

    debes de mirar por tus hermanos — you should look after o take care of your brothers

    5) [uso exclamativo]
    a) [en imperativo]

    ¡mira! un ratón — look, a mouse!

    mira, yo creo que... — look, I think that...

    mira, déjame en paz ahora — look, just leave me alone now

    mire usted, yo no tengo por qué aguantar esto — look here, I don't have to put up with this

    b) [indicando sorpresa, admiración]

    • mira si, ¡mira si estaría buena la sopa que todos repitieron! — the soup was so good that everyone had seconds!

    ¡mira si es listo el niño! — what a clever boy he is!

    - ¡pues mira por dónde...!
    6)

    • mirar a — (=proponerse) to aim at

    7) frm

    por lo que mira a — as for, as regards

    3.
    See:
    * * *
    1.
    verbo transitivo
    1)
    a) (observar, contemplar) to look at

    se me quedó mirando — he just stared at me, he just gaped at me

    ir a mirar escaparates or (AmL) vidrieras — to go window shopping

    ser de mírame y no me toques — to be very fragile o delicate

    b) <programa/partido> to watch
    2) ( fijarse) to look

    bien mirado or mirándolo bien, no es una mala idea — thinking about it o all things considered, it's not a bad idea

    mirándolo bien creo que prefiero no ir — on second thoughts, I think I'd prefer to stay

    lo mires por donde lo mires — whatever o whichever way you look at it

    mirar algo en menos — < regalo> to turn one's nose up at something; <trabajo/idea> to look down one's nose at something

    mirar mal or no mirar bien a alguien: lo miran mal porque lleva el pelo largo they disapprove of him because he has long hair; en el trabajo no lo miran bien — he's not very highly thought of at work

    5)
    a) (expresando incredulidad, irritación, etc)

    mira que poner un plato de plástico en el horno...! — honestly o really! imagine putting a plastic dish in the oven...! (colloq)

    mira que eres tacaño! — boy, you're mean! (colloq)

    mira las veces que te lo habré dicho...! — the times I've told you!

    mira que mi paciencia tiene un límite — I'm warning you, I'm running out of patience

    mira que ya son las nueve — you realize o you (do) know it's already nine

    2.
    mirar vi
    1) (observar, contemplar) to look

    ¿miraste bien? — did you have a good look?, did you look properly?

    2) ( fijarse) to look

    mire usted, la cosa es muy sencilla — well, it's very simple

    sacó el primer premio - mira tú! — he won first prize - well, well! o well I never!

    no, mira, yo tampoco me lo creo — no, to be honest, I don't believe it either

    mira, no me vengas con excusas — look, I don't want to listen to your excuses

    mira por dónde — (Esp fam)

    y mira por dónde, me llevé el trofeo — and would you believe it? I won the trophy, and guess what? I won the trophy

    mirar A/HACIA algo — fachada/frente to face something; terraza/habitación to look out over something, overlook something

    ponte mirando hacia la ventana — stand (o sit etc) facing the window

    a) ( preocuparse por) to think of
    b) (Col) ( cuidar) to look after
    3.
    mirarse v pron
    a) (refl) to look at oneself
    b) (recípr) to look at each other
    * * *
    = look, look through, behold, check out, peek, look (a)round, roam over, catch + sight of, eye.
    Nota: Participio pasado eyeing (UK) o eying (USA).
    Ex. This chapter takes the opportunity to look at an assortment of other aspects of bibliographic description.
    Ex. If you possess a copy of CC it would be advisable for you to look through it at this stage and acquaint yourself with the general appearance of each Part before proceeding further.
    Ex. As Confucius said ' behold the turtle, he makes progress only when his neck is out'.
    Ex. Where problems do arise it is sensible to check out the training programme before blaming the assistant for poor performance of duties.
    Ex. The article ' Peeking inside the black box - a look at the private life of your modem' explains the theory and mechanism of modems.
    Ex. One has only to look around in bookshops to see how many paperbacks on show have film or TV links.
    Ex. According to Tim Berners-Lee's vision of the semantic web, intelligent agent software will have the ability to understand the meaning (semantics) of the information they are roaming over in order to make the users' searches more inherently meaningful and efficient.
    Ex. 'Good grief!', he cried, catching sight of the clock.
    Ex. The banking community is eyeing its possibilities with serious interest.
    ----
    * a caballo regalado no se le mira el diente = never look a gift horse in the mouth.
    * aficionado a mirar las estrellas = stargazer.
    * bien mirado = all things considered.
    * deleitarse mirando = feast + Posesivo + eyes on.
    * hacer que la gente se vuelva a mirar = make + heads turn.
    * hay que mirar hacia el futuro = the show must go on.
    * haz el bien y no mires a quién = cast your bread upon the waters.
    * mirando al sur = south facing.
    * mirando hacia atrás = in retrospect.
    * mirándolo bien = all things considered.
    * ¡mira por donde! = lo and behold!, lo!.
    * ¡mira quién habla! = look who's talking!.
    * mirar a = look at, peer at, look onto.
    * mirar a Alguien con odio = look + daggers at.
    * mirar a Alguien de arriba abajo = look + Nombre + up and down.
    * mirar adelante = look + straight ahead.
    * mirar a hurtadillas = peep.
    * mirar a la gente con desprecio = look down + Posesivo + nose at people.
    * mirar al frente = look + straight ahead.
    * mirar a los ojos = make + eye contact, look + Nombre + in the eyes.
    * mirar al otro lado = look + the other way.
    * mirar al vacío = stare into + space, look into + space, gaze into + space.
    * mirar con desdén = scowl (at).
    * mirar con desprecio = look down + Posesivo + nose at, look down on/upon.
    * mirar con el ceño fruncido = glower, scowl (at).
    * mirar con ira = glower, scowl (at).
    * mirar con malos ojos = glower, scowl (at).
    * mirar cuidadosamente = comb trough.
    * mirar de arriba abajo = eye.
    * mirar dentro de = peer into.
    * mirar de reojo a = steal + a glance at.
    * mirar desde arriba = look down on/upon, look down over.
    * mirar de soslayo a = steal + a glance at.
    * mirar detenidamente = go through, eye.
    * mirar en otra dirección = look + the other way.
    * mirar fijamente = stare at, look + hard, gaze.
    * mirar fijamente a los ojos = eyeball.
    * mirar furtivamente = peep.
    * mirar hacia = overlook.
    * mirar hacia abajo = look down.
    * mirar hacia arriba = look up.
    * mirar hacia atrás = look back.
    * mirar hacia el futuro = look forward, look + ahead.
    * mirar la bola de cristal = gaze into + crystal ball.
    * mirar las estrellas = stargaze.
    * mirar ligeramente = glance at.
    * mirar para atrás = look back.
    * mirar por = look about, peer out, look out.
    * mirar por encima = eyeball.
    * mirar por encima del hombro = look over + Posesivo + shoulders, look down + Posesivo + nose at, look down on/upon.
    * mirar por encima del hombro a la gente = look down + Posesivo + nose at people.
    * mirar rápidamente = shoot + a look at.
    * mirar rápidamente buscando algo = scan.
    * mirar rápida y brevemente = catch + sight of.
    * mirarse el ombligo = contemplate + navel, gaze at + Posesivo + navel.
    * que mira al sur = south facing.
    * recrearse mirando = feast + Posesivo + eyes on.
    * ser mirado de forma extraña = get + some funny looks.
    * si bien se mira = all things considered.
    * * *
    1.
    verbo transitivo
    1)
    a) (observar, contemplar) to look at

    se me quedó mirando — he just stared at me, he just gaped at me

    ir a mirar escaparates or (AmL) vidrieras — to go window shopping

    ser de mírame y no me toques — to be very fragile o delicate

    b) <programa/partido> to watch
    2) ( fijarse) to look

    bien mirado or mirándolo bien, no es una mala idea — thinking about it o all things considered, it's not a bad idea

    mirándolo bien creo que prefiero no ir — on second thoughts, I think I'd prefer to stay

    lo mires por donde lo mires — whatever o whichever way you look at it

    mirar algo en menos — < regalo> to turn one's nose up at something; <trabajo/idea> to look down one's nose at something

    mirar mal or no mirar bien a alguien: lo miran mal porque lleva el pelo largo they disapprove of him because he has long hair; en el trabajo no lo miran bien — he's not very highly thought of at work

    5)
    a) (expresando incredulidad, irritación, etc)

    mira que poner un plato de plástico en el horno...! — honestly o really! imagine putting a plastic dish in the oven...! (colloq)

    mira que eres tacaño! — boy, you're mean! (colloq)

    mira las veces que te lo habré dicho...! — the times I've told you!

    mira que mi paciencia tiene un límite — I'm warning you, I'm running out of patience

    mira que ya son las nueve — you realize o you (do) know it's already nine

    2.
    mirar vi
    1) (observar, contemplar) to look

    ¿miraste bien? — did you have a good look?, did you look properly?

    2) ( fijarse) to look

    mire usted, la cosa es muy sencilla — well, it's very simple

    sacó el primer premio - mira tú! — he won first prize - well, well! o well I never!

    no, mira, yo tampoco me lo creo — no, to be honest, I don't believe it either

    mira, no me vengas con excusas — look, I don't want to listen to your excuses

    mira por dónde — (Esp fam)

    y mira por dónde, me llevé el trofeo — and would you believe it? I won the trophy, and guess what? I won the trophy

    mirar A/HACIA algo — fachada/frente to face something; terraza/habitación to look out over something, overlook something

    ponte mirando hacia la ventana — stand (o sit etc) facing the window

    a) ( preocuparse por) to think of
    b) (Col) ( cuidar) to look after
    3.
    mirarse v pron
    a) (refl) to look at oneself
    b) (recípr) to look at each other
    * * *
    = look, look through, behold, check out, peek, look (a)round, roam over, catch + sight of, eye.
    Nota: Participio pasado eyeing (UK) o eying (USA).

    Ex: This chapter takes the opportunity to look at an assortment of other aspects of bibliographic description.

    Ex: If you possess a copy of CC it would be advisable for you to look through it at this stage and acquaint yourself with the general appearance of each Part before proceeding further.
    Ex: As Confucius said ' behold the turtle, he makes progress only when his neck is out'.
    Ex: Where problems do arise it is sensible to check out the training programme before blaming the assistant for poor performance of duties.
    Ex: The article ' Peeking inside the black box - a look at the private life of your modem' explains the theory and mechanism of modems.
    Ex: One has only to look around in bookshops to see how many paperbacks on show have film or TV links.
    Ex: According to Tim Berners-Lee's vision of the semantic web, intelligent agent software will have the ability to understand the meaning (semantics) of the information they are roaming over in order to make the users' searches more inherently meaningful and efficient.
    Ex: 'Good grief!', he cried, catching sight of the clock.
    Ex: The banking community is eyeing its possibilities with serious interest.
    * a caballo regalado no se le mira el diente = never look a gift horse in the mouth.
    * aficionado a mirar las estrellas = stargazer.
    * bien mirado = all things considered.
    * deleitarse mirando = feast + Posesivo + eyes on.
    * hacer que la gente se vuelva a mirar = make + heads turn.
    * hay que mirar hacia el futuro = the show must go on.
    * haz el bien y no mires a quién = cast your bread upon the waters.
    * mirando al sur = south facing.
    * mirando hacia atrás = in retrospect.
    * mirándolo bien = all things considered.
    * ¡mira por donde! = lo and behold!, lo!.
    * ¡mira quién habla! = look who's talking!.
    * mirar a = look at, peer at, look onto.
    * mirar a Alguien con odio = look + daggers at.
    * mirar a Alguien de arriba abajo = look + Nombre + up and down.
    * mirar adelante = look + straight ahead.
    * mirar a hurtadillas = peep.
    * mirar a la gente con desprecio = look down + Posesivo + nose at people.
    * mirar al frente = look + straight ahead.
    * mirar a los ojos = make + eye contact, look + Nombre + in the eyes.
    * mirar al otro lado = look + the other way.
    * mirar al vacío = stare into + space, look into + space, gaze into + space.
    * mirar con desdén = scowl (at).
    * mirar con desprecio = look down + Posesivo + nose at, look down on/upon.
    * mirar con el ceño fruncido = glower, scowl (at).
    * mirar con ira = glower, scowl (at).
    * mirar con malos ojos = glower, scowl (at).
    * mirar cuidadosamente = comb trough.
    * mirar de arriba abajo = eye.
    * mirar dentro de = peer into.
    * mirar de reojo a = steal + a glance at.
    * mirar desde arriba = look down on/upon, look down over.
    * mirar de soslayo a = steal + a glance at.
    * mirar detenidamente = go through, eye.
    * mirar en otra dirección = look + the other way.
    * mirar fijamente = stare at, look + hard, gaze.
    * mirar fijamente a los ojos = eyeball.
    * mirar furtivamente = peep.
    * mirar hacia = overlook.
    * mirar hacia abajo = look down.
    * mirar hacia arriba = look up.
    * mirar hacia atrás = look back.
    * mirar hacia el futuro = look forward, look + ahead.
    * mirar la bola de cristal = gaze into + crystal ball.
    * mirar las estrellas = stargaze.
    * mirar ligeramente = glance at.
    * mirar para atrás = look back.
    * mirar por = look about, peer out, look out.
    * mirar por encima = eyeball.
    * mirar por encima del hombro = look over + Posesivo + shoulders, look down + Posesivo + nose at, look down on/upon.
    * mirar por encima del hombro a la gente = look down + Posesivo + nose at people.
    * mirar rápidamente = shoot + a look at.
    * mirar rápidamente buscando algo = scan.
    * mirar rápida y brevemente = catch + sight of.
    * mirarse el ombligo = contemplate + navel, gaze at + Posesivo + navel.
    * que mira al sur = south facing.
    * recrearse mirando = feast + Posesivo + eyes on.
    * ser mirado de forma extraña = get + some funny looks.
    * si bien se mira = all things considered.

    * * *
    mirar [A1 ]
    ■ mirar (verbo transitivo)
    A
    1 contemplar: dibujo, etc
    2 mirar: programa, partido
    B fijarse
    C considerar: problema, cuestión
    D ser cuidadoso con
    E
    1 expresando incredulidad etc
    2 en advertencias
    ■ mirar (verbo intransitivo)
    A observar, contemplar
    B fijarse
    C estar orientado hacia algo
    D
    1 preocuparse por
    2 cuidar
    ■ mirarse (verbo pronominal)
    1 cuidarse
    2 contemplarse
    vt
    A
    1 (contemplar) ‹dibujo/persona› to look at
    se me quedó mirando con la boca abierta he just stared at me open-mouthed, he just gaped at me
    miró el reloj con disimulo she glanced furtively at her watch
    miraba distraída por la ventana he was gazing absent-mindedly out of the window
    no me mires así don't look at me like that
    nunca te mira a los ojos cuando te habla he never looks you in the eye when he's talking to you
    la miró de arriba (a) abajo he eyed o looked her up and down
    estaba mirando una revista he was looking o leafing through a magazine
    se quedó mirando cómo lo hacía he stood watching how she did it
    ¿has leído el informe? — lo he mirado muy por encima have you read the report — I've only had a quick look at it o I've only given it a cursory glance
    salieron a mirar escaparates or ( AmL) vidrieras they went (out) window shopping
    mírame y no me toques: esta cristalería es de las de mírame y no me toques you've only to look at this glassware and it breaks
    el encaje es muy antiguo y está que mírame y no me toques the lace is very old and it's very fragile o delicate
    2 ‹programa/partido› to watch
    mirar televisión to watch television
    B (fijarse) to look
    mira qué vestido más bonito what a lovely dress!, that's a lovely dress, isn't it?
    a ver si mira por dónde va why don't you look where you're going?
    mira cómo se divierten look what fun they're having!
    ¡mira lo que has hecho! look what you've done!
    antes de salir mira bien que no quede ninguna luz encendida make sure o check there are no lights left on before you go out
    mira a ver si el pollo está listo look o have a look at the chicken to see if it's done
    C (considerar) ‹problema/cuestión›
    míralo desde otro punto de vista look at it from another point of view
    mira bien lo que haces think hard o carefully about what you're doing
    bien mirado or mirándolo bien, no es una mala idea thinking about it o all things considered, it's not a bad idea
    bien mirado or mirándolo bien, había algo extraño en él thinking about it o now that I come to think about it, there was something strange about him
    mirándolo bien creo que prefiero quedarme en casa on second thoughts, I think I'd prefer to stay at home
    lo mires por donde lo mires whatever o whichever way you look at it
    mirar algo/a algn en menos: me miró en menos el regalo y me costó tan caro the present I gave her cost the earth and she looked down her nose at it
    yo que lo miré en menos y es un rico heredero I turned my nose up at him and it turns out he's the the heir to a fortune!
    los miran en menos porque son pobres people look down on them because they're poor
    mirar mal or no mirar bien a algn: en el trabajo no lo miran bien he's not very highly thought of at work, they don't have a very high opinion of him at work
    lo miran mal porque lleva el pelo largo they disapprove of him because he has long hair
    los miran mal porque no están casados they're frowned upon because they're not married, people disapprove of them because they're not married
    D
    (ser cuidadoso con): mira mucho el dinero she's very careful with her money
    mira hasta el último céntimo he watches every penny
    E
    1
    (expresando incredulidad, irritación, etc): ¡mira que poner un plato de plástico en el horno …! honestly o really! imagine putting a plastic dish in the oven …! ( colloq)
    ¡mira que tú también te metes en cada lío …! you're a fine one to talk, with all the scrapes you get into! ( colloq)
    ¡mira que no saber dónde está Helsinki …! imagine o ( BrE) fancy not knowing where Helsinki is!
    ¡mira que eres tacaño! you're so mean! boy, you're mean! ( colloq)
    ¡mira que te lo he dicho de veces …! the times I've told you!, how many times do I have to tell you?
    ¡mira quién habla! look o hark who's talking!
    mira si será egoísta, que no me lo quiso prestar talk about (being) selfish! he wouldn't lend it to me
    2
    (en advertencias): mira que mañana hay huelga de trenes remember that there's a train strike tomorrow
    mira que mi paciencia tiene un límite I'm warning you, I'm running out of patience
    ¿todavía estás aquí? mira que ya son las nueve are you still here? you realize o you (do) know it's already gone nine …
    ■ mirar
    vi
    A (observar, contemplar) to look
    no mires, que es una sorpresa don't look, it's a surprise
    cuando hay alguna escena violenta yo no miro when there's a violent scene I don't look
    se mira y no se toca look but don't touch
    he mirado por todas partes y no lo encuentro I've looked everywhere but I can't find it
    se pasa el día mirando por la ventana he spends the whole day looking out of the window
    ¿estás seguro de que no está? ¿miraste bien? are you sure it's not there? did you have a good look? o did you look properly?
    tienes que mirar por aquí/por este agujero you have to look through here/through this hole
    mirar atrás to look back
    B (fijarse) to look
    mire usted, la cosa es muy sencilla well, it's very simple
    sacó el primer premio — ¡mira tú! he won first prize — well, well! o well I never! o you're kidding! o ( BrE) get away! ( colloq)
    mire, le quería hacer una pregunta look, there's something I wanted to ask you
    no, mira, yo tampoco me lo creo no, to be honest o to tell you the truth, I don't believe it either
    mira, no me vengas ahora con excusas look, I don't want to listen to your excuses
    mira, hazlo como te dé la gana well o look, just go ahead and do it however you like!
    mira por dónde ( Esp fam): yo no quería participar y, mira por dónde, me llevé el trofeo I didn't even want to take part and yet, would you believe it? I won the trophy o and guess what? I won the trophy
    ¿no decías que era tan difícil conseguir una entrada? pues mira por dónde, no había ni cola didn't you say it was really difficult to get a ticket? well, can you believe it? there wasn't even a line ( AmE) o ( BrE) queue ( colloq)
    y mira por dónde, tenía yo razón and, you know what? I was right ( colloq)
    C (estar orientado) mirar A/ HACIA algo; to face sth
    la fachada mira al sur the front of the building faces south o is south-facing
    esa habitación mira al mar that room overlooks the sea
    el balcón mira a las montañas the balcony looks out onto the mountains
    ponte mirando hacia la ventana stand ( o sit etc) facing the window
    1 (preocuparse por) to think of
    no mira más que por sus intereses he only thinks of his own interests
    mira por ti misma, los demás que se las arreglen just worry about yourself o just think of o about yourself, and let others sort out their own problems
    2 ( Col) (cuidar) to look after
    ¿quién mira por los niños? who's looking after o taking care of the children?
    1 ( refl) to look at oneself
    se miró en el or al espejo she looked at herself in the mirror
    2 ( recípr) to look at each other
    se miraron extrañados they looked at each other in surprise
    * * *

     

    mirar ( conjugate mirar) verbo transitivo
    1
    a) (observar, contemplar) to look at;


    no me mires así don't look at me like that;
    mirar a algn a los ojos to look sb in the eye;
    se me quedó mirando he just stared at me;
    miraba distraída por la ventana he was gazing absent-mindedly out of the window;
    miraba cómo lo hacía he was watching how she did it;
    ir a mirar escaparates or (AmL) vidrieras to go window shopping
    b) ‹programa/partido/televisión› to watch

    2 ( fijarse) to look;
    ◊ ¡mira lo que has hecho! look what you've done!;

    mira bien que esté apagado make sure o check it's off;
    miré a ver si estaba listo I had a look to see if he was ready
    3 ( considerar):

    lo mires por donde lo mires whatever o whichever way you look at it;
    mirándolo bien ( pensándolo detenidamente) all things considered;

    ( pensándolo mejor) on second thoughts;

    mirar mal a algn to disapprove of sb
    4 (expresando incredulidad, irritación, etc):
    ◊ ¡mira que poner un plato de plástico en el horno …! honestly o really! imagine putting a plastic dish in the oven …! (colloq);

    ¡mira que eres tacaño! boy, you're mean! (colloq);
    ¡mira las veces que te lo habré dicho …! the times I've told you!
    verbo intransitivo
    1 ( en general) to look;

    mirar por la ventana to look out of the window;
    ¿miraste bien? did you have a good look?, did you look properly?;
    mirar atrás to look back
    2 ( estar orientado) mirar A/HACIA algo [ fachada] to face sth;
    [terraza/habitación] to look out over sth, overlook sth;
    ◊ ponte mirando hacia la ventana stand (o sit etc) facing the window

    3


    b) (Col) ( cuidar) to look after

    mirarse verbo pronominal



    mirar
    I verbo transitivo
    1 to look at: me miró con preocupación, he looked at me with concern
    mirar una palabra en el diccionario, to look up a word in the dictionary
    2 (examinar) to watch: miraba la película atentamente, she was watching the film carefully
    míralo con atención, look at it carefully
    3 (tener cuidado) mira bien con quién andas, be careful of the company you keep
    II verbo intransitivo
    1 (buscar) miraré en ese rincón, I'll have a look in that corner
    2 (cuidar) to look after sb/sthg: mira por tus intereses, she is looking after your interests
    3 (estar orientado) to face: la fachada mira al norte, the façade faces north ➣ Ver nota en ver
    ' mirar' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    alrededor
    - atrás
    - dar
    - directoria I
    - directorio
    - fijamente
    - hito
    - hombro
    - lupa
    - manía
    - mirada
    - observar
    - ojo
    - trasluz
    - ver
    - vista
    - volver
    - aguaitar
    - atentamente
    - bien
    - caer
    - cerca
    - checar
    - desesperación
    - escudriñar
    - huevo
    - infinito
    - microscopio
    - mirado
    - reojo
    - soslayo
    - vacío
    - valer
    - vidriera
    English:
    about
    - around
    - at
    - browse
    - clock
    - comb
    - contemplate
    - dig around
    - disdain
    - even
    - eye
    - face
    - gape
    - gaze
    - glance
    - glance up
    - glare
    - glower
    - hard
    - intently
    - leer
    - look
    - look at
    - look back
    - look down
    - look out
    - look round
    - nose
    - peek
    - regard
    - scowl
    - sideways
    - sneak
    - space
    - square
    - squint
    - stare
    - steadily
    - steal
    - survey
    - take
    - tear away
    - view
    - watch
    - window-shopping
    - askance
    - bright
    - double
    - down
    - fine
    * * *
    ♦ vt
    1. [dirigir la vista a] to look at;
    [detenidamente, con atención] to watch; [fijamente] to stare at;
    mirar algo de cerca/lejos to look at sth closely/from a distance;
    ¡míralos! look at them!;
    mira lo que pone en ese cartel look (at) what that sign says;
    mirar a la gente pasar to watch people go by;
    no paraba de mirarme he kept staring at me;
    pasaba horas mirando las estrellas I would spend hours gazing at the stars;
    mirar algo/a alguien con disimulo to glance furtively at sth/sb;
    mirar algo por encima to glance over sth, to have a quick look at sth;
    mirar a alguien con ira to look angrily at sb, to glare at sb;
    mirar a alguien de arriba abajo to look sb up and down;
    Fam
    ser de mírame y no me toques to be very fragile
    2. [fijarse en]
    primero mira cómo lo hago yo first, watch o see how I do it;
    mira que no falte nada en las maletas check to see nothing's missing from the suitcases;
    míralos bien y dime cuál te gusta más have a good look at them and tell me which you like best
    3. [examinar] to check, to look through;
    he mirado todo el periódico I've looked through the whole newspaper;
    miraremos tu expediente con mucha atención we'll look at your file very carefully;
    le miraron todas las maletas they searched all her luggage;
    eso te lo tiene que mirar un médico you should have that looked at by a doctor
    4. [considerar]
    mira bien lo que haces be careful about what you do;
    míralo desde este ángulo… look at it this way…;
    bien mirado…, mirándolo bien… if you think about it…;
    aunque bien mirado, podemos ir los dos on second thoughts, we could both go;
    lo mires por donde lo mires whichever way you look at it;
    mirar a alguien bien/mal to approve/disapprove of sb;
    en este país miran mucho la puntualidad punctuality is very important to people in this country;
    mirar mucho el dinero to be very careful with money
    ♦ vi
    1. [dirigir la vista] to look;
    [detenidamente, con atención] to watch; [fijamente] to stare;
    mira bien antes de cruzar look carefully before crossing the road;
    miraban por la ventana they were looking out of the window;
    ¡mira! look (at that)!;
    mira, yo creo que… look, I think (that)…;
    Esp
    mira por dónde guess what?, would you believe it?;
    también Irónico
    ¡mira qué bien! isn't that great!;
    mira que te avisé I told you so;
    ¡mira que eres pesado/tonto! you're so annoying/silly!;
    ¡mira que salir sin paraguas con la que está cayendo! fancy going out without an umbrella in this rain!;
    ¡mira si haría calor que no pude dormir! it was so hot I couldn't sleep!;
    ¡mira quién fue a hablar! look who's talking!;
    Am Fam
    mirar feo: siempre miraba feo a mis amigos she always looked down her nose at my friends
    2. [buscar] to check, to look;
    he mirado en todas partes I've looked everywhere
    3.
    mirar a [orientarse hacia] [casa, fachada] to face;
    [habitación, terraza] to look out onto;
    la mezquita mira al este the mosque faces east;
    la habitación mira al mar the room looks out onto the sea
    4.
    mirar por [cuidar de] to look after;
    mirar por los demás to look out for other people;
    sólo mira por sus intereses she only looks after her own interests
    5. Fam [averiguar, comprobar]
    mirar a ver si to see if o whether;
    mira a ver si ha llegado la carta (go and) see if the letter has arrived;
    mira a ver si tienes algo de cambio para dejarme (have a look and) see if you've got any change you could lend me
    * * *
    I v/t
    1 look at
    2 ( observar) watch;
    3 fig ( considerar) look at, consider;
    no mirar el precio not worry about the cost;
    mira bien lo que haces think carefully about what you’re doing
    4 L.Am. ( ver) see;
    ¿qué miras desde aquí? what can you see from here?
    II v/i look;
    mirar a/hacia algo face sth;
    mirar al norte de una ventana etc face north;
    mirar por look through; ( cuidar) look after;
    mirar por la ventana look out of the window;
    ¡mira! look!;
    ¡mira por dónde! would you believe it?;
    mirándolo bien thinking about it, now that I etc come to think about it
    * * *
    mirar vt
    1) : to look at
    2) observar: to watch
    3) reflexionar: to consider, to think over
    mirar vi
    1) : to look
    2) : to face, to overlook
    3)
    mirar por : to look after, to look out for
    * * *
    mirar vb
    1. (en general) to look / to look at
    2. (observar) to watch
    3. (considerar) to think about [pt. & pp. thought]
    4. (consultar) to look up

    Spanish-English dictionary > mirar

  • 116 façade

    façade [fasad]
    feminine noun
    [de maison] façade ; [de magasin] front
    • se refaire la façade (inf) ( = se maquiller) to redo one's face (inf) ; ( = se faire faire un lifting) to have a face-lift
    * * *
    fasad
    1) ( de bâtiment) front
    2) ( apparence) façade
    * * *
    fasad nf
    1) [maison] front, façade
    2) fig façade
    * * *
    façade nf
    1 Archit, Constr front, façade; avec deux chambres en façade with two front bedrooms; la façade arrière the back; façade nord/est north/east side;
    2 ( apparence) façade; ce n'est qu'une façade it's all a façade; tout pour la façade! it's all for show!
    se refaire la façade◑ to put one's face on◑.
    [fasad] nom féminin
    façade principale façade, (main) frontage
    2. [paroi] front wall ou panel
    3. [apparence] outward appearance, façade
    (péjoratif) [faux-semblant] cover, pretence
    4. (très familier) [visage] mug (très familier), face
    ————————
    de façade locution adjectivale

    Dictionnaire Français-Anglais > façade

  • 117 HVERR

    I)
    (-s, -ar), m.
    1) kettle, cauldron;
    2) hot spring (hverrinn var bæði heitr ok djúpr); holtriða h., ‘rock-cauldron’, cave.
    pron.
    1) interrog., used both substantively and adjectively, who, which, what? hverjar ero þær meyjar? who are these maids? h. á hestinn? who owns the horse? h. er þessi maðr? who is this man? hvern enda? what end?
    2) indef. each, every one, as subst., with gen.; manna h., every man; fróðra h., every wise man; h. várr, each of us; as a., h. gumi, every man; hverjan or hvern dag, every day; as adv., í hverju, moment (veðrit óx í hverju);
    3) any (fyrir útan hverja hjálp);
    4) with the relat. part. ‘er’ or ‘sem’, whosoever, whichever (þá skulu þeir þegar drepa hann h. sem hann er);
    5) with another pron. or adj; h. at öðrum, one after another (hverja nótt eptir aðra); at öðru hverju, every now and then, hverir tveir, every two and two; þriðja hvert ár, every three years (= á hverjum þremr árum); hverr … sinn, every one … his (hverr maðr í sínu rúmi);
    6) relat. (rare), who, which.
    * * *
    1.
    m., pl. hverar:
    I. a cauldron, boiler; hver kringlóttan af eiri, Stj. 564; heyrði til höddu er Þorr bar hverinn, Skálda 168, Hym. 1, 3, 5, 9, 13, 27, 33, 34, 36, 39 (of a boiler); hefja af hvera, Gm. 42, = mod. taka ofan pottinn; in Gkv. 3, 6, 9, 10, ketill and hver are synonymous: hver-gætir, m. a cauldron-keeper, cook, Am. 58: hvera-lundr, m. a cauldron groove, Vsp. 39: Hver-gelmir, m. local name of the northern Tartarus, the abyss, Edda.
    II. metaph. in volcanic Icel. this word was taken to express the hot springs, and it is so used to the present day (in pl. often hverir), Sd. 191, Grett. 141 (hverar), Bs. i. 322, Ann. 1294, and freq. in local names. In the west the largest hverar are those in Reykjahólar, Eggert Itin. 382; in the north the Reykja-hver; Hvera-vellir in the wilderness Kjöl, 637; Reykjadals-hverar, among which the largest is the Uxa-hver, and Baðstofu-hver, 640, 641. In the east there are only a few, see Itin. 798; whereas the south is very rich in such springs, especially the neighbourhood of Haukadal (Geysir, Strokkr), see Ann. 1294; Grafar-hver, 890; Reykjaness-hverar, 895, (whence Hver-hólmr, the name of a holm); the springs in Krísuvík, 897; the hverar in Reykja-holt and Reykja-dalr: they are found even in glaciers, as in Torfa-jökull, 766.
    COMPDS: hverafuglar, hverahella, hverahrúðr, hveraleir, hveraslý, hverasteinar, hveravatn, hvera-lundr in Vsp. an Icel. origin of this poem is suggested by Prof. Bergmann in his Poëmes Islandaises, Paris 1838, p. 183, as the verse seems to refer to volcanic agencies.
    2.
    pron. interrog. and indef.; at the present day proncd. hvur, with u throughout, and in mod. printed books usually spelt hvör, a form no doubt derived from the dual hvárr (hvorr), used in a plur. sense: for its declension, see Gramm. p. xxi; an acc. hverjan, Hým. 39; hverjan morgin, Vsp. 22, Fb. ii. 71 (in a verse); hverjan dag, Vþm. 11, 18, 23, 41, Gm. 8, 14, 20, 29; hverjan veg, Vþm. 18; whence the contracted form hvern. [The Gothic has a threefold interrog. pron., a sing. hwas, hwo, hwa; a dual, hwaþar; and a plur. hwarjis, hwarja, hwarjata. To the first of these pronouns answers the old Icel. form hvar, A. S. hwa, Scot. who, Engl. who, Swed. ho, Dan. hvo, cp. Lat. quis; but this pronoun is defective, and remains only in the neut. hvat, q. v., Ulf. hwa, A. S. hwat, Engl. what, Germ. was, Dan.-Swed. hvad, Lat. quid: the dat. masc. hveim is obsolete, Goth. hvamme, Engl. whom, Dan. hvem: the dat. hví (see hvat II, III): a nom. masc. hvar (hva-r) seems to be used a few times in old MSS. (e. g. Kb. of the Grágás), but it is uncertain, as the word is usually abbreviated her or hur: a gen. sing. hves (Goth. hwes, North. E. whese) occurs, hves lengra, how much farther? Hom. (St.) 50; til hves, to what? 65: possibly the απ. λεγ. hós, Ls. 33, is a remnant of the old gen. To the Goth. dual answers the Icel. hvárr (hvaðarr), q. v. To the Goth. plur. answers the Icel. hverr, with characteristic j, which is used in sing. and plur. alike. In the neut. sing. the two forms, hvat and hvert, are distinguished thus, that hvat (hvað) is interrog., hvert indef., e. g. hvað barn, what bairn? but hvert barn, every bairn.]
    A. Interrogative, = Lat. quis, quae, quid? who, what, which? as substantive and adjective, direct and indirect; hvers fregnit mik? Vsp. 22; hverjar ro þær meyjar? Vþm. 48; hverir æsir? 30, Fsm. 8, 34; hverr er sá enn eini? Fas. ii. 529; hverir hafa tekið ofan skjöldu vára? Nj. 68; hverju skal launa kvæðit? Ísl. ii. 230; hverr er sá maðr? Fms. ii. 269; telja til hvers hann hafði neytt eði hvers úneytt, Grág. i. 155; spyrja hverja þeir vilja kveðja, ii. 24; kveða á þingmörk hver eru, i. 100; (segja) hverjar guðsifjar með þeim eru, 30; hugsa til hvers þú munt færr verða, Fms. i. 83; vita hverr þú ert, ii. 269; vita hvert biðja skal, Edda; þeir þóttusk sjá til hvers aetlað var, Fms. ix. 461; eigi veit ek til hvers ek má ætla, Bs. i. 541; hón segir honum hvers efni í eru, how matters stood, 539; þeir vissu hverju hann ætlaði fram at fara, Fms. i. 291; hann segir hverrar ættar Ólafr var, 81; sögðu með hverju (erendi) þeir höfðu farit, Eg. 281.
    2. with the notion of Lat. qualis; en hvat kemr þér í hug, hverr ( qualis) ek muna vera þeim Írum, ef? …, Fas. ii. 529; þeim þótti úsýnt hverr friðr gefinn væri, Fms. v. 24; sá einn veit, hverju geði styrir gumna hverr, Hm. 17.
    B. Indefinite pronoun, = Lat. quisque, every one, each, used both as substantive and as adjective:
    1. as subst.; with gen., þat sæti ætlaði sér hverr sona hans, Fms. i. 7; manna, seggja, lýða, gumna hverr, every one of the men, every man, Hm. 14, 17, 53–55, Sól. 49; fróðra hverr, every wise man, Hm. 7; ráðsnotra hverr, 63: absol., as in the sayings, hverr er sjálfum sér næstr; bærr er hverr at ráða sínu; djarfr er hverrum deildan verð; fróðr er hverr fregnvíss; hverr er sinnar hamingju smiðr; dauðr verðr hverr, Hallfred; hail er heima hverr, Hm.; kveðr hverr sinnar þurftar: lét harm þar tala um hvern þat er vildi, Eb. and passim: with a possess, pron., ef sér ferr hverr várr, each of us, Glúm. 329.
    2. as adj., á hverju þingi, Hkr. ii. 300; hverjan dag, every day, Vsp., Vþm., Gm.; í hverri tíð, at any time, Hom. 112; hver undr, Fs. 115; hverjum manni, Nj. 6; meiri ok sterkari hverjum manni, Hkr. i. 148; hver spurning liítr til svara, Sks. 307; hverr gumi, Hm. 13, passim.
    3. as adv., í hverju, evermore; veðrit óx í hverju, Fms. vi. 379; þykir harðna sambúðin í hverju, grew ever worse and worse, xi. 441; veðrit óx í hverri, Skáld. H. 4. 14.
    II. any; fyrir utan hverja hjálp, Hom. 159: esp. if following after a compar., es meiri fögnuðr boðinn á þessi tíð en á hverri annarri, Hom. (St.); hefir þetta með meirum fádæmum gengit heldr en hvert annarra, Band. 33 new Ed.
    III. adding the relat. particle er or sem, whosoever, whichsoever, whatsoever; hvers sem við þarf, Fms. i. 306; þá á þá sök hverr er vill, Grág. i. 10; hverr er svá er spakr, Hom. 2; hverju sinni er, whensoever, Str. 27 and passim.
    IV. with another pron. or adj.; hverr at öðrum, one after another, Eg. 91, Fs. 158; hvert at öðru, Fas. ii. 556; hvert sumar frá öðru, Grág. i. 92; hverja nótt eptir aðra, Þiðr. 53, 150; at öðru hverju, now and then, adverbially; hverir tveir, every two and two, by twos, Fms. iv. 299; þriðja hvert ár, every three years, Fas. ii. 64; á hverjum þremr árum, id., Stj. 573; dag inn sjaunda hvern, K. ÞK.; þriðja hvert sumar, Landn. 299; annan hvern dag, níundu hverja nótt, Skm. 21, Nj. 190.
    2. hverr … sinn, every … his; hverr maðr í sínu rúmi, Nj. 51; hverr sér, each separately; sér hverr, each in particular, every one; at serhverju hofi, at every single temple, Landn. 336 (App.); þó at ek greina eigi ser hvat, though I do not tell each thing in detail, Bs. i. 64; sérhverja atburði, 134; sérhverjum hlut, Fms. v. 333; sérhverjum þeirra, Nj. 256, Landn. 35, Sturl. ii. 175; sérhvern fingr, Fas. iii. 345; sérhvern mann, Fms. i. 149; allir ok sérhverir, all and several, i. e. everyone, Grág. ii. 36, 140, Eluc. 43, H. E. i. 468; einn ok sérhverr, one and all, every one, Skálda 161; hverr sem einn, each as one, all like one man, 165, Al. 91, 93, Barl. 40, Stj. 4; hvereinn, every one.
    C. Relative, = Lat. qui, quae, quod, Engl. who, which, only in later writers of the end of the 13th and the 14th centuries, and since freq. in N. T., Vídal., Hymns; at first it was seldom used but with the particles er, at, as in Engl. who that …, which that …; þat herbergi, í hverju er …, in which that …, Stj.; takandi vátta, hverir at sóru fullan bókareið, Dipl. ii. 2; með fullkomnum ávexti, hverr at þekkr mun verða, Fms. v. 159 and passim: singly, tvær jarðir, hverjar svá heita, Dipl. v. 27; Guðs orð, hver frjófgask munu, Fms. v. 159; Gerhardus, hverr með fögrum píslar-sigri fór brott, Mar.; með hverjum hann hugar-prýði vann, Fb. iii. 567.

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  • 118 HÖRGR

    (-s, -ar), m. heathen place of worship, cairn or altar of stone (hörg hann mér gørði hlaðinn steinum).
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    m., never f., for the form hörg (Landn. 111) is merely an error; [A. S. hearg; O. H. G. haruc]:—a heathen place of worship. Distinction is to be made between hof ( temple) and horg; the hof was a house of timber, whereas the horg was an altar of stone (the hátimbraðr in Vþm. is not literal) erected on high places, or a sacrificial cairn (like haugr), built in open air, and without images, for the horg itself was to be stained with the blood of the sacrifice; hence such phrases as, to ‘break’ the horgs, but ‘burn’ the temples. The horg worship reminds one of the worship in high places of the Bible. The notion of a ‘high place’ still remains in the popular Icel. phrase, það eru ekki uppi nema hæstu hörgar, only the highest horgs jut out, when all lies under a deep snow. In provincial Norse a dome-shaped mountain is called horg (Ivar Aasen). The worship on horgs seems to be older than that in temples, but was in after times retained along with temple worship, and then, it seems, specially reserved for the worship of the goddesses or female guardians (dísir), Hervar. S. ch. 1, Hdl. l. c., Edda l. c., cp. also Hörga-brúðr, f. the bride of the horgs, see Hölgi. Many of the old cairns and hows are no doubt horgs or high places of worship of the heathen age. A third way of worshipping is recorded, viz. a portable booth or tabernacle in which the god was carried through the land, mentioned in Tacit. Germ. ch. 40; traces of this ancient worship were still found in Sweden at the close of heathendom, see the interesting tale of Gunnar Helming in Fms. ii. 73–78.
    II. references; hörg hann mér görði hlaðinn steinum, nú er grjót þat at gleri orðit, etc., Hdl. 10; hofum ok hörgum, Vþm. 38; þeir er hörg ok hof hátimbruðu, Vsp. 7; hof mun ek kjósa, hörga marga, Hkv. Hjörv. 4; hátimbraðr h., Gm. 16; hamra ok hörga, skóga, vötn ok tré, Fms. v. 239; brjóta ok brenna hof ok hörga, Fms. i. 283, ii. 41; Oddr brenndi hof ok hörga braut, Fas. ii. 288 (in a verse); hauga né hörga, en ef maðr verðr at því kunnr eða sannr, at hann hleðr hauga, eðr gerir hús, ok kallar hörg, eða reisir stöng, N. G. L. i. 430, cp. ii. 496; höfðu frændr hennar síðan mikinn átrúnað á hólana, var þar görr hörg(r) er blót tóku til, trúðu þeir at þeir dæi í hólana, Landn. 111; þar vóru áðr blót ok hörgar, Kristni S. ch. 11; eitt haust var gört dísablót mikit hjá Álfi konungi, gékk Álfhildr at blótinu, en um nóttina er hón rauð hörginn …, Fas. (Hervar. S.) i. 413; þat var hörgr er gyðjurnar áttu, Edda 9, a paraphrase of the passage in the Vsp. l. c.; blóthús ok hörga, Rekst.
    2. poët., brúna-hörgr, the ‘forehead-horg’ or peak = the horns of a steer, Ýt.; gunn-hörgr, a ‘war-horg’ = a helmet (not a shield), Hkr. i. 135 (in a verse); hörga herr, the host of the horgs = the heathen host, Knytl. S. (in a verse).
    III. in Icel. local names, but not so freq. as Hof; Hörg-á and Hörgár-dalr, in the north; Hörga-eyrr, in the west; Hörgs-dalr and Hörgs-land, in the east; Hörgs-holt and Hörgs-hlíð, in the west, Landn., Kristni S., map of Icel.; Hörgs-hylr, Dipl., Ísl. Hörg-dælir, m. the men from Hörgárdalr, Sturl. In Norway, Hörg-in, Hörga-setr, Munch’s Norg. Beskr.

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  • 119 SKAUT

    I) n.
    1) corner of a square cloth (hann var borinn í fjórum skautum til búðar);
    feldr fimm alna í s., a cloak five ells square;
    of the heaven (þeir gerðu þar af himin ok settu hann upp yfir jörðina með fjórum skautum);
    byrr beggja skauta, a fair wind (right astern);
    fig., hann mun verða yðr þungr í skauti, hard to deal with;
    3) flap, skirt of a cloak (hón hafði yfir sik skallats-skikkju hlaðbúna í s. niðr);
    4) lap (sitja, liggja í skauti e-s);
    5) a square piece of cloth, kerchief (menn báru þá hluti sína í s., ok tók jarlinn upp);
    6) a lady’s hood.
    II) from skjóta.
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    n. [Ulf. skauts = κράσπεδον, Matth. ix. 20, Mark vi. 56, Luke viii. 44; A. S. sceât; Engl. sheet; O. H. G. skoza; Germ. schoss; Dan. sköd]:—the sheet, i. e. the corner of a square cloth or other object; hann sá niðr síga dúk mikinn af himni með fjórum skautum, 656 C. 8 (Acts xi. 5); hann var borinn í fjórum skautum til búðar, Glúm. 395, Fbr. 95 new Ed.; var hann fluttr heim í fjórum skautum, Vígl. 24; feldr fimm álna í skaut, a cloak of five ells square, Korm. 86: of the heaven, þeir görðu þar af himinn ok settu hann yfir jörðina með fjórum skautum, with four ‘sheets,’ i. e. corners (east, west, north, south), Edda; whence himin-skaut, the airts, four quarters of the heavens; or heims-skaut, the poles, norðr-skaut or norðr-heims-skaut, the north pole; jarðar-skaut, the earth’s corner, outskirt of the earth, Edda (in a verse).
    2. the sheet, i. e. the rope fastened to the corner of a sail, by which it is let out or hauled close, N. G. L. ii. 283; þeir létu landit á bakborða ok létu skaut horfa á land, Fb. i. 431; skautin ok líkin, Hem. (Gr. H. Mind. ii. 662): the phrase, beggja skauta byrr, a fair wind (right astern), Bs. ii. 48, freq. in mod. usage.
    3. the skirt or sleeve of a garment; of a cloak, hann hafði rauða skikkju ok drepit upp skautunum, Fms. vii. 297, cp. Eb. 226; skikkju hlaðbúna í skaut niðr, Nj. 48, 169; hence, bera hlut í skaut, to throw the lot into the skirt of the cloak, Grág. i. 37, Eg. 347 (see hlutr; or is skaut here = a kerchief (skauti) tied together to make a purse?); ef fé liggr í skauti, Karl. 170: hann hafði und skauti sér leyniliga handöxi, Fms. x. 397: whence the phrases, hafa brögð undir skauti, of a cunning person (cp. hafa ráð undir hverju rifi), Bs. i. 730; hafa ráð und skauti, Sturl. i. 35 (in a verse); hann mun verða yðr þungr í skauti, heavy in the flap, hard to deal with, Fb. ii. 130: hence the bosom, Dan. skjöd (cp. Lat. sinus), hvern dag sitr hann ok liggr í hennar skauti, ok leikr sér, Mar.; Abrahams-skaut, Bible. A new-born infant used to be taken into the ‘skaut’ of his parents, and was thenceforth counted as legitimate; hence the phrases, sá maðr er borinn er skauta á meðal, skal taka slíkan rétt sem faðir hans hafði, N. G. L. i. 212: the same ceremony was also a token of adoption, þann mann skal leiða á rekks skaut ok rýgiar, 209; möttul-skaut, q. v.
    4. of a head-dress, a hood, thrown round the head with the ends hanging down; klæði með hettu ok mjófu skauti bak ok fyrir, Mar.; skaut eða húfu, Karl. 60; síðfaldin skaut á höfði … lyptir hón skautinu brott ór höfðinu, id.; haf þat þér fyrir skaut ok höfuð-dúk, Stj. 127; kasta af höfði þér skautum ok höfuð-dúk, 208; krúsat skaut, D. N. iv. 359, 363; skaut, höfuð-dúkr, 217; kvenna-skaut, Bs. ii. 358; hálsa-skaut, a ‘neck-sheet,’ the flap of the hood, Vtkv. 12 (in a riddle); Ránar skaut, poët. of the waves, Edda (in a verse).
    COMPDS: skautafaldr, skautasegl, skautasigling.

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  • 120 República Togolesa

    f.
    Togolese Republic, Togo.
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    la República Togolesa
    = Togolese Republic, the

    Ex: Togo (officially the Togolese Republic) is a narrow country in West Africa bordering Ghana to the west, Benin to the east and Burkina Faso to the north.

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