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the thread spun

  • 1 Bargarran Thread

    A bleached linen hand-spun thread. The name was given first to the thread made by Lady Bargarran, of Bargarran, Renfrewshire, in the 18th century.

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  • 2 Ring Spun Yarns

    A slightly better cotton is required for yarn to be spun on the ring frame than is usual for mule spinning. The thread is smoother and stronger, but not as elastic or soft as mule yarn.

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  • 3 Lisle Thread

    LISLE THREAD (see Hosiery Yarns, cotton)
    Super yarns used principally for hosiery and underwear. Spun from the finest of long staple combed cotton, hard twisted, gassed and mercerised to give a smooth surface. Originally made from flax at Lille (France) and used for open weave net fabrics. The cotton thread is harder twisted than usual in the doubling process in order to give a firm feel to the fabric, in addition to its better wearing quality and greater elasticity. Knit fabrics made from lisle thread have less tendency to " ladder " than other threads. The counts range from 2/50's to 2/100's or finer. It was known as Scotch thread.

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  • 4 colus

    cŏlus (i and), ūs (cf. Prisc. pp. 654 and 719 P.; Rudd. 1, p. 166, n. 100), f. (m., Cat. 64, 311; Prop. 4, 1, 72; 4, 9, 48) [root prob. kar-, to be bent or round; cf.: corona, curvus, collum], a distaff; sing. nom. colus, Tib. 2, 1, 63; Ov. M. 4, 229; Plin. 8, 48, 74, § 194; Claud. IV. Cons. Hon. 594; gen. colus, Val. Fl. 2, 148; acc. colum, * Cat. 64, 312; Ov. H. 9, 116; abl. colo, Tib. 1, 3, 86; Prop. 4 (5), 1, 72; Verg. A. 8, 409 (quoted by Prisc. p. 719 P.); Ov. Am. 2, 6, 46; id. A. A. 1, 702; App. de Mundo, p. 755: colu, Opimius ap. Cic. de Or. 2, 68, 277; Stat. Th. 6, 380 (quoted by Prisc. p. 719); Plin. 8, 48, 74, § 194; 21, 15, 53, § 90;

    and varying between colo and colu,

    Prop. 4 (5), 9, 48 (Kuin., Lachm., and Jacob., colu); plur. nom. colus, Stat. Th. 3, 242; 9, 839; acc. colos, Ov. F. 3, 818; Mart. 7, 47; 9, 18; Stat. S. 1, 4, 64; 3, 1, 172 (Bip. colus); id. Th. 5, 150; id. Achill. 1, 582; 1, 635; Claud. ap. Eutr. 2, 389; id. Idyll. 49, 87; Sen. Herc. Fur. 559; id. Herc. Oet. 668:

    colus,

    Val. Fl. 6, 445; 6, 645; Stat. Th. 10, 649 (varying, Juv. 14, 249;

    Ruperti, colus).—As an attribute of the Parcae,

    Ov. Am. 2, 6, 46; Stat. Th. 3, 242; 6, 380; Sen. Herc. Fur. 559.—
    * II.
    Meton. for the thread spun, Sen. Herc. Oet. 668.

    Lewis & Short latin dictionary > colus

  • 5 Silk Yarns

    Silk yarns are composed of a number of silk filaments twisted together, usually 8 to 12 to form a thread. The filaments have a natural coating of gum which gives strength and elasticity, but reduces lustre. The gum must be boiled off if lustre is wanted, which may be done either in the yarn state or when woven in cloth. Silk yarns are divided into two classes, " thrown silk" and " spun silk," the first being yarns that are made by the processes of reeling and throwing, and the second consisting of yarns spun from waste silk. Thrown Silk, or Net Silk comprises organzine and tram yarns, organzine being made from the most perfect cocoons and used for warps. Tram is made from the inferior cocoons and used as weft. All silk contains a proportion of natural gum, and the amount of gum removed give rise to the following terms: - Boiled-off Silk - Yarn which has had all the gum removed, and has the highest sheen (see Boiled-off). Hard Silk - Yarn that has not undergone any boiling-off process. Ecru Silk - Yarn boiled to remove about 3 per cent to 5 per cent of the gum by light washing in lukewarm water. Souple Silk - Yarn boiled to remove about one-sixth of the gum. Bengal Silk - See Bengal Silk. Berlin Silk - A silk yarn made for fancy hand work. It is produced by doubling from 4 to 8 twisted singles grege by a right-hand twist; then again doubling three of these with a left-hand twist. The thread is very round, smooth, and hard, also known as cordon-net. Blond Silk - A special silk yarn made by doubling three grege threads left-hand twist, then doubling three of these together with right-hand twist. Brights - Silk which has been entirely de-gummed in the skein and then dyed. Bourette, Bourrette Yarn - A low grade of silk yarn made from the waste produced by schappe spinning. Canton Silk - See Canton Silk. Chiffon Twist - Single raw silk threads, 50 or more turns per inch. Used for chiffons, crepe-de-chines, etc. Crepe-de-Chine - Hard twist tram silk, about 40 to 70 turns per inch. Made from 3 to 5 raw silk ends. Usually woven as weft. Crepe Georgette - Hard twist raw silk usually made from two threads 13/15 deniers, 50 or more turns, both right and left twist, used for crepe georgettes as warp and weft. Crepe Twist - This is tram silk hard twisted, having from 30 to 100 turns per inch. Used for making fabrics of a crepe character both all silk and mixtures. Cordonnet Silk - See Berlin Silk; also under Cordonnet. Eri Silk - A raw silk obtained from the wild silkworm " Attacus ricini." Flock Silk - A general term used to indicate silk yarns made from the outer uneven parts of the cocoon. Floss Silk - Used principally for embroidery purposes. It is a thrown silk and made by doubling two thick raw singles with right-hand twist together with a left-hand twist. Galette Silk - A coarse silk yarn made from waste. Grenadine Silk - Organzine silk with a large number of turns per inch. Jaspe Silk - Silk warps printed in the hank. Ombre Silk - Skein dyed yarn in a gradation of shades, which run in sequence of depth of colour, varying from five up to forty shades. Schappe Silk - A spun silk yarn which is made from silk degummed by the maceration process used on the Continent (see Schappe Silk). Soie Ondee - See Soie Ondee. Silk Yarns - In addition to the foregoing yarns see under the following terms for further silk yarns: - Cable, Cevennes, Chappe, Chine, Clochepeid, Crocheting, Crue (see Ecru), Cuite Cusier, Cusirino, Degummed, Docken, Doup-pion. Ecru, Embroidery, Etschingo, Filature, Filature a 1'Europeune, Filet, Florette, Fringe, Goffered, Grege, Gum Hainin, Hard, Kahing, Knitting, Lousy, Marabout, Maybasch, Melange, Mele, Mi-cuit, Minchcw, Nett, Noil, Organzine, Ouvrees, Oval, Pearlina, Pel, Pelo, Poie, Pure dye Silk, Raw (see Grege), Re-reels, Retorse, Senegal, Sewing, Simonita, Soft Singles, Soie Ondee, Souple, Spun, Steeped, Strafilato, Stumba, Thrown, Tors San File, Tram, Tramette, Tsatlees, Tussah, Twist, Washed, Zaguri.

    Dictionary of the English textile terms > Silk Yarns

  • 6 λίνον

    λίνον [ῐ], τό,
    1 cord, fishingline, Il.16.408; thread spun from a distaff, E.Or. 1431 (lyr.), Archipp. 38, etc.: pl., E.Tr. 537 (lyr.); thread for stringing jewels,

    ὅρμον χρυσείοισι λίνοισιν ἐερμένον h.Ap. 103

    ;

    ἄλλα παντοδαπὰ χρυσᾶ ἀνηρμένα ἐπὶ λίνου IG11(2).208.22

     (Delos, iii B. C.); thread used as a ligature, Gal. 2.669.
    2 metaph., thread of destiny spun by the Fates, Il.20.128, Od.7.198, etc.: pl.,

    τά γε μὰν λ. πάντα λελοίπει ἐκ Μοιρᾶν Theoc.1.139

    , cf. Call.Lav.Pall. 104; ὑπὲρ τὸ λ., = ὑπὲρ μόρον, Luc.JConf.2.
    3 prov., with or without neg., λίνον λίνῳ συνάπτειν, i. e. join like with like , deal with matters of like kind, Pl.Euthd. 298c, Stratt.38, Arist. Ph. 207a17.
    4 fishing-net,

    ἀψῖσι λίνου ἁλόντε Il.5.487

    , cf.

    κλωστήρ 11

    ; also, hunting-net, Theoc.8.58, 27.17; for catching birds, D.S.1.60, AP9.396 (Paul. Sil.), 343 (Arch.); λ. δορκάδεια hunting-nets for gazelles, PCair.Zen. 524 (iii B. C.).
    5 linen, linen-cloth, Il. 9.661, Od.13.73, 118: pl., linen cloths, linen garments, A.Supp. 121, 132 (both lyr.): sg., linen garment, Apoc.15.6; sail-cloth, Ar.Ra. 364, A.R.1.565, etc.
    6 flax for spinning,

    λίνου μεστὸν ἄτρακτον Ar. Ra. 1347

    , cf. PRev.Laws39.7 (iii B. C.), etc.; λ. Καρπάσιον asbestos, Paus.1.26.7.
    II the plant flax, Linum usitatissimum,

    λίνον ἐργάζεσθαι Hdt.2.105

    , etc.; λίνου σπέρμα linseed, Th.4.26: pl.,

    ἡ ἐκ των λ. δημιουργία Pl.Plt. 280c

    .
    2 = θυμελαία, Dsc.4.172.
    4 λ. πύρινον, an unknown plant, Thphr. HP9.18.6.
    5 λ. ἀπὸ τῶν δενδρέων cotton, Gossypium herbaceum, Nearch. ap. Arr.Ind.1.16.1.
    III v. Λίνος 11. (Lith. linaĩ pl. 'flax', with [pron. full] ῐ as in Gr., but Lat. linum, OE. lin, etc. with [pron. full] ῑ: [pron. full] ῑ also in the doubtful words λινόσαρκος, λινοπτάομαι, ἀμφίλινος.)

    Greek-English dictionary (Αγγλικά Ελληνικά-λεξικό) > λίνον

  • 7 Carpet Yarns

    For the manufacture of carpets a full handling thread is necessary, the fibre must be strong and suitable for dyeing in bright colours. The wools mostly used are Scotch black-faced. East Indian, the lower qualities of English and Colonial wools. These yarns are usually spun on the worsted principle, and are carded, open drawn and flyer spun. Some are combed, but when the thread is required to have filling characteristics this operation is omitted. For Brussels and tapestry carpets. East Indian and Scottish black-faced wools are used. Wilton and Axminster carpets are usually made from Welsh or Down wools.

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  • 8 Flax Wheel

    Same as Saxony wheel. ————————
    SAXONY WHEEL, or FLAX WHEEL
    This spinning wheel was the next improvement after the Jersey wheel and was run by foot-power and enabled the spinner to twist, draw, and wind without stopping the wheel. The distaff was fixed in the framework, around the spindle was a horseshoe arrangement called a " flyer " which twisted the thread, on the flyer were hooks for spreading the thread evenly on the spindle. The thread was stronger than that spun on the Jersey wheel, and was used for warp, the softer thread of the Jersey wheel being used as weft. These wheels were used from the 14th to the 18th centuries and all yarns for fabric were made in this way.

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  • 9 Saxony Wheel

    SAXONY WHEEL, or FLAX WHEEL
    This spinning wheel was the next improvement after the Jersey wheel and was run by foot-power and enabled the spinner to twist, draw, and wind without stopping the wheel. The distaff was fixed in the framework, around the spindle was a horseshoe arrangement called a " flyer " which twisted the thread, on the flyer were hooks for spreading the thread evenly on the spindle. The thread was stronger than that spun on the Jersey wheel, and was used for warp, the softer thread of the Jersey wheel being used as weft. These wheels were used from the 14th to the 18th centuries and all yarns for fabric were made in this way.

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  • 10 filum

    fīlum, i. n. (also filus, i, m., acc. to Arn. 1, 36 dub., plur. heterocl., fili, Luc. 6, 460) [for figlum, v. figo], a thread of any thing woven (of linen or woolen cloth, a cobweb, etc.).
    I.
    Lit., Varr. L. L. 5, § 113 Müll.; Enn. ap. Non. 116, 6 (Ann. v. 259 ed. Vahl.); Verg. A. 6, 30; Ov. A. A. 3, 445; id. M. 4, 36; Mart. 6, 3, 5; Cels. 7, 16:

    lumen candelae cujus tempero filum,

    wick, Juv. 3, 287:

    tenuia aranei,

    a web, Lucr. 3, 383:

    tineae,

    Ov. M. 15, 372.— Poet., of the thread of life spun by the Fates:

    sororum fila trium,

    Hor. C. 2, 3, 16; Verg. A. 10, 815; Ov. M. 2, 654; id. Tr. 5, 10, 45; Sil. 4, 28; Mart. 10, 5, 10 al.— Prov.: pendere filo (tenui), to hang by a thread, for to be in great danger: hac noctu filo pendebit Etruria tota, Enn. ap. Macr. S. 1, 4, § 18 (Ann. v. 153 ed. Vahl.):

    omnia sunt hominum tenui pendentia filo,

    Ov. P. 4, 3, 35; Val. Max. 6, 4, 1.—
    2.
    In partic., the fillet of wool wound round the upper part of the flamen's cap, similar to the stemma of the Greeks; hence, in gen., a priest's fillet: APICVLVM, filum, quo flamines velatum apicem gerunt, Paul. ex Fest. p. 23 Müll.:

    legatus capite velato filo (lanae velamen est), Audi, Juppiter, inquit, etc.,

    Liv. 1, 32, 6:

    filo velatus,

    Tib. 1, 5, 15.—
    B.
    Transf. (mostly poet. and in post-Aug. prose).
    1.
    Of any thing slender and drawn out like a thread, a string, cord, filament, fibre:

    tractat inauratae consona fila lyrae,

    the strings, Ov. Am. 1, 8, 60; so,

    lyrae,

    id. M. 5, 118:

    sonantia,

    id. ib. 10, 89:

    croci,

    i. e. the stamen, id. F. 1, 342:

    foliorum exilitas usque in fila attenuata,

    Plin. 21, 6, 16, § 30; 11, 15, 15, § 39. —
    2.
    Plur., shreds, slices, remnants:

    fila sectivi porri,

    Juv. 14, 133:

    porris fila resecta suis,

    Mart. 11, 52:

    fila Tarentini graviter redolentia porri edisti,

    id. 13, 18.—
    3.
    I. q. crassitudo, the density, compactness, compact shape, or, in gen., contour, form, shape of an object:

    forma quoque hinc solis debet filumque videri,

    Lucr. 5, 571, v. Lachm. ad h. 1.; cf. id. 5, 581; 2, 341; 4, 88:

    mulieris,

    Plaut. Merc. 4, 4, 15:

    corporis,

    Varr. L. L. 10, § 4 Müll.; Gell. 1, 9, 2; Amm. 14, 11, 28:

    forma atque filo virginali,

    id. 14, 4, 2:

    ingeniosus est et bono filo,

    Petr. 46.—
    II.
    Trop. (cf. the preced. no.), of speech, texture, sort, quality, nature, style (class.):

    ego hospiti veteri et amico munusculum mittere (volui) levidense, crasso filo, cujusmodi ipsius solent esse munera,

    i. e. of coarse texture, Cic. Fam. 9, 12, 2; cf.:

    argumentandi tenue filum,

    id. Or. 36, 124:

    tenui deducta poëmata filo,

    Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 225; cf.:

    gracili connectere carmina filo, Col. poët. 10, 227: paulo uberiore filo,

    Cic. de Or. 2, 22, 93:

    orationis,

    id. ib. 3, 26, 103:

    aliud quoddam filum orationis tuae (= oratio uberior),

    id. Lael. 7, 25.

    Lewis & Short latin dictionary > filum

  • 11 Gespinst

    n; -(e)s, -e
    1. spun yarn; (Gewebe) web, tissue; der Raupe: cocoon; der Spinne: web
    2. fig.: das Gespinst der Lügen the tissue ( oder web) of lies
    * * *
    Ge|spịnst [gə'ʃpɪnst]
    nt -(e)s, -e
    1) (TEX) weave; (= gedrehtes Garn) thread, spun yarn; (von Spinne) gossamer; (von Raupe) cocoon
    2) (fig geh) web; (von Lügen) tissue, web; (der Fantasie) product, fabrication
    * * *
    Ge·spinst
    <-[e]s, -e>
    [gəˈʃpɪnst]
    nt gossamer
    \Gespinst [eines Insekts] cocoon [of an insect]
    * * *
    das; Gespinst[e]s, Gespinste gossamer-like material

    ein Gespinst von Lügen — (fig.) a tissue of lies

    * * *
    Gespinst n; -(e)s, -e
    1. spun yarn; (Gewebe) web, tissue; der Raupe: cocoon; der Spinne: web
    2. fig:
    das Gespinst der Lügen the tissue ( oder web) of lies
    * * *
    das; Gespinst[e]s, Gespinste gossamer-like material

    ein Gespinst von Lügen — (fig.) a tissue of lies

    Deutsch-Englisch Wörterbuch > Gespinst

  • 12 hilar

    v.
    to spin (hilo).
    * * *
    1 to spin
    2 figurado to work out
    \
    hilar muy fino / hilar muy delgado figurado to split hairs
    * * *
    verb
    * * *
    VT
    1) (Cos) to spin
    2) (=relacionar) to reason, infer
    * * *
    1.
    verbo intransitivo to spin

    hilar fino — to split hairs

    2.
    hilar vt
    a) <algodón/lana> to spin; araña to spin
    b) <ideas/hechos> to string together
    * * *
    = texture, spin.
    Ex. The play was an entrancing production that was textured with ideas, witty, and cunningly crafted.
    Ex. Then the fairies told them how happily the spiders lived among the green leaves spinning garments for their neigbbors.
    ----
    * hilar demasiado fino = split + hairs.
    * rueda de hilar = spinning wheel.
    * * *
    1.
    verbo intransitivo to spin

    hilar fino — to split hairs

    2.
    hilar vt
    a) <algodón/lana> to spin; araña to spin
    b) <ideas/hechos> to string together
    * * *
    = texture, spin.

    Ex: The play was an entrancing production that was textured with ideas, witty, and cunningly crafted.

    Ex: Then the fairies told them how happily the spiders lived among the green leaves spinning garments for their neigbbors.
    * hilar demasiado fino = split + hairs.
    * rueda de hilar = spinning wheel.

    * * *
    hilar [A1 ]
    vi
    to spin
    hilar fino or ( Col) hilar delgado to split hairs
    ■ hilar
    vt
    1 ‹algodón/lana› to spin
    2 «araña» to spin
    3 ‹ideas/hechos› to string together
    * * *

    hilar ( conjugate hilar) verbo intransitivo
    to spin;
    ◊ hilar fino to split hairs

    verbo transitivo
    a) ‹algodón/lana› to spin;

    [ araña] to spin
    b) ‹ideas/hechos› to string together

    hilar verbo transitivo & verbo intransitivo
    1 (hacer hilo) to spin
    2 (relacionar datos) to string together, link
    ♦ Locuciones: hilar fino, to split hairs
    ' hilar' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    hilada
    - hilado
    English:
    spin
    - string
    * * *
    ♦ vt
    1. [hilo] to spin;
    la araña hiló una telaraña the spider spun a web
    2. [ideas, planes] to think up
    ♦ vi
    hilar delgado o [m5]muy fino: eso es hilar delgado o [m5] muy fino that's splitting hairs;
    voy a tener que hilar muy delgado o [m5] fino para que no rechace mi propuesta I'm going to have to tread very carefully so he doesn't reject my proposal
    * * *
    I v/t spin
    II v/i
    :
    fino fig split hairs
    * * *
    hilar vt
    1) : to spin (thread)
    2) : to consider, to string together (ideas)
    hilar vi
    1) : to spin
    2)
    hilar delgado : to split hairs
    * * *
    hilar vb to spin [pt. & pp. spun]

    Spanish-English dictionary > hilar

  • 13 deduco

    dē-dūco, xi, ctum ( imper.:

    deduc,

    Cic. Rep. 1, 21, 34;

    old form, deduce,

    Ter. Eun. 3, 3, 32), 3, v. a., to lead or bring away, to lead, fetch, bring or draw down (for syn. cf.: duco, comitor, prosequor, persequor, stipo, sequor, consequor—freq. and class.).
    I.
    Lit.
    A.
    In gen.
    a.
    Not designating a limit:

    atomos de via,

    to turn from a straight course, Cic. Fat. 9, 18:

    eum concionari conantem de rostris,

    Caes. B. C. 3, 21, 3:

    pedes de lecto,

    Plaut. Curc. 2, 3, 82:

    suos clam ex agris,

    Caes. B. G. 4, 30 fin.; so,

    aliquem ex ultimis gentibus,

    Cic. Phil. 13, 13:

    lunam e curru,

    Tib. 1, 8, 21; cf.

    the foll.: summā vestem deduxit ab orā,

    Ov. M. 3, 480:

    cantando rigidas deducere montibus ornos,

    Verg. E. 6, 71: lunam caelo id. ib. 8, 69; cf.:

    lunam cursu,

    Ov. H. 6, 85:

    hunc caelo,

    id. F. 3, 317:

    dominam Ditis thalamo,

    Verg. A. 6, 397:

    tota carbasa malo,

    i. e. to spread, unfurl, by letting down, Ov. M. 11, 477; cf.

    the foll.: febres corpore,

    Hor. Ep. 1, 2, 48:

    inde boves,

    Ov. M. 6, 322:

    transfuga duci se ad consules jubet deductusque traditurum urbem promittit,

    Liv. 9, 24:

    Ubiis imperat, ut pecora deducant suaque omnia ex agris in oppida conferant,

    Caes. B. G. 6, 10, 2; cf. Liv. 21, 37: rivos, i. e. to clear out, cleanse ( = detergere, Macr. Sat. 3, 3; Col. 2, 22, 3), Verg. G. 1, 269 Heyne ad loc.; cf.:

    aqua Albana deducta ad utilitatem agri suburbani,

    conducted off, Cic. Div. 2, 32, 69, and v. the foll.:

    lunam,

    Prop. 1, 1, 19; cf.

    Jovem,

    the sun, Hor. Epod. 13, 2:

    crines pectine,

    to comb, Ov. M. 4, 311; cf.:

    caesariem barbae dextrā,

    id. ib. 15, 656:

    vela,

    id. ib. 3, 663:

    sive aliquis molli deducit candida gestu Brachia,

    moves, Prop. 2, 22 (3, 15), 5 (al. diducit); imitated by Stat. Silv. 3, 5, 66 (al. diducit) et saep.—
    b.
    Stating the limit:

    cito hunc deduc ad militem,

    Ter. Eun. 3, 3, 32:

    aliquem ad aliquem,

    id. ib. 4, 4, 10; Cic. Lael. 1; Caes. B. G. 7, 28 fin.; id. B. C. 1, 18, 3; Sall. J. 113 fin. et saep.:

    juvenem ad altos currus,

    Ov. M. 2, 106:

    suas vestes humero ad pectora,

    Ov. M. 6, 405; cf.:

    manum ad imum ventrem,

    Quint. 11, 3, 112 et saep.:

    impedimenta in proximum collem,

    Caes. B. G. 7, 68, 2:

    aquam in vias,

    Cato R. R. 155; Ov. M. 1, 582:

    aliquem in conspectum (Caesaris),

    Caes. B. C. 1, 22, 2:

    aliquem in arcem,

    Liv. 1, 18; id. 1, 58:

    aliquem in carcerem,

    Sall. C. 55:

    in arenam,

    Suet. Calig. 35: levis deducet pondere fratres, will bring down (the scale), Grat. Cyn. 292. —
    B.
    In partic.
    I.
    Milit. t. t., to draw off, lead off, withdraw troops from a place; to lead, conduct, bring to a place: praesidia de locis, Sisenna ap. Non. 289, 15; so with de, Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 60; Caes. B. G. 5, 51, 2; Cic. Att. 7, 14 al.:

    exercitum ex his regionibus,

    Caes. B. G. 1, 44, 19; so with ex, id. ib. 7, 87, 4 fin.; 7, 81 fin.; id. B. C. 1, 12, 3 al.:

    legionem ab opere,

    id. ib. 3, 69; so with ab, id. ib. 2, 26, 3; Liv. 34, 35 al.:

    deducta Orico legione,

    Caes. B. C. 3, 34:

    exercitum finibus Attali,

    Liv. 32, 27: deducto exercitu, Caes. B. G. 6, 43, 3; 7, 20, 11; id. B. C. 3, 39 al.; cf. Oud. ad Caes. B. G. 2, 33, 2:

    milites ad Ciceronem,

    Caes. B. G. 5, 27, 9:

    tres in arcem cohortes praesidio,

    id. B. C. 3, 19, 5:

    a Flacco inter ceteros, quos virtutis causa secum ex provincia ad triumphum deducebat, deductus sum,

    Liv. 42, 34:

    copias ex locis superioribus in campum deducit,

    Caes. B. C. 2, 40 fin.:

    legionibus in hiberna deductis,

    id. B. G. 2, 35, 3; so,

    in hiberna,

    Liv. 26, 20; 43, 9:

    in interiorem Galliam,

    Caes. B. G. 2, 2; cf.

    in Menapios,

    id. ib. 4, 22, 5:

    in proxima municipia,

    id. B. C. 1, 32:

    in hiberna in Sequanos,

    id. B. G. 1, 54, 2:

    in aciem,

    Liv. 3, 62:

    praesidia eo,

    Caes. B. C. 2, 18, 5:

    neque more militari vigiliae deducebantur,

    Sall. Jug. 44, 5; id. C. 59, 1. —
    2.
    Pub. law t. t., to lead forth, conduct a colony to a place:

    coloni, qui lege Julia Capuam deducti erant,

    Caes. B. C. 1, 14, 4; cf. Suet. Caes. 81:

    colonos in aliquem locum,

    id. ib. 28:

    coloniam in aliquem locum,

    Cic. Rep. 2, 3; 2, 4; Liv. 10, 1; 10, 13; 34, 45 (repeatedly); Suet. Tib. 4 al.:

    Aquileia colonia Latina eo anno in agro Gallorum est deducta,

    Liv. 40, 34; cf.:

    in colonia Capua deducti,

    Suet. Caes. 81:

    ut emantur agri a privatis, quo plebs publice deducatur,

    Cic. Agr. 2, 25; cf. id. ib. 2, 26;

    2, 34, 92: triumvir coloniis deducendis,

    Sall. J. 42; cf. Liv. 9, 46; 9, 28; Suet. Aug. 46 al.— Absol.:

    deductis olim et nobiscum per conubium sociatis, haec patria est,

    Tac. H. 4, 65. —
    3.
    Nautical t. t.
    a.
    To draw out a ship from the docks:

    ex navalibus eorum unam (navem) deducit,

    Caes. B. C. 2, 3, 2:

    deducunt socii naves,

    Verg. A. 3, 71.—Hence far more freq. meton., like the Gr. kathelkein, to draw down a ship from the stocks into the sea; to launch, Liv. 21, 17; 41, 9; Caes. B. G. 7, 60:

    neque multum abesse (naves) ab eo, quin paucis diebus deduci possent,

    id. ib. 5, 2, 2:

    naves,

    id. ib. 5, 23, 2:

    classem,

    Liv. 36, 41 al.:

    naves litore,

    Verg. A. 4, 398:

    carinas,

    Ov. M. 6, 144; 8, 104 et saep.—
    b.
    Rarely for subducere and the Gr. katagein, to draw a ship into port:

    onerarias naves in portum deducunt,

    Caes. B. C. 1, 36, 2:

    in portum,

    Petr. 101, 8.—
    4.
    Weavers' t. t., to draw out, spin out the thread, yarn:

    dextera tum leviter deducens fila, Catull. 64, 313: filum,

    Ov. M. 4, 36; id. Am. 1, 14, 7; id. H. 9, 77.—Hence, meton., to prepare a web, to weave:

    vetus in tela deducitur argumentum,

    is interwoven, represented in weaving, Ov. M. 6, 69.—
    5.
    t. t. of common life, to lead out, conduct, escort, accompany a person out of the house, as a mark of respect or for protection:

    haec ipsa sunt honorabilia... assurgi, deduci, reduci,

    Cic. de Sen. 18, 63:

    cum magna multitudo optimorum virorum et civium me de domo deduceret,

    id. Fam. 10, 12, 2; Suet. Aug. 29:

    ne deducendi sui causa populum de foro abduceret,

    Liv. 23, 23 fin.; cf. Tac. A. 3, 14:

    a quibus (sc. equitibus Rom.) si domus nostra celebratur, si interdum ad forum deducimur, etc.,

    Cic. Mur. 34.—
    b.
    Esp., to conduct a young man to a public teacher:

    dicam hunc a patre continuo ad me esse deductum,

    Cic. Cael. 4, 9; id. Lael. 1, 1; Tac. Dial. 34; Quint. 12, 11, 6; cf. ephebum in gymnasium, Petron. 85, 3.—
    c.
    Aliquam alicui, ad aliquem, to lead, conduct a bride (from her father's house) to her husband (cf. denubo):

    bona uxor si ea deducta est usquam cuiquam gentium,

    Plaut. Mil. 3, 1, 90; cf.

    Catull. 68, 143: virginem juveni marito,

    Tib. 3, 4, 31:

    uni nuptam, ad quem virgo deducta sit,

    Liv. 10, 23:

    nullo exemplo deductae in domum patrui fratris filiae,

    Tac. A. 12, 5; so,

    in domum,

    id. ib. 14, 63; so of the bridegroom himself, to take home the bride:

    domum in cubiculum,

    Ter. Ad. 4, 5, 60:

    uxorem domum,

    id. Hec. 1, 2, 60:

    quo primum virgo quaeque deducta est,

    Caes. B. G. 5, 14 fin.—Absol.:

    eas velut auspicibus nobilissimis populis deductas esse,

    Liv. 42, 12, 4; cf. Prop. 4 (5), 3, 13.—
    (β).
    In a dishonorable sense, to bring one a concubine, Plaut. Casin. 2, 8, 36; Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 34; Suet. Calig. 25; id. Caes. 50; id. Ner. 28; cf. also the foll., no. 7.—
    d.
    To lead about in a public procession, Suet. Tib. 17 fin.:

    invidens privata deduci superbo non humilis mulier triumpho,

    Hor. Od. 1, 37, 31:

    tensas,

    Suet. Aug. 43; id. Vesp. 5.—
    e.
    Hence, to drive out, expel = expellere: Arsinoen ex regno, Auct. B. [p. 527] Alex. 33:

    ex possessione,

    Liv. 34, 58, 6. —
    6.
    Jurid. t. t.
    a.
    Aliquem de fundo, to lead away a person from a disputed possession in the presence of witnesses (with or without force: the latter moribus, the former vi solida), in order to procure him the right of action (this was a symbolic procedure preparatory to an action): appellat Fabius, ut aut ipse Tullium deduceret aut ab eo deduceretur. Dicit deducturum se Tullius, etc., Cic. pro Tull. Fragm. § 20; id. Agr. 2, 26, 68;

    placuit Caecinae constituere, quo die in rem praesentem veniretur, et de fundo Caecina moribus deduceretur, etc.,

    id. Caecin. 7, 20.—
    b.
    To bring before a tribunal as a witness:

    multi boni ad hoc judicium deducti non sunt,

    Cic. Flac. 4, 9.—
    c.
    To bring to trial:

    lis ad forum deducta est,

    Phaedr. 3, 13, 3. —
    7.
    With the accessory idea of diminution, to withdraw, deduct, subtract, diminish:

    cibum,

    Ter. Eun. 2, 3, 23. And as a mercantile t. t.:

    addendo deducendoque videre, quae reliqui summa fiat,

    Cic. Off. 1, 18, 59:

    ut centum nummi deducerentur,

    id. Leg. 2, 21, 53; cf. Cato R. R. 144 sq.:

    de capite deducite, quod usuris pernumeratum est,

    Liv. 6, 15; cf. Suet. Caes. 42 et saep.—Hence in a double sense: Tertia deducta est (in allusion to the meaning, no. 5, c. b), Suet. Caes. 50; cf. the same account in Macr. S. 2, 2.
    II.
    Trop.
    A.
    In gen., to bring down, bring or lead away, withdraw, bring, lead: quare, si placet, deduc orationem tuam de coelo ad haec citeriora, Cic. Fragm. ap. Non. 85, 20, and 289, 9:

    licet enim contrahere universitatem generis humani, eamque gradatim ad pauciores, postremo deducere in singulos,

    id. N. D. 2, 65 fin.:

    aliquem de animi lenitate,

    id. Cat. 2, 13; cf.:

    aliquem de animi pravitate,

    Q. Cic. Pet. Cons. 10 fin.:

    aliquem de sententia,

    Cic. Brut. 25 fin.:

    aliquem de fide,

    id. Verr. 1, 9, 25 et saep.:

    perterritos a timore,

    id. N. D. 2, 59, 148:

    aliquem a tristitia, ab acerbitate,

    id. de Or. 2, 83 fin.:

    aliquem ab humanitate, a pietate, a religione,

    id. Verr. 2, 4, 6 (for which, shortly before, abducere):

    aliquem a vera accusatione,

    id. ib. 2, 1, 6 fin.; id. Fam. 1, 1, 2 et saep.:

    voluntates impellere quo velit, unde autem velit deducere,

    Cic. de Or. 1, 8, 30:

    mos unde deductus,

    derived, Hor. Od. 4, 4, 19; cf.:

    nomen ab Anco,

    Ov. F. 6, 803:

    quae tandem ea est disciplina, ad quam me deducas,

    Cic. Acad. 2, 36:

    aliquem ad fletum misericordiamque,

    id. de Or. 2, 45, 189:

    aliquem ad eam sententiam,

    Caes. B. G. 2, 10, 5; 6, 10, 2:

    rem ad arma,

    id. B. C. 1, 4 fin.; cf.:

    rem ad otium,

    id. ib. 1, 5 fin.:

    plura argumenta ad unum effectum,

    Quint. 9, 2, 103 et saep.:

    quam in fortunam quamque in amplitudinem deduxisset (Aeduos),

    Caes. B. G. 7, 54, 3; so,

    aliquem in eum casum,

    id. ib. 2, 31, 6:

    aliquem in periculum,

    id. ib. 7, 50, 4: Quint. 4, 2, 12; cf.:

    rem in summum periculum,

    Caes. B. G. 5, 31; id. B. C. 1, 19, 3:

    rem in controversiam,

    id. B. G. 7, 63, 5:

    aliquem in causam,

    Liv. 36, 5:

    in societatem belli,

    id. 36, 7 et saep.:

    huc jam deduxerat rem, ut, etc.,

    Caes. B. C. 1, 62; so,

    rem huc, ut, etc.,

    id. ib. 1, 86, 3:

    deduxisti totam hanc rem in duo genera solum causarum, caetera innumerabilia exercitationi reliquisti,

    have brought, reduced, Cic. de Or. 2, 17, 71; id. Cat. 2, 2, 4; cf.:

    rem in eum locum, ut, etc.,

    id. Fam. 16, 12:

    quem in locum,

    id. ib. 4, 2, 3:

    ergo huc universa causa deducitur, utrum, etc.,

    id. Rosc. Com. 12, 34:

    rerum divisio in duos articulos deducitur,

    Gai. Inst. 2, 2:

    audi, quo rem deducam,

    what I aim at, what I have in view, to what conclusion I will bring the matter, Hor. S. 1, 1, 15:

    Aeolium carmen ad Italos modos,

    transfer, transplant, id. Od. 3, 30, 14; cf.:

    in patriam deducere musas,

    Verg. G. 3, 10. —
    B.
    In partic.
    1.
    To mislead, seduce, entice, induce, bring one to an opinion (rare):

    adolescentibus et oratione magistratus et praemio deductis,

    Caes. B. G. 7, 37, 6; id. B. C. 1, 7, 1:

    sibi esse facile, Seuthen regem Thracum deducere, ut, etc.,

    Nep. Alcib. 8:

    aliquem vero,

    from the truth, Lucr. 1, 370.—
    2.
    To spin out a literary composition, like a thread, i. e. to elaborate, prepare, compose ( poet., and in post-Aug. prose):

    tenui deducta poëmata filo,

    Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 225:

    mille die versus,

    id. Sat. 2, 1, 4; Ov. Pont. 1, 5, 13:

    carmina,

    id. Tr. 1, 1, 39; cf. id. ib. 5, 1, 71: nihil expositum, Juv. 7, 54:

    commentarios,

    Quint. 3, 6, 59:

    oratio deducta atque circumlata,

    finely spun out, id. 4, 1, 60 al.:

    primaque ab origine mundi ad mea perpetuum deducite tempora carmen,

    Ov. M. 1, 3; cf. id. Tr. 2, 560; Hor. A. P. 129:

    opus,

    Manil. 1, 3. —
    3.
    (Another figure borrowed from spinning.) To make finer, thinner, weaker; to attenuate: vocem deducas oportet, ut mulieris videantur verba, Pompon. ap. Macr. Sat. 6, 4: "Odusseus" ad "Ulixem" deductus est, Quint. 1, 4, 16; cf. P. a. B.—
    4.
    To derive (of the origin of words):

    nomen Christianorum a Christo deducitur,

    Tert. adv. Marc. 4, 14;

    id. de Virg. vel. 5: diximus nomen religionis a vinculo pietatis esse deductum,

    Lact. 4, 28, 12; cf.:

    sed et Pharnacion (cognominatur) a Pharnace rege deductum,

    Plin. 25, 4, 14, § 33.—
    5.
    To remove, cure, of physical evils:

    brassica de capite omnia deducet et sanum faciet,

    Cato R. R. 157, 6:

    corpore febres, animo curas,

    Hor. Ep. 1, 2, 48; Cic. Fin. 5, 17, 47.—
    6.
    To bring down (late Lat.):

    deducis ad inferos,

    i. e. to death, Vulg. Tobiae, 13, 2; id. Gen. 42, 38; id. 1 Reg. 2, 6.—
    7.
    Law t. t., to withhold:

    cum in mancipanda proprietate (usus fructus) deducatur,

    Gai. Inst. 2, 33.—Hence,

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  • 14 pendo

    pendo, pĕpendi, pensum, 3 (pendissent, for pependissent, Liv. 45, 26 fin.:

    penderit for pependerit,

    Paul. Nol. Carm. 14, 122), v. a. and n. [etym. dub.; cf. root sphad-, sphendonê, a sling; Lat. funda].— Lit., to cause to hang down, to suspend; esp. of scales in weighing.
    I.
    Act., to weigh, weigh out.
    A.
    Lit. (very rare: syn. penso, expendo): unumquodque verbum staterā aurariā pendere, Varr. ap. Non. 455, 21: da pensam lanam, Titin. ap. Non. 369, 21; Plin. 19, 3, 15, § 39, read repensum: aere gravi cum uterentur Romani, penso eo, non numerato debitum solvebant, Fest. s. v. pendere, p. 208 Müll.:

    pensas examinat herbas,

    Ov. M. 14, 270.—
    2.
    Transf., to pay, pay out (because, in the earliest times, payments were made by weighing out the metals; v. in the preced. the passage from Fest.;

    class.): militis stipendia ideo, quod eam stipem pendebant,

    Varr. L. L. 5, § 182 Müll.:

    Achaei ingentem pecuniam pendunt L. Pisoni quotannis,

    Cic. Prov. Cons. 3, 5; id. Att. 12, 25, 1:

    vectigal populo Romano,

    Caes. B. G. 5, 23:

    vectigal,

    Liv. 25, 8:

    tributum pro navibus,

    Tac. A. 13, 51:

    pretium,

    id. ib. 2, 87:

    coria boum in usus militares,

    id. ib. 4, 72:

    mercedem alicui,

    Juv. 3, 15.— Absol.:

    pro pabulo pendunt,

    pay, Plin. 12, 14, 32, § 65.— Impers. pass.:

    iterumque imperii nostri publicanis penditur,

    Plin. 12, 14, 32, § 65.—As punishments consisted of fines in money or cattle: pendere poenas, supplicia, etc., signified to pay, suffer, undergo a penalty:

    pendere poenas solvere significat,

    Fest. p. 268 Müll.:

    Syrus mihi tergo poenas pendet,

    Ter. Heaut. 4, 4, 6:

    maximas poenas pendo temeritatis meae,

    Cic. Att. 11, 8, 1:

    satis pro temeritate unius hominis suppliciorum pensum esse,

    Liv. 34, 61:

    capitis poenas,

    Ov. F. 3, 845:

    poenas violatae religionis sanguine et caedibus,

    Just. 8, 2, 4:

    magna supplicia perfidiae,

    id. 11, 4, 2:

    crimen, culpam,

    Val. Fl. 4, 477.—Rarely in this signif. absol., to suffer any thing ( poet.):

    tuis nam pendit in arvis Delius,

    Val. Fl. 1, 445.—
    B.
    Trop.
    1.
    To weigh mentally, to ponder, consider, deliberate upon, decide (class.;

    syn.: pensito, trutinor): vos eam (rem) suo, non nominis pondere penditote,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 1, § 1:

    in philosophiā res spectatur, non verba penduntur,

    id. Or. 16, 51:

    causam ex veritate,

    id. Quint. 1, 5:

    rem levi conjecturā,

    id. Rosc. Am. 22, 62.—
    b.
    To value, esteem, regard a thing; with gen. of the value (mostly ante-class. and poet.):

    neque cum me magni pendere visum'st,

    Plaut. Curc. 2, 2, 12:

    aliquem,

    Ter. Ad. 5, 4, 25:

    quem tu vidisse beatus Non magni pendis,

    Hor. S. 2, 4, 93:

    nec jam religio divum neque numina magni Pendebantur,

    Lucr. 6, 1277:

    unice unum plurimi pendit,

    Plaut. Bacch. 2, 2, 29:

    te volturium vocant: Hostisne an civis comedis, parvi pendere,

    id. Trin. 1, 2, 64 sq.:

    nequam hominis ego parvi pendo gratiam,

    lightly esteem, id. Bacch. 3, 6, 29; so,

    parvi,

    Ter. And. 3, 2, 46; id. Heaut. 4, 3, 37; id. Hec. 3, 5, 63:

    minoris pendo tergum illorum, quam meum,

    care less for, Plaut. Most. 4, 1, 29:

    aliquem minoris,

    id. ib. 1, 3, 58:

    aliquem nihili,

    id. ib. 1, 3, 88:

    nihili,

    id. Men. 5, 7, 4; id. Trin. 3, 1, 6; Ter. Ad. 3, 4, 6; cf.:

    non flocci pendere,

    Ter. Eun. 3, 1, 21:

    sese experturum, quanti sese penderem,

    Plaut. Truc. 2, 4, 44:

    tu illum numquam ostendisti quanti penderes,

    Ter. Heaut. 1, 1, 103.—
    2.
    (Acc. to A. 2.) To pay, render ( poet.):

    dignas pendere grates,

    Stat. Th. 11, 223.—
    II.
    Neutr., to weigh ( poet. and in post-Aug. prose):

    tantundem pendere par est,

    Lucr. 1, 361:

    talentum ne minus pondo octoginta Romanis ponderibus pendat,

    Liv. 38, 38, 13; Plin. 9, 15, 17, § 44; id. 30, 48 fin., § 93; id. 18, 7, 12, § 66; id. 31, 6, 31, § 58 (in Sen. Ep. 66, 30, read pendent).—Hence, pensus, a, um, P. a., lit. weighed; hence, trop., esteemed, valued, prized, dear (as P. a. not in Cic. or Cæs.):

    utra condicio pensior, Virginemne an viduam habere?

    Plaut. Stich. 1, 2, 61: ut nihil quicquam esset carius pensiusque nobis quam nosmetipsi, Taurus ap. Gell. 12, 5, 7.—Esp., as subst.: pensum, i, n., something weighed.
    A.
    Weight, consideration, scruple, importance, only in gen. sing.: nihil pensi habere aliquid, to lay no weight or stress upon a thing, to attach no value to, be indifferent to, care nothing about:

    sua parvi pendere, aliena cupere,... nihil pensi neque moderati habere,

    Sall. C. 12, 2:

    nihil pensi neque sancti habere,

    id. J. 41, 9:

    neque id quibus modis assequeretur, quicquam pensi habebat,

    id. C. 5, 6:

    prorsus neque dicere, neque facere quicquam pensi habebat,

    id. ib. 23, 2:

    nihil pensi habuit, quin, etc.,

    Suet. Dom. 12; id. Ner. 34:

    ut neque fas neque fidem pensi haberet,

    Tac. A. 13, 15: aliquid ratum pensumque habere, Att. Capitol. ap. Gell. 13, 12, 2. —So, non pensi ducere (very rare), Val. Max. 2, 9, 3.—Also, non adest or est alicui pensi: nec mihi adest tantillum pensi jam, quos capiam calceos, I don't care in the least, am perfectly indifferent, Plaut. Truc. 4, 2, 52:

    sed illis nec quid dicerent, nec quid facerent, quicquam umquam pensi fuisse,

    they never cared at all, Liv. 34, 49:

    quibus si quicquam pensi umquam fuisset, non ea consilia de republicā habuissent,

    if they had ever had regard for any considerations, Sall. C. 52, 34. —
    B.
    Prop., the wool weighed out to a slave to spin in a day; hence, a day's work in spinning, and, in gen., spinning, a spinner's task.
    1.
    Lit. (mostly ante-class. and poet.):

    pensum facere,

    Plaut. Merc. 2, 3, 63; id. Men. 5, 2, 45:

    nocturna carpentes pensa puellae,

    Verg. G. 1, 391:

    carmine quo captae dum fusis mollia pensa Devolvunt, etc.,

    id. ib. 4, 348:

    famulasque ad lumina longo Exercet penso,

    id. A. 8, 412; Prop. 3, 15, (4, 14), 15:

    castrensia,

    i. e. for military garments, id. 4 (5), 3, 33:

    pensa manu ducunt,

    Juv. 12, 65:

    lanificam revocas ad sua pensa manum,

    Ov. Am. 1, 13, 24; id. H. 3, 75; Just. 1, 3, 2.— Poet., a thread spun by the Fates:

    durae peragunt pensa sorores,

    Sen. Herc. Fur. 181:

    jamque in fine dies et inexorabile pensum Deficit,

    Stat. S. 3, 3, 172: mortale resolvere, to unbind his mortal thread, i. e. to make him immortal, Calp. Ecl. 4, 137.—
    2.
    Trop., a charge, duty, office (so in Cic.; cf.:

    ministerium, munus, officium): pensum meum lepide accurabo,

    Plaut. Bacch. 5, 2, 33; cf.:

    meum confeci,

    id. Pers. 2, 4, 1:

    absolvere,

    to perform one's duty, Varr. R. R. 2, 2:

    me ad meum munus pensumque revocabo,

    Cic. de Or. 3, 30, 119; id. Verr. 2, 3, 46, § 109:

    nominis familiaeque,

    Liv. 4, 52:

    operis sui peragere,

    Col. 3, 10, 7.—Hence, adv.: pensē, carefully, considerately (post-class.): pensius, Flav. ap. Symm. Ep. 2, 34.

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  • 15 Filoselle

    BOURRE de SOIE, or FILOSELLE
    The French term for the ravelled silk obtained as waste from cocoons. Forms the commercial spun silk raw material and is the best grade of waste silk (see Spun Silk) ———————— A soft embroidery thread made of silk waste or floret silk. It is also used for fabric for dresses as well as knitting. Also known as Bourne de Soil, or grogram yarn.

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  • 16 Colus

    With the Romans, a distaff, and was a thick cane with the end split in such a way that the opening formed a basket. When filled with wool it was variously termed Compta, Plena or Lana Amicta. The thread obtained from it was called Stamen. The ball of loose fibre at one end prepared for spinning was called Glomus. The lower end of this distaff rested under the left arm, the right hand spun and wound the thread on to the spindle, called Fusus (see Distaff)

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  • 17 Jenny

    The name given to the invention of Hargreaves in 1767, which enabled 20 to 30 threads to be spun at one time instead of the single thread spun prior to the, invention.

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  • 18 -togi

    a, m. a leader; in her-togi, leið-togi; [cp. A. S. heretoga; Germ. her-zog.]
    II. [tog], carded wool, wool drawn into a hank, from which the thread is spun; esp. in the metaph. phrase, það er af þeim toga spunnið, ‘tis spun from that tow, of causes or motives.

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  • 19 katoen

    n. cotton, plant of the mallow family; white fluffy fibers produced by this plant; thread spun from cotton fibers; fabric woven from cotton thread

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  • 20 AF

    of
    * * *
    prep. w. dat.
    I. Of place:
    1) off, from;
    G. hljóp af hesti sínum, G. jumped off his horse;
    ganga af mótinu, to go away from the meeting;
    Flosi kastaði af sér skikkjunni, threw off his cloak;
    Gizzur gekk af útsuðri at gerðinu, from the south-west;
    hann hafði leyst af sér skúa sína, he had taken off his shoes;
    Steinarr vildi slíta hann af sér, throw him off;
    tók Gísli þá af sér vápnin, took off his arms;
    bréf af Magnúsi konungi, a letter from king Magnus;
    hverr af öðrum, one after another, in succession;
    vil ek þú vinnir af þér skuldina, work off the debt;
    muntu enga sætt af mér fá, no peace at my hand;
    rísa af dauða, to rise from the dead;
    vakna af draumi, to awaken from a dream;
    lúka upp af hrossi, to open a gate from off a horse;
    vindr stóð af landi, the wind blew from the land;
    2) out of;
    verða tekinn af heimi, to be taken out of the world;
    gruflar hón af læknum, she scrambles out of the brook;
    Otradalr var mjök af vegi, far out of the way.
    Connected with út; föstudaginn fór út herrinn af borginni, marched out of the town.
    II. Of time; past, beyond:
    af ómagaaldri, able to support oneself, of age;
    ek em nú af léttasta skeiði, no longer in the prime of life;
    þá er sjau vikur eru af sumri, when seven weeks of summer are past;
    var mikit af nótt, much of the night was past.
    III. In various other relations:
    1) þiggja lið af e-m, to receive help from one;
    hafa umboð af e-m, to be another’s deputy;
    vera góðs (ills) maklegr af e-m, to deserve good (bad) of one;
    féll þar lið mart af Eyvindi, many of Eyvind’s men fell there;
    þá eru þeir útlagir ok af goðorði sínu, have forfeited their goðorð;
    þá skalt þú af allri fjárheimtunni, forfeit all the claim;
    ek skal stefna þér af konunni, summon thee to give up;
    2) off, of;
    höggva fót, hönd, af e-m, to cut off one’s foot, hand;
    vil ek, at þú takir slíkt sem þér líkar af varningi, whatever you like of the stores;
    þar lá forkr einn ok brotit af endanum, with the point broken off;
    absol., beit hann höndina af, bit the hand off;
    fauk af höfuðit, the head flew off;
    3) of, among;
    hinn efniligasti maðr af ungum mönnum, the most promising of the young men;
    4) with;
    hláða, (ferma) skip af e-u, to load (freight) a ship with;
    fylla heiminn af sínu kyni, to fill the world with his offspring;
    5) of (= ór which is more frequent);
    húsit var gert af timbr stokkum, was built of trunks of trees;
    6) fig., eigi vita menn hvat af honum er orðit, what has become of him;
    hvat hefir þú gert af Gunnari, what hast thou done with Gunnar?;
    7) denoting parentage, descent, origin;
    ok eru af þeim komnir Gilsbekkingar, are descended from them;
    kominn af Trójumönnum, descended from the Trojans;
    8) by, of (after passive);
    ek em sendr hingat af Starkaði, sent hither by;
    ástsæll af landsmónnum, beloved of;
    9) on account of, by reason of, by;
    úbygðr at frosti ok kulda, because of frost and cold;
    ómáli af áverkum, speechless from wounds;
    af ástæld hans, by his popularity;
    af því, therefore;
    af hví, wherefor why;
    af því at, because;
    10) by means of, by;
    framfœra e-n af verkum sínum, by means of his own labour;
    af sínu fé, by one’s own means;
    absol., hann fekk af hina mestu sœmd, derived great honour from it;
    11) with adjectives, in regard to;
    mildr af fé, liberal of money;
    góðr af griðum, merciful;
    12) used absol. with a verb, off away;
    hann bað hann þá róa af fjörðinn, to row the firth off;
    ok er þeir höfðu af fjörðung, when they had covered one forth of the way;
    sofa af nóttina, to sleep the night away.
    * * *
    prep. often used elliptically by dropping the case, or even merely adverbially, [Ulf. af; A. S. and Engl. of, off; Hel. ab; Germ. ab; Gr. άπό; Lat. a, ab.] With dat. denoting a motion a loco; one of the three prepp. af, ór, frá, corresponding to those in loco—á, í, við, and ad locum—á, í, at. It in general corresponds to the prepp. in loco—á, or in locum— til, whilst ór answers more to í; but it also frequently corresponds to yfir, um or í. It ranges between ór and frá, generally denoting the idea from the surface of, while ór means from the inner part, and frá from the outer part or border. The motion from a hill, plain, open place is thus denoted by af; by ór that from an enclosed space, depth, cavity, thus af fjalli, but ór of a valley, dale; af Englandi, but ór Danmörk, as mörk implies the notion of a deep wood, forest. The wind blows af landi, but a ship sets sail frá landi; frá landi also means a distance from: af hendi, of a glove, ring; ór hendi, of whatever has been kept in the hand (correl. to á hendi and í hendi). On the other hand af is more general, whilst frá and ór are of a more special character; frá denoting a departure, ór an impulse or force; a member goes home af þingi, whereas ór may denote an inmate of a district, or convey the notion of secession or exclusion from, Eb. 105 new Ed.; the traveller goes af landi, the exile ór landi: taka e-t af e-m is to take a thing out of one’s hand, that of taka frá e-m to remove out of one’s sight, etc. In general af answers to Engl. of, off, ór to out of, and frá to from: the Lat. prepp. ab, de, and ex do not exactly correspond to the Icelandic, yet as a rule ór may answer to ex, af sometimes to ab, sometimes to de. Of, off, from among; with, by; on account of by means of, because of concerning, in respect of.
    A. Loc.
    I. With motion, off, from:
    1. prop. corresp. to á,
    α. konungr dró gullhring af hendi sér (but á hendi), Ld. 32; Höskuldr lætr bera farm af skipi, unload the ship (but bera farm á skip), id.; var tekit af hestum þeirra, they were unsaddled, Nj. 4; Gunnarr hafði farit heiman af bæ sínum, he was away from home, 82; Gunnarr hljóp af hesti sínum, jumped off his horse (but hl. á hest), 83; hlaupa, stökkva af baki, id., 112, 264 ; Gunnarr skýtr til hans af boganum, from the bow, where af has a slight notion of instrumentality, 96; flýja af fundinum, to fly from off the battle-field, 102; ríða af Þríhyrningshálsum, 206; út af Langaholti, Eg. 744 ; sunnan ór Danmörk ok af Saxlandi, 560; ganga af mótinu, to go from the meeting, Fms. vii. 130; af þeirra fundi reis María upp ok fór, 625. 85 ; Flosi kastaði af ser skikkjunni, threw his cloak off him (but kasta á sik),Nj. 176; taka Hrungnis fót af honum, of a load, burden, Edda 58; land þat er hann fiskði af, from which he set off to fish, Grág. i. 151, is irregular, frá would suit better; slíta af baki e-s, from off one’s back, ii. 9 ; bera af borði, to clear the table, Nj. 75.
    β. where it more nearly answers to í; þeir koma af hafi, of sailors coming in (but leggja í haf), Nj. 128 ; fara til Noregs af Orkneyjum (but í or til O.), 131; þeim Agli fórst vel ok komu af hafi i Borgarfjörð, Eg. 392 ; hann var útlagi ( outlawed) af Noregi, where ór would be more regular, 344; af Islandi, of a traveller, Fms. x. 3; búa her af báðum ríkjunum, to take a levy from, 51; hinir beztu bændr ór Norðlendingafjórðungi ok af Sunnlendingafjórðungi, the most eminent Southerners and Northerners, 113; Gizzurr gékk af útsuðri at gerðinu, from south-west, Sturl. ii. 219; prestar af hvárutveggja biskupsdæmi, from either diocess, Dipl. ii. 11; verða tekinn af heimi, to be taken out of the world, 623. 21; gruflar hon af læknum, scrambles out of the brook, Ísl. ii. 340; Egill kneyfði af horninu í einum drykk, drained off the horn at one draught, literally squeezed every drop out of it, Eg. 557; brottuaf herbúðunurn, Fms. x. 343.
    γ. of things more or less surrounding the subject, corresp. to yfir or um; láta þeir þegar af sér tjöldin, break off, take down the tents in preparing for battle, Eg. 261; kyrtillinn rifnaði af honum, his coat burst, caused by the swollen body, 602; hann hafði leyst af sér skúa sína, he untied his shoes (but binda á sik), 716; Steinarr vildi slíta hann af sér, throw him off, of one clinging to one’s body, 747; tók Gísli þá af sér vápnin, took off his arms, Fms. vii. 39. Of putting off clothes; fara af kápu, Nj. 143; far þú eigi af brynjunni, Bs. i. 541; þá ætlaði Sigurðr at fara af brynjunni, id.; þá var Skarphéðinn flettr af klæðunum, Nj. 209: now more usually fara or klæðum, fötum, exuere, to undress.
    δ. connected with út; föstudaginn for út herrinn af borginni, marched out of the town, Nj. 274; ganga út af kirkjunni, to go out of the church, now út úr, Fms. vii. 107: drekki hann af þeirri jörðunni, of something impregnated with the earth, Laekn. 402.
    ε. more closely corresponding to frá, being in such cases a Latinism (now frá); bréf af páfa, a pope’s bull, Fms. x. 6; rit af hánum, letter from him, 623. 52; bréf af Magnúsi konungi, a letter from king Magnus, Bs. i. 712; farið þér á brautu af mér í eilífan eld, Hom. 143; brott af drottins augliti, Stj. 43.
    ζ. denoting an uninterrupted continuity, in such phrases as land aflandi, from land to land, Eg. 343, Fas. ii. 539; skip af skipl. from ship to ship, Fms. v. 10; brann hvat af öðru, one after another, of an increasing fire, destroying everything, i. 128; brandr af brandi brenn, funi kveykist af funa, one from another, Hm. 56; hverr af öðrum, one after another, in succession, also hverr at öðrum, Eb. 272, 280 (where at in both passages).
    2. metaph., at ganga af e-m dauðum, to go from, leave one dead on the spot, of two combatants; en hann segiz bani hins ef hann gekk af dauðum manni, Grág. ii. 88, Hkr. 1. 327; undr þykir mér er bróðir þinn vildi eigi taka af þér starf þetta, would not take this toil from thee, Nj. 77; þegnar hans glöddust af honum, were fain of him, Fms. x. 380; at koma þeim manni af sér er settr var á fé hans, to get rid of, Ld. 52; vil ek þú vinriir af þér skuldina, work off the debt, Njarð. 366; reka af sér, to repel, Sturl. ii. 219; hann á þá sonu er aldri munu af oss ganga, who will never leave us, whom we shall never get rid of, Fas. i. 280; leysa e-n af e-u, to relieve, 64; taka e-n af lífi, to kill, Eg. 48, 416, Nj. 126; af lífdögum, Fms. vii. 204; ek mun ná lögum af því máli, get the benefit of the law in this case, Eg. 468; muntu enga sætt af mér fá, no peace at my hand, 414; rísa af dauða, to rise from death, Fms. ii. 142; guð bætti honum þó af þessi sótt, healed him of this sickness, ix. 390; vakna af sýn, draumi, svefni, to awaken from a vision, dream, sleep, 655 xxxii. I, Gísl. 24, Eb. 192, Fas. i. 41. Rather with the notion out of, in the phrase af sér etc., e. g. sýna e-t af scr, to shew, exhibit a disposition for or against, Ld. 18; gera mikit af sér, to shew great prowess, Ísl. ii. 368; éf þú gerir eigi meira af þér um aðra leika, unless you make more of thyself, Edda 32; Svipdagr hafði mikit af sér gert, fought bravely, Fas. i. 41; góðr (illr) af sér, good ( bad) of oneself, by nature; mikill af sjálfum sér, proud, bold, stout, Nj. 15; ágætastr maðr af sjálfum sér, the greatest hero, Bret.: góðr af ser, excellent, Hrafn. 7; but, on the contrary, af sér kominn, ruinous, in decay; this phrase is used of old houses or buildings, as in Bs. i. 488 = Sturl. l. c.; af sér kominn af mæði can also be said of a man fallen off from what he used to be; kominn af fotum fram, off his legs from age, Sturl. i. 223, Korm. 154 (in a verse).
    II. WITHOUT MOTION:
    1. denoting direction from, but at the same time continuous connection with an object from which an act or thing proceeds, from; tengja skip hvárt fram af stafni annars, to tie the ships in a line, stem to stern, Fms. i. 157, xi. 111; svá at þeir tóku út af borðum, jutted out of the boards, of rafters or poles, iv. 49; stjarna ok af sem skaft, of a comet, ix. 482; lúka upp af hrossi, to open a gate from off a horse, Grág. ii. 264; hon svarar af sínu sæti sem álpt af baru, Fás. i. 186; þar er sjá mátti utau af firði, af þjóðleið, that might be seen from the fareway on the sea when sailing in the firth, Hkr. ii. 64; þá mun hringt af (better at) Burakirkju, of bells rung at the church, Fms. xi. 160; gengr þar af Meðalfellsströnd, projects from, juts out, of a promontory, Ld. 10.
    2. denoting direction alone; upp af víkinni stóð borg mikil, a burg inland from the inlet, Eg. 161; lokrekkja innar af seti, a shut bed inward from the benches in the hall, Ísl. ii. 262; kapella upp af konungs herbergjum, upwards from, Fms. x. 153; vindr stóð af landi, the wind stood off the land, Bárð. 166.
    β. metaph., stauda af e-u, vide VI. 4.
    γ. ellipt., hallaði af norðr, of the channel, north of a spot, Boll. 348; also, austr af, suðr af, vestr af, etc.
    3. denoting absence; þingheyendr skulu eigi vera um nótt af þingi ( away from the meeting), eðr lengr, þá eru þeir af þingi ( away from (be meeting) ef þeir eru or ( out of) þingmarki, Grág. i. 25; vera um nótt af várþingi, 115; meðan hann er af landi héðan, abroad, 150.
    β. metaph., gud hvíldi af öllum verkum sínum á sjaunda degi, rested from his labours, Ver. 3.
    4. denoting distance; þat er komit af þjóðleið, out of the high road, remote, Eg. 369; af þjóðbraut, Grág. ii. 264, i. 15; Otradalr (a farm) var mjök af vegi, far out of the way, Háv. 53.
    B. TEMP, past, from, out of, beyond:
    1. of a person’s age, in the sense of having past a period of life; af ómaga aldri, of age, able to support oneself, Grág. i. 243; af aeskualdri, stricken in years, having past the prime of life, Eg. 202; lítið af barnsaldri, still a child, Ld. 74; ek em nú af léttasia skeiði, no longer in the prime of life, Háv. 40.
    2. of a part or period of time, past; eigi síðar en nótt er af þingi, a night of the session past, Grág. i. 101; þá er sjau vikur eru af sumri, seven weeks past of the summer, 182; tíu vikur af sumri, Íb. 10; var mikit af nótt, much of the night was past, Háv. 41; mikið af vetri, much of the winter was past, Fas. ii. 186; þriðjungr af nótt, a third of the night past, Fms. x. 160; stund af degi, etc.; tveir mánoðr af sumri, Gþl. 103.
    3. in adverbial phrases such as, af stundu, soon; af bragði, at once; af tómi, at leisure, at ease; af nýju, again; af skyndingu, speedily; af bráðungu, in a hurry, etc.
    C. In various other relations:
    I. denoting the passage or transition of an object, concrete or abstract, of, from.
    1. where a thing is received, derived from, conferred by a person or object; þiggja lið af e-m, to derive help from, Edda 26; taka traust af e-m, to receive support, comfort from, Fms. xi. 243; taka mála af e-m, to be in one’s pay, of a soldier, Eg. 266; halda land af e-m, to hold land of any one, 282; verða viss af e-m, to get information from, 57, Nj. 130; taka við sök af manni (a law term), to undertake a case, suit, Grág. i. 142; hafa umboð af e-m, to be another’s deputy, ii. 374; vera góðs (ills) maklegr af e-m, to deserve good (bad) of, Vd. 88 (old Ed., the new reads frá), Fs. 45; afla matar af eyjum, to derive supplies from, Eb. 12.
    2. where an object is taken by force:
    α. prop. out of a person’s hand; þú skalt hnykkja smíðit af honum, wrest it out of his hand, Nj. 32; cp. taka, þrífa, svipta e-u (e-t) af e-m, to wrest from.
    β. metaph. of a person’s deprival of anything in general; hann tók af þér konuna, carried thy wife off, Nj. 33; tók Gunnarr af þér sáðland þitt, robbed thee of seedland, 103; taka af honum tignina, to depose, degrade him, Eg. 271; vinna e-t af e-m, to carry off by force of arms, conquer, Fms. iii. 29; drepa menn af e-m, for one, slay one’s man, Eg. 417; fell þar lið mart af Eyvindi, many of Eyvind’s people fell there, 261.
    γ. in such phrases as, hyggja af e-u (v. afhuga), hugsa af e-u, to forget; hyggja af harmi; sjá af e-u, to lose, miss; var svá ástúðigt með þeim, at livargi þóttist mega af öðrum sjá, neither of them could take his eyes off the other, Sturl. i. 194; svá er mörg við ver sinn vær, at varla um sér hon af hoiuun nær, Skálda 163.
    3. denoting forfeiture; þá eru þeir útlagir, ok af goðorði sínu, have forfeited their priesthood, Grág. i. 24; telja hann af ráðunum fjár síns alls, to oust one, on account of idiocy or madness, 176; verða af kaupi, to be off the bargain, Edda 26; þá skalt þú af allri fjárheimtunni, forfeit all the claim, Nj. 15; ek skal stefna þér af konunni, summon thee to forfeit, a case of divorce, id.; ella er hann af rettarfari um hana, has forfeited the suit, Grág. i. 381.
    β. ellipt., af ferr eindagi ef, is forfeited, Grág. i. 140.
    II. denoting relation of a part to a whole, off, of, Lat. de; höggva hönd, höfuð, fót af e-um, to cut one’s hand, head, foot off, Nj. 97, 92, Bs. i. 674; höggva spjót af skapti, to sever the blade from the shaft, 264; hann lét þá ekki hafa af föðurarfi sínum, nothing of their patrimony, Eg. 25; vil ek at þú takir slíkt sem þér líkar af varningi, take what you like of the stores, Nj. 4; at þú eignist slíkt af fé okkru sem þú vili, 94.
    β. ellipt., en nú höfum vér kjörit, en þat er af krossinum, a slice of, Fms. vii. 89; Þórðr gaf Skólm frænda sínum af landnámi sínu, a part of, Landn. 211; hafði hann þat af hans eigu er hann vildi, Sturl. ii. 169; þar lá forkr einn ok brotið af endanum, the point broken off, Háv. 24, Sturl. i. 169.
    γ. absol. off; beit hann höndina af, þar sem nú heitir úlfliðr, bit the hand off, Edda 17; fauk af höfuðit, the head flew off, Nj. 97; jafnt er sem þér synist, af er fótrinn, the foot is off, id.; af bæði eyru, both ears off, Vm. 29.
    2. with the notion of—among; mestr skörungr af konum á Norðrlöndum, the greatest heroine in the North, Fms. i. 116; hinn efniligasti maðr af ungum mönnum í Austfjörðum, the most hopeful of youths in the Eastfirths, Njarð. 364; af ( among) öllurn hirðmönnuni virði konungr mest skáld sín, Eg. 27; ef hann vildi nokkura kaupa af þessum konum, Ld. 30; ör liggr þar útiá vegginum, ok er sú af þeirra örum, one of their own arrows, Nj. 115.
    β. from, among, belonging to; guð kaus hana af ollum konum sér til móður, of the Virgin Mary, Mar. A. i. 27.
    γ. metaph., kunna mikit (lítið) af e-u, to know much, little of, Bragi kann mest af skáldskap, is more cunning of poetry than any one else, Edda 17.
    δ. absol. out of, before, in preference to all others; Gunnarr bauð þér góð boð, en þú vildir eingi af taka, you would choose none of them, Nj. 77; ráða e-t af, to decide; þó mun faðir minn mestu af ráða, all depends upon him, Ld. 22; konungr kveðst því mundu heldr af trúa, preferred believing that of the two, Eg. 55; var honum ekki vildara af ván, he could expect nothing better, 364.
    3. with the additional sense of instrumentality, with; ferma skip af e-u, to freight a ship with, Eg. 364; hlaða mörg skip af korni, load many ships with corn, Fms. xi. 8; klyfja tvá hesta af mat, Nj. 74; var vágrinn skipaðr af herskipum, the bay was covered with war ships, 124; fylla ker af glóðum, fill it with embers, Stj. 319; fylla heiminn af sínu kyni, to fill the world with his offspring, Ver. 3.
    III. denoting the substance of which a thing is made, of; used indifferently with ór, though ór be more frequent; þeir gerðu af honum jörðina, af blóði hans sæinn ok vötnin, of the creation of the world from the corpse of the giant Ymir; the poem Gm. 40, 41, constantly uses ór in this sense, just as in modern Icelandic, Edda 5; svá skildu þeir, at allir hlutir væri smíðaðir af nokkru efni, 147 (pref.); húsit var gert af timbrstokkum, built of trunks of timber, Eg. 233; hjöhin vóru af gulli, of gold, golden, Fms. i. 17; af osti, of cheese, but in the verse 1. c. ór osti, Fms. vi. 253; línklæði af lérepti, linen, Sks. 287.
    2. metaph. in the phrases, göra e-t af e-n ( to dispose of), verða af ( become of), hvat hefir þú gört af Gunnari, what hast thou done with Gunnar? Njarð. 376; hvat af motrinuni er orðit, what has become of it? of a lost thing, Ld. 208; hverfr Óspakr á burt, svá eigi vita menn hvat af honum er orðit, what has become of him? Band. 5.
    IV. denoting parentage, descent, origin, domicile, abode:
    1. parentage, of, from, used indifferently with frá; ok eru af þeim komnir Gilsbekkingar, descend from them, but a little below—frá honum eru konmir Sturlungar, Eb. 338, cp. afkvæmi; af ætt Hörðakára, Fms. i. 287; kominn af Trojumönnum, xi. 416; af Ása-ætt (Kb. wrongly at), Edda I.
    β. metaph., vera af Guði (theol.), of God, = righteous, 686 B. 9; illr ávöxtr af íllri rót, Fms. ii. 48; Asia er kölluð af nafni nokkurar konu, derives her name from, Stj. 67; af honum er bragr kallaðr skáldskapr, called after his name, Edda 17.
    2. of domicile; af danskri tungu, of Danish or Scandinavian origin, speaking the Danish tongue, Grág. ii. 73; hvaðan af löndum, whence, native of what country? Ísl.
    β. especially denoting a man’s abode, and answering to á and í, the name of the farm (or country) being added to proper names, (as in Scotland,) to distinguish persons of the same name; Hallr af Síðu, Nj. 189; Erlingr af Straumey, 273; Ástríðr af Djúpárbakka, 39; Gunnarr af Hlíðarenda (more usual frá); þorir haklangr konungr af Ögðum, king of Agdir, Eg. 35, etc.; cp. ór and frá.
    V. denoting a person with whom an act, feeling, etc. originates, for the most part with a periphrastic passive:
    1. by, the Old Engl. of; as, ek em sendr hingað af Starkaði ok sonum hans, sent hither by, Nj. 94; inna e-t af hendi, to perform, 257; þó at alþýða væri skírð af kennimönnum, baptized of, Fms. ii. 158; meira virðr af mönnum, higher esteemed, Ld. 158; ástsæll af landsmönnum, beloved, íb. 16; vinsæll af mönnum, Nj. 102; í allgóðu yfirlæti af þeim feðgum, hospitably treated by them, Eg. 170; var þá nokkut drukkið af alþjóð, there was somewhat hard drinking of the people, Sturl. iii. 229; mun þat ekki upp tekið af þeim sükudólgum mínum, they will not clutch at that, Nj. 257; ef svá væri í hendr þér búit af mér, if í had so made everything ready to thy hands, Ld. 130; þá varð fárætt um af föður hans, his father said little about it, Fms. ii. 154.
    2. it is now also sometimes used as a periphrase of a nom., e. g. ritað, þýtt af e-m, written, translated, edited by, but such phrases scarcely occur in old writers.
    VI. denoting cause, ground, reason:
    1. originating from, on account of, by reason of; af frændsemis sökum, for kinship’s sake, Grág. ii. 72; ómáli af áverkum, speechless from wounds, 27; af manna völdum, by violence, not by natural accident, of a crime, Nj. 76; af fortölum Halls, through his pleading, 255; af ástsæld hans ok af tölum þeirra Sæmundar, by his popularity and the eloquence of S., Íb. 16; af ráðum Haralds konungs, by his contriving, Landn. 157; úbygðr af frosti ok kulda, because of frost and cold, Hkr. i. 5.
    β. adverbially, af því, therefore, Nj. 78; af hví, why? 686 B. 9; þá verðr bóndi heiðinn af barni sínu, viz. if he does not cause his child to be christened, K. Þ. K. 20.
    2. denoting instrumentality, by means of; af sinu fé, by one’s own means, Grág. i. 293; framfæra e-n af verkum sinum, by means of one’s own labour, K. Þ. K. 142; draga saman auð af sökum, ok vælum ok kaupum, make money by, 623. I; af sínum kostnaði, at hi s own expense, Hkr. i. 217.
    β. absol., hún fellir á mik dropa svá heita at ek brenn af öll, Ld. 328; hann fékk af hina mestu sæmd, derived great honotur from it, Nj. 88; elli sótti á hendr honum svá at hann lagðist í rekkju af, he grew bedridden from age, Ld. 54; komast undan af hlaupi, escape by running, Fms. viii. 58; spinna garn af rokki, spin off a wheel (now, spinna á rokk), from a notion of instrumentality, or because of the thread being spun out (?), Eb. 92.
    3. denoting proceeding, originating from; lýsti af höndum hennar, her hands spread beams of light, Edda 22; allir heimar lýstust ( were illuminated) af henni, id.; en er lýsti af degi, when the day broke forth, Fms. ii. 16; lítt var lýst af degi, the day was just beginning to break, Ld. 46; þá tók at myrkja af nótt, the ‘mirk-time’ of night began to set in, Eg. 230; tók þá brátt at myrkva af nótt, the night grew dark, Hkr. ii. 230.
    4. metaph., standa, leiða, hljótast af, to be caused by, result from; opt hlýtst íllt af kvenna hjali, great mischief is wrought by women’s gossip (a proverb), Gísl. 15, 98; at af þeim mundi mikit mein ok úhapp standa, be caused by, Edda 18; kenna kulda af ráðum e-s, to feel sore from, Eb. 42; þó mun her hljótast af margs manns bani, Nj, 90.
    5. in adverbial phrases, denoting state of mind; af mikilli æði, in fury, Nj. 116; af móð, in great emotion, Fms. xi. 221; af áhyggju, with concern, i. 186; af létta, frankly, iii. 91; af viti, collectedly, Grág. ii. 27; af heilu, sincerely, Eg. 46; áf fári, in rage; af æðru, timidly, Nj. (in a verse); af setning, composedly, in tune, Fms. iii. 187; af mikilli frægð, gallantly, Fas. i. 261; af öllu afli, with all might, Grág. ii. 41; af riki, violently, Fbr. (in a verse); af trúnaði, confidently, Grág. i. 400.
    VII. denoting regard to, of, concerning, in respect of, as regards:
    1. with verbs, denoting to tell of, be informed, inquire about, Lat. de; Dioscorides segir af grasi því, speaks of, 655 xxx. 5; er menn spurðu af landinu, inquired about it, Landn. 30; halda njósn af e-u, Nj. 104; er þat skjótast þar af at segja, Eg. 546, Band. 8.
    β. absol., hann mun spyrja, hvárt þér sé nokkut af kunnigt hversu for með okkr, whether you know anything about, how, Nj. 33; halda skóla af, to hold a school in a science, 656 A. i. 19 (sounds like a Latinism); en ek gerða þik sera mestan mann af öllu, in respect of all, that you should get all the honour of it, Nj. 78.
    2. with adjectives such as mildr, illr, góðrafe-u, denoting disposition or character in respect to; alira manna mildastr af fo, very liberal, often-banded, Fms. vii. 197; mildr af gulli, i. 33; góðr af griðum, merciful, Al. 33; íllr af mat en mildr af gulli, Fms. i. 53; fastr af drykk, close, stingy in regard to, Sturl. ii. 125; gat þess Hildigunnr at þú mundir góðr af hestinum, that you would be good about the horse, Nj. 90, cp. auðigr at, v. at, which corresponds to the above phrases; cp. also the phrase af sér above, p. 4, col. I, ll. 50 sqq.
    VIII. periphrasis of a genitive (rare); provincialis af öllum Predikaraklaustrum, Fms. x. 76; vera af hinum mesta fjandskap, to breathe deep hatred to, be on bad terms with, ix. 220; af hendi, af hálfu e-s, on one’s behalf, v. those words.
    IX. in adverbial phrases; as, af launungu, secretly; af hljóði, silently; v. those words.
    β. also used absolutely with a verb, almost adverbially, nearly in the signification off, away; hann bað þá róa af fjörðinn, pass the firth swiftly by rowing, row the firth off, Fms. ix. 502; var pá af farit þat seni skerjóttast var, was past, sailed past, Ld. 142; ok er þeir höfðu af fjórðung, past one fourth of the way, Dropl. 10: skína af, to clear up, of the skv, Eb. 152; hence in common language, skína af sér, when the sun breaks forth: sofa af nóttina, to sleep it away, Fms. ii. 98; leið af nóttin, the night past away, Nj. 53; dvelja af stundir, to kill the time, Band. 8; drepa af, to kill; láta af, to slaughter, kill off;
    γ. in exclamations; af tjöldin, off with the awnings, Bs. i. 420, Fins, ix. 49.
    δ. in the phrases, þar af, thence; hér af, hence, Fms. ii. 102; af fram, straight on, Nj. 144; now, á fram, on, advance.
    X. it often refers to a whole sentence or to an adverb, not only like other prepp. to hér, hvar, þar, but also redundantly to hvaðan, héðan, þaðan, whence, hence, thence.
    2. the preposition may sometimes be repeated, once elliptically or adverbially, and once properly, e. g. en er af var borit at borðinu, the cloth was taken off from the table, Nj. 176; Guð þerrir af (off, away) hvert tár af ( from) augum heilagra manna, God wipes off every tear from the eyes of his saints, 655 xx. vii. 17; skal þó fyrst bætr af lúka af fé vegaiula, pay off, from, Gþl. 160, the last af may be omitted—var þá af borið borðinu—and the prep. thus be separated from its case, or it may refer to some of the indecl. relatives er or sem, the prep. hvar, hér, þar being placed behind them without a case, and referring to the preceding relative, e. g. oss er þar mikit af sagt auð þeim, we have been told much about these riches, Band. 24; er þat skjótast þar af at segja, in short, shortly. Eg. 546; þaðan af veit ek, thence í infer, know, Fms. i. 97.
    XI. it is moreover connected with a great many verbs besides those mentioned above, e. g. bera af, to excel, whence afbragð, afbrigði; draga af, to detract, deduct, hence afdráttr; veita ekki af, to be hard with; ganga at, to be left, hence afgangr; standast af um e-t, to stand, how matters stand; sem af tekr, at a furious rate; vita af, to be conscious, know about (vide VII).
    D. As a prefix to compounds distinction is to be made between:
    I. af privativum, denoting diminution, want, deduction, loss, separation, negation of, etc., answering indifferently to Lat. ab-, de-, ex-, dis-, and rarely to re- and se-, v. the following COMPDS, such as segja, dicere, but afsegja, negare; rækja, colere, but afrækja, negligere; aflaga, contra legem; skapligr, normalis, afskapligr, deformis; afvik, recessus; afhús, afhellir, afdalr, etc.
    II. af intensivum, etymologically different, and akin to of, afr-, e. g. afdrykkja = ofdrykkja, inebrietas; afbrýði, jealously; afbendi, tenesmus; afglapi, vir fatuus, etc. etc. Both the privative and the intensive af may be contracted into á, esp. before a labial f, m, v, e. g. á fram = af fram; ábrýði = afbrýði; ávöxtr = afvöxtr; áburðr = afburðr; ávíta = afvíta (?). In some cases dubious. With extenuated and changed vowel; auvirðiligr or övirðiligr, depreciated, = afv- etc., v. those words.

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