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  • 1 help

    [help]
    1. verb
    1) to do something with or for someone that he cannot do alone, or that he will find useful:

    Will you help me with this translation?

    Will you please help me (to) translate this poem?

    Can I help?

    He fell down and I helped him up.

    يُساعِد
    2) to play a part in something; to improve or advance:

    Good exam results will help his chances of a job.

    يَلعَب دورا ، يُحَسِّن
    3) to make less bad:

    An aspirin will help your headache.

    يُقَلِّل ، يُخَفِّفُ
    4) to serve (a person) in a shop:

    Can I help you, sir?

    يَخْدُم في دُكان
    5) ( with can(not), ~could (not)) to be able not to do something or to prevent something:

    Can I help it if it rains?

    يتمالَك، يَمْنَعُ نفسَه
    2. noun
    1) the act of helping, or the result of this:

    Can you give me some help?

    Can I be of help to you?

    مُساعَدَه
    2) someone or something that is useful:

    You're a great help to me.

    مُساعِد، مُعين
    3) a servant, farmworker etc:

    She has hired a new help.

    مُساعِد، خادِم
    4) ( usually with no) a way of preventing something:

    Even if you don't want to do it, the decision has been made – there's no help for it now.

    لا مَفَر من ذلك

    Arabic-English dictionary > help

  • 2 for

    1. præp
    1) пе́ред

    han står for mig — он стои́т передо мно́й

    2) на, тому́ наза́д

    for en mǻned — на ме́сяц

    for to dáge síden — два дня тому́ наза́д

    3) для, ра́ди, за

    det er for Dem — э́то для вас

    for at — для того́, что́бы

    skridt for skridt — шаг за ша́гом

    2. konj
    так как, потому́ что
    3. adv
    сли́шком

    for stor — сли́шком большо́й

    for méget — сли́шком мно́го

    for lǽnge — сли́шком до́лго

    * * *
    at, in favour of, for, liner, lining, of, too, worth
    * * *
    I. (et)
    T (fig, om penge) get in one's pocket.
    II. præt af fare.
    III. præp
    a) ( foran, i nærværelse af) before ( fx we have all the day before us; before my eyes; be brought before a judge); at ( fx at my feet);
    [ sove for åbne vinduer] sleep with the windows open;
    b) ( om interesseforhold) for, to ( fx good, pleasant, bad, easy, difficult for; a pleasure, a disappointment for; bow, read, lie ( lyve), kneel to; fatal, important, new, strange, useful to; open (, closed) to the public; a danger, a loss, a surprise, a hindrance to),
    (efter adj + enough, efter too + adj og efter adj + inf) for ( fx
    it is not important enough for him; it is too difficult for me; it is easy (, difficult, impossible) for him to do it);
    [ planten er gået ud for mig] the plant has died in spite of my efforts;
    T the plant has died on me;
    fight for one's country (, for one's rights); speak for him; I will do it for you; thankful for; known for, famous for; I cannot see for the fog; just for fun);
    [ jeg må ikke for fader] father will not let me;
    d) ( til forsvar mod) from ( fx hide from; søge ly for take shelter from); to ( fx lukke sin dør for close one's door to);
    [ god for tandpine] good for toothache;
    e) ( med hensyn til) to ( fx blind (, deaf) to); from ( fx free from); f) ( beregnet for) for ( fx a composition for a solo instrument);
    [ leje et hus for sommeren] take a house for the summer;
    g) ( i stedet for, til gengæld for) for ( fx he answered for me; he took me for my brother; be rewarded for something; pay 85p for a book; sell one's house for £10,000);
    [( i brevunderskrift) for G. Jones, M. Brown] p.p. G. Jones, M. Brown;
    [ hvad tager De for det?] how much do you charge for it?
    [ varer for 5 mio pund] £5 mill. worth of goods;
    h) ( om fastsat pris) at ( fx these are sold at 25p a piece; at half price),
    ( om beløb), se ovf: g;
    [ for en pris af] at the price of;
    i) ( hver enkelt for sig) by, for ( fx day by day; word for word); j) ( ved stillingsbetegnelse) of ( fx manager of ( direktør for), president of, headmeaster of); to ( fx adviser to ( konsulent for), secretary to);
    k) [ Udtryk]
    ( med infinitiv) to, in order to ( fx go out to open the door; do it
    (in order) to help him);
    [ for ikke at] (so as) not to;
    ( med sætning) in order that, so that;
    [ for at ikke] for fear that, so that... not ( fx so that we don't forget),
    (litt) lest ( fx lest we forget);
    l) [ Udtryk]
    [ for... siden] ago ( fx five days ago; long ago);
    m) [ Udtryk]
    [ andre tilfælde:]
    [ bo for sig selv] live by oneself;
    [ hvad er dette for noget?] what is this?
    [ for hver gang jeg ser ham] every time I see him;
    [ for hvert år (, hver dag) der gik] with every year (, day) that passed;
    IV. adv
    ( foran) in front, before;
    (mar mods agter) forward;
    ( alt for) too ( fx too big, too much, it is too far to walk);
    [ der er ikke andet for end at] there is nothing for it but to;
    (mar) from stem to stern;
    [ for og imod] for and against, pro and con;
    [ diskutere for og imod] discuss for and against, discuss the pros and cons;
    [ der kan siges meget både for og imod] there is a lot to be said on both sides;
    [ veje for og imod] weigh the pros and cons;
    V. conj
    ( thi) because,
    F for ( fx he ran, for he was afraid).

    Danish-English dictionary > for

  • 3 for

    فِيمَا يَتَعَلَّق بِـ \ as regards, regarding: concerning: As regards your offer to help, would you join us tomorrow?. concerning: with regard to; about: News concerning the aeroplane accident is coming in slowly. for: in regard to: He has a liking for fruit. He’s too young for such work. in connection with: concerning; in regard to. in respect of, with respect to, respecting: concerning: a bill in respect of car repairs. on the part of: in the case of; so far as sb. is concerned: There was no mistake on her part (If there was a mistake, it was not hers). towards: in regard to: What are your feelings towards her?.

    Arabic-English glossary > for

  • 4 apa boleh buat

    there is no help for it

    Indonesia-Inggris kamus > apa boleh buat

  • 5 un lucru fără leac

    there's no help for it.

    Română-Engleză dicționar expresii > un lucru fără leac

  • 6 no hay razón concebible

    • there's no doubt
    • there's no help for it

    Diccionario Técnico Español-Inglés > no hay razón concebible

  • 7 helfen

    v/i; hilft, half, hat geholfen
    1. allg. help ( jemandem s.o.; bei with); (behilflich sein) auch lend s.o. a hand; jemandem etw. tun helfen help s.o. (to) do s.th.; kann ich irgendwie helfen? is there anything I can do?, can I (be of any) help?; im Haushalt helfen help (out) with the housework; jemandem über die Straße helfen help s.o. across the road; jemandem aus dem / in den Mantel helfen help s.o. off / on with his ( oder her) coat; jemandem aus einer Verlegenheit helfen help s.o. out of a difficulty; jemandem bei der Arbeit helfen help s.o. with his ( oder her) work; sie lässt sich von niemandem helfen she won’t accept anybody’s help, she won’t let anybody help her; da ist nicht zu helfen there’s nothing you can do (about it); ist dir damit geholfen? is that any help?
    2. (nutzen) help, be of use; das hilft mir wenig oder damit ist mir wenig geholfen that’s not much help; hat’s was geholfen? was it any use?; es hat nichts geholfen it was no good; auch Mittel, Tadel etc.: it didn’t help, it didn’t do any good; es hilft nichts it’s no use; da hilft kein Jammern it’s no use complaining; da hilft nur eins there’s only one thing for it; was hilft es, wenn... what’s the use of (+ Ger.) es hilft alles nichts, wir müssen gehen we’ve got to go whether we like it or not
    3. Medikament: help; das hilft bei oder gegen Müdigkeit / Schmerzen / Schnupfen etc. it’s good for tiredness / pain / a cold; haben die Tropfen geholfen? did the drops help?, did the drops do any good?
    4. fig., in Wendungen: das half that worked, that did the trick umg.; ich kann mir nicht helfen I can’t help it; ich kann mir nicht helfen, ich muss einfach lachen I can’t help laughing (about it); ihm ist nicht ( mehr) zu helfen there’s no hope for him, he’s beyond help; iro. auch he’s hopeless, he’s a dead loss (Am. a write-off) umg.; ich werde ihm schon helfen! iro. I’ll show him; dir werde ich helfen! warnend: just you try; er weiß sich zu helfen he can cope, he can look after (Am. take care of) himself; er weiß sich immer zu helfen he’s never at a loss as to what to do; er weiß sich nicht ( mehr) zu helfen he’s at a loss as to what to do; stärker: he’s at his wits’ end; ich wusste mir nicht anders zu helfen ( als zu + Inf.) it was the only thing I could do (the only thing I could do was to [+ Inf.]); hilf dir selbst, dann hilft dir Gott Sprichw. God helps those who help themselves
    * * *
    to aid; to give a hand; to assist; to help; to lend a hand
    * * *
    hẹl|fen ['hɛlfn] pret ha\#lf [half] ptp geho\#lfen [gə'hɔlfn]
    vi
    1) (= Beistand geben) to help (jdm sb); (= mit anfassen) to lend a hand, to help

    jdm bei etw helfento help sb with sth, to lend sb a hand with sth

    er half ihr aus dem Mantel/einer Verlegenheit — he helped her out of her coat or off with her coat/out of a difficulty

    ihm/dir ist nicht zu helfen (fig) — he is/you are beyond help

    ich kann mir nicht helfen, ich muss es tun — I can't help doing it

    ich werd dir/ihm (schon) helfen! — I'll give you/him what for (inf)

    ich werde dir helfen, die Tapeten zu beschmieren — I'll teach you to mess up the wallpaper (inf)

    nur zu helfen wissen (prov)you just have to use your head

    nicht mehr zu helfenhe is at his wits' end

    hilf dir selbst, dann or so hilft dir Gott (Prov)God helps those who help themselves (Prov)

    2) auch vi impers (= dienen, nützen) to help

    es hilft nichtsit's no use or no good

    da hilft alles nichts... — there's nothing for it...

    es hilft ihm nichts, dass... — it's no use to him that...

    das hilft mir wenig, damit ist mir nicht geholfen — that's not much help to me

    was hilfts? —

    was hülfe es dem Menschen, wenn... (Bibl)what does it profit a man if... (Bibl)

    3) (= heilsam sein) to help; (= heilen auch Arzt) to cure

    diese Arznei hilft gegen or bei Kopfweh — this medicine is good for headaches, this medicine helps to relieve headaches

    jetzt kann nur noch eine Operation helfenonly an operation will help now or do any good now

    * * *
    1) (to help: I was aided in my search by the library staff.) aid
    2) (to help: The junior doctor assisted the surgeon at the operation.) assist
    3) (to do something with or for someone that he cannot do alone, or that he will find useful: Will you help me with this translation?; Will you please help me (to) translate this poem?; Can I help?; He fell down and I helped him up.) help
    4) ((with cannot, could not) to be able to stop (oneself): I burst out laughing when he told me - I just couldn't help myself.) help oneself
    * * *
    hel·fen
    <half, geholfen>
    [ˈhɛlfn̩]
    vi
    jdm [bei etw dat/in etw dat] \helfen to help sb [with/in sth]
    warte mal, ich helfe dir wait, I'll help you
    können/könnten Sie mir mal/bitte \helfen? could/would you help me please/a minute?
    jdm aus etw dat/in etw akk \helfen to help sb out of/into sth
    darf ich Ihnen in den Mantel \helfen? may I help you into your coat?
    jdm aus etw dat \helfen to help sb out of sth
    er half mir aus der schwierigen Lage he helped me out of the difficult situation
    2. (dienen, nützen)
    jdm \helfen to help sb, to be of help to sb
    jdm ist mit etw dat geholfen/nicht geholfen sth is of help/no help to sb
    damit ist mir nicht geholfen that's not much help to me
    da hilft alles nichts [o es hilft nichts],... there's nothing for it,...
    [jdm] \helfen to help [sb]
    jdm ist nicht [mehr] zu \helfen sb is beyond help; (ein hoffnungsloser Fall) sb is a hopeless case
    4. MED (heilsam sein)
    [gegen etw akk/bei etw dat] \helfen to help [relieve sth]
    Knoblauch soll gegen Arteriosklerose \helfen garlic is supposed to be good for arteriosclerosis
    5.
    ich kann mir nicht \helfen, [aber]... I'm sorry, but...
    was hilft's? what can I/we/you do about it?
    ich werde dir/euch/... \helfen, etw zu tun! (fam) I'll teach you to do sth!
    man muss sich dat nur zu \helfen wissen (prov) you just have to be resourceful
    * * *
    unregelmäßiges intransitives Verb
    1) help

    jemandem helfen [etwas zu tun] — help or assist somebody [to do something]; lend or give somebody a hand [in doing something]

    jemandem bei etwas helfenhelp or assist somebody with something

    jemandem in den/aus dem Mantel helfen — help somebody into or on with/out of or off with his/her coat

    jemandem über die Straße/in den Bus helfen — help somebody across the road/on to the bus

    dem Kranken war nicht mehr zu helfen — the patient was beyond [all] help

    dir ist nicht zu helfen(ugs.) you're a hopeless case

    sich (Dat.) nicht mehr zu helfen wissenbe at one's wits' end

    dem werde ich helfen, einfach die Schule zu schwänzen! — (ugs.) I'll teach him to play truant

    ich kann mir nicht helfen, aber... — I'm sorry, but [I have to say that]...

    hilf dir selbst, so hilft dir Gott — (Spr.) God helps those who help themselves

    2) (hilfreich sein, nützen) help

    das hilft gegen od. bei Kopfschmerzen — it is good for or helps to relieve headaches

    da hilft alles nichtsthere's nothing or no help for it

    damit ist uns nicht geholfen — that is no help to us; that doesn't help us

    * * *
    helfen v/i; hilft, half, hat geholfen
    1. allg help (
    jemandem sb;
    bei with); (behilflich sein) auch lend sb a hand;
    jemandem etwas tun helfen help sb (to) do sth;
    kann ich irgendwie helfen? is there anything I can do?, can I (be of any) help?;
    im Haushalt helfen help (out) with the housework;
    jemandem über die Straße helfen help sb across the road;
    jemandem aus dem/in den Mantel helfen help sb off/on with his ( oder her) coat;
    jemandem aus einer Verlegenheit helfen help sb out of a difficulty;
    jemandem bei der Arbeit helfen help sb with his ( oder her) work;
    sie lässt sich von niemandem helfen she won’t accept anybody’s help, she won’t let anybody help her;
    da ist nicht zu helfen there’s nothing you can do (about it);
    ist dir damit geholfen? is that any help?
    2. (nutzen) help, be of use;
    damit ist mir wenig geholfen that’s not much help;
    hat’s was geholfen? was it any use?;
    es hat nichts geholfen it was no good; auch Mittel, Tadel etc: it didn’t help, it didn’t do any good;
    es hilft nichts it’s no use;
    da hilft kein Jammern it’s no use complaining;
    da hilft nur eins there’s only one thing for it;
    was hilft es, wenn … what’s the use of (+ger)
    es hilft alles nichts, wir müssen gehen we’ve got to go whether we like it or not
    3. Medikament: help;
    gegen Müdigkeit/Schmerzen/Schnupfen etc it’s good for tiredness/pain/a cold;
    haben die Tropfen geholfen? did the drops help?, did the drops do any good?
    4. fig, in Wendungen:
    das half that worked, that did the trick umg;
    ich kann mir nicht helfen I can’t help it;
    ich kann mir nicht helfen, ich muss einfach lachen I can’t help laughing (about it);
    ihm ist nicht (mehr) zu helfen there’s no hope for him, he’s beyond help; iron auch he’s hopeless, he’s a dead loss (US a write-off) umg;
    ich werde ihm schon helfen! iron I’ll show him;
    dir werde ich helfen! warnend: just you try;
    er weiß sich zu helfen he can cope, he can look after (US take care of) himself;
    er weiß sich immer zu helfen he’s never at a loss as to what to do;
    er weiß sich nicht (mehr) zu helfen he’s at a loss as to what to do; stärker: he’s at his wits’ end;
    als zu +inf) it was the only thing I could do (the only thing I could do was to [+inf]);
    hilf dir selbst, dann hilft dir Gott sprichw God helps those who help themselves
    * * *
    unregelmäßiges intransitives Verb
    1) help

    jemandem helfen [etwas zu tun] — help or assist somebody [to do something]; lend or give somebody a hand [in doing something]

    jemandem bei etwas helfenhelp or assist somebody with something

    jemandem in den/aus dem Mantel helfen — help somebody into or on with/out of or off with his/her coat

    jemandem über die Straße/in den Bus helfen — help somebody across the road/on to the bus

    dem Kranken war nicht mehr zu helfen — the patient was beyond [all] help

    dir ist nicht zu helfen(ugs.) you're a hopeless case

    sich (Dat.) nicht mehr zu helfen wissen — be at one's wits' end

    dem werde ich helfen, einfach die Schule zu schwänzen! — (ugs.) I'll teach him to play truant

    ich kann mir nicht helfen, aber... — I'm sorry, but [I have to say that]...

    hilf dir selbst, so hilft dir Gott — (Spr.) God helps those who help themselves

    2) (hilfreich sein, nützen) help

    das hilft gegen od. bei Kopfschmerzen — it is good for or helps to relieve headaches

    da hilft alles nichtsthere's nothing or no help for it

    damit ist uns nicht geholfen — that is no help to us; that doesn't help us

    * * *
    v.
    (§ p.,pp.: half, geholfen)
    = to abet v.
    to aid v.
    to assist v.
    to avail v.
    to help v.
    to lend a hand expr.
    to second v.

    Deutsch-Englisch Wörterbuch > helfen

  • 8 делать нечего

    [Invar; impers predic with быть, pres or past; used as sent or sent adv (parenth)]
    =====
    s.o. has no alternative, s.o. must, against his will, give in and do precisely (what is specified by the following context):
    - there is nothing one can do (about it <except...>);
    - there is nothing (else) to do (but...);
    - there is nothing for it (but...);
    - one has no choice (but...);
    - it cannot be avoided.
         Их [Лёву и Фаину] рассадили порознь - это был принцип компании. Лёве он показался глупым, и Лёва досадовал - но делать было нечего... (Битов 2). They [Lyova and Faina] were seated separately - this was a principle of the group. It struck Lyova as silly, and he felt annoyed, but there was nothing he could do... (2a).
         ♦ "Нечего делать, надо будить", - сказал Щербинин, вставая и подходя к человеку в ночном колпаке, укрытому шинелью... (Толстой 7). "There's nothing to be done, we'll have to wake him," said Shcherbinin, rising and going up to the man in the nightcap who lay covered by a greatcoat (7b).
         ♦ Я должен был нанять быков, чтоб втащить мою тележку на эту проклятую гору... Нечего делать, я нанял шесть быков и несколько осетин (Лермонтов 1). I saw I would need oxen to haul my carriage to the top of the confounded mountain....There was nothing for it but to hire six oxen and several Ossetians (1b).
         ♦ "Любезный Пётр Андреевич, пожалуйста, пришли мне с моим мальчиком сто рублей, которые ты мне вчера проиграл..." Делать было нечего. Я... приказал [Савельичу] отдать мальчику сто рублей (Пушкин 2). "Му dear Petr Andreevich, be so good as to send me by my serving boy the hundred rubles I won from you yesterday...." There was no way out of it.... ordered him [Savelich] to hand the boy a hundred rubles (2a).
         ♦ "...За что вы ему [Ракитину] отказали [от дома] - я и от него не слыхал..." - "Ну, так я вам это всё открою и, нечего делать, покаюсь, потому что тут есть одна черта, в которой я, может быть, сама виновата" (Достоевский 2). "...Why you closed your door to him [Rakitin]- that he didn't tell me..." "Well, then I'll reveal it all to you and - since there's no help for it-I'll confess, because there's a point here that may be my own fault" (2a).
         ♦ Он застал Базарова в трактире, где они остановились, и долго его уговаривал пойти к губернатору. "Нечего делать! - сказал, наконец, Базаров. -...Приехали смотреть помещиков - давай их смотреть!" (Тургенев 2). He found Bazarov at the inn where they were staying and was a long while persuading him to go with him to the Governor's. "Well, it can't be helped," said Bazarov at last. "...We came to look at the gentry; let's look at them!" (2b).
         ♦ "...Конечно, я понимал: если нас девушки предали - нам хана, потому что в этом случае моя [ девушка] первым делом должна была отдать им [немцам] пистолет. Но делать нечего, тихо открываю дверь и быстро поднимаюсь по лестнице" (Искандер 5). "...Of course I realized it was curtains for us if the girls had betrayed us, because if they had, mine must have given them [the Germans] the pistol first thing. But I had no choice, I quietly opened the door and quickly climbed the stairs" (5a).

    Большой русско-английский фразеологический словарь > делать нечего

  • 9 Д-60

    ДЕЛАТЬ НЕЧЕГО ( Invar impers predic with бытьв, pres or past used as sent or sent adv (parenth)) s.o. has no alternative, s.o. must, against his will, give in and do precisely (what is specified by the following context)
    there is nothing one can do (about it (except...))
    there is nothing (else) to do (but...) there is nothing to be done (about it) there is nothing for it (but...) there is no way out of it therefe no help for it it can't be helped one has no choice (but...) there is no escaping it it cannot be avoided.
    Их (Лёву и Фаину) рассадили порознь - это был принцип компании. Лёве он показался глупым, и Лёва досадовал - но делать было нечего... (Битов 2). They (Lyova and Faina) were seated separately - this was a principle of the group. It struck Lyova as silly, and he felt annoyed, but there was nothing he could do... (2a).
    «Нечего делать, надо будить», - сказал Щербинин, вставая и подходя к человеку в ночном колпаке, укрытому шинелью... (Толстой 7). "There's nothing to be done, well have to wake him," said Shcherbinin, rising and going up to the man in the nightcap who lay covered by a greatcoat (7b).
    Я должен был нанять быков, чтоб втащить мою тележку на эту проклятую гору... Нечего делать, я нанял шесть быков и несколько осетин (Лермонтов 1). I saw I would need oxen to haul my carriage to the top of the confounded mountain....There was nothing for it but to hire six oxen and several Ossetians (1b).
    «Любезный Пётр Андреевич, пожалуйста, пришли мне с моим мальчиком сто рублей, которые ты мне вчера проиграл...» Делать было нечего. Я... приказал (Савельичу) отдать мальчику сто рублей (Пушкин 2). "My dear Petr Andreevich, be so good as to send me by my serving boy the hundred rubles I won from you yesterday...." There was no way out of it....(I) ordered him (Savelich) to hand the boy a hundred rubles (2a).
    ...За что вы ему (Ракитину) отказали (от дома)—я и от него не слыхал...» - «Ну, так я вам это всё открою и, нечего делать, покаюсь, потому что тут есть одна черта, в которой я, может быть, сама виновата» (Достоевский 2). "...Why you closed your door to him (Rakitin) - that he didn't tell me..." "Well, then I'll reveal it all to you and—since there's no help for it-I'll confess, because there's a point here that may be my own fault" (2a).
    Он застал Базарова в трактире, где они остановились, и долго его уговаривал пойти к губернатору. «Нечего делать! -сказал, наконец, Базаров. -...Приехали смотреть помещиков - давай их смотреть!» (Тургенев 2). Не found Bazarov at the inn where they were staying and was a long while persuading him to go with him to the Governor's. "Well, it can't be helped," said Bazarov at last. "...We came to look at the gentry, let's look at them!" (2b).
    «...Конечно, я понимал: если нас девушки предали - нам хана, потому что в этом случае моя (девушка) первым делом должна была отдать им (немцам) пистолет. Но делать нечего, тихо открываю дверь и быстро поднимаюсь по лестнице» (Искандер 5). "...Of course I realized it was curtains for us if the girls had betrayed us, because if they had, mine must have given them (the Germans) the pistol first thing. But I had no choice, I quietly opened the door and quickly climbed the stairs" (5a).

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  • 10 П-240

    ЧТО (ЖЕ) ПОДЕЛАЕШЬ ЧТО (ЖЕ) ПОДЕЛАТЬ (ДЕЛАТЬ) all coll (sent these forms only used as indep. clause fixed WO
    you must reconcile yourself to the way things are (because there is nothing you can do to change them)
    what can you (we etc) do?
    you (I etc) can't help it there's no help for it it can't be helped.
    Года три назад, когда с деньгами было особенно туго, да и Кирилл подрос, решили с (домработницей) Нюрой расстаться. Ну, что делать: из месяца в месяц задалживаем (ей) зарплату! (Трифонов 5). About three years ago, when we were in particularly bad financial straits and Kirill, of course, was no longer a child, we decided to part with (our maid) Nyura. Well, what else could we do? From one month to the next we were behind in her pay! (5a).
    Всё время, что Кира Георгиевна провела в Киеве, дней пять или шесть, она чувствовала себя странно. Родное и в то же время чуждое... Чужим показался и Крещатик. Он стал шире, торжественнее, с одной стороны появился красивый бульварчик из каштанов, но, что поделаешь, старый и в общем не очень-то красивый Крещатик с его дребезжащими трамваями и гранитной мостовой был куда ей милее (Некрасов 1). During Kira Georgievna's entire stay in Kiev-five or six days—she felt strange. It was her native city and at the same time it was alien....The Kreshchatik was also strange and alien. It was broader, more impressive, on one side was a beautiful little avenue of chestnut trees, but-she couldn't help it-although the old Kreshchatik with its cobbles and rattling streetcars was not really very beautiful, it was far, far dearer to her heart (1a).
    Кажется, я повторяюсь, слишком часто упоминая верхний ярус этого ресторана. Но что делать, в нашем городе так мало осталось уютных мест... (Искандер 5). I'm repeating myself, I think, mentioning the upper deck of this restaurant too often. But there's no help for it, we have so few cozy spots left in our city... (5a).
    «Сколько рабочих ваш завод теряет каждую осень, когда в деревне начинается уборка?» - спрашивает он. «Что ж поделаешь? Видно, иначе нельзя» (Распутин 1). "How many workers does your factory lose every autumn when they're sent to help the farmers gather in the crops?" he asked. "Can't be helped. Apparently there's no other way out" (1a).

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  • 11 что делать

    ЧТО (ЖЕ) ПОДЕЛАЕШЬ; ЧТО (ЖЕ) ПОДЕЛАТЬ < ДЕЛАТЬ> all coll
    [sent; these forms only; used as indep. clause; fixed WO]
    =====
    you must reconcile yourself to the way things are (because there is nothing you can do to change them):
    - what can you <we etc> do?;
    - you <1 etc> can't help it;
    - it can't be helped.
         ♦ Года три назад, когда с деньгами было особенно туго, да и Кирилл подрос, решили с [домработницей] Нюрой расстаться. Ну, что делать: из месяца в месяц задалживаем [ей] зарплату! (Трифонов 5). About three years ago, when we were in particularly bad financial straits and Kirill, of course, was no longer a child, we decided to part with [our maid] Nyura. Well, what else could we do? From one month to the next we were behind in her pay! (5a).
         ♦ Всё время, что Кира Георгиевна провела в Киеве, дней пять или шесть, она чувствовала себя странно. Родное и в то же время чуждое... Чужим показался и Крещатик. Он стал шире, торжественнее, с одной стороны появился красивый бульварчик из каштанов, но, что поделаешь, старый и в обшем не очень-то красивый Крешатик с его дребезжащими трамваями и гранитной мостовой был куда ей милее (Некрасов 1). During Kira Georgievna's entire stay in Kiev-five or six days - she felt strange. It was her native city and at the same time it was alien....The Kreshchatik was also strange and alien. It was broader, more impressive, on one side was a beautiful little avenue of chestnut trees, but-she couldn't help it-although the old Kreshchatik with its cobbles and rattling streetcars was not really very beautiful, it was far, far dearer to her heart (1a).
         ♦ Кажется, я повторяюсь, слишком часто упоминая верхний ярус этого ресторана. Но что делать, в нашем городе так мало осталось уютных мест... (Искандер 5). I'm repeating myself, I think, mentioning the upper deck of this restaurant too often. But there's no help for it, we have so few cozy spots left in our city... (5a).
         ♦ "Сколько рабочих ваш завод теряет каждую осень, когда в деревне начинается уборка?" - спрашивает он. "Что ж поделаешь? Видно, иначе нельзя" (Распутин 1). "How many workers does your factory lose every autumn when they're sent to help the farmers gather in the crops?" he asked. "Can't be helped. Apparently there's no other way out" (1a).

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  • 12 что же делать

    ЧТО (ЖЕ) ПОДЕЛАЕШЬ; ЧТО (ЖЕ) ПОДЕЛАТЬ < ДЕЛАТЬ> all coll
    [sent; these forms only; used as indep. clause; fixed WO]
    =====
    you must reconcile yourself to the way things are (because there is nothing you can do to change them):
    - what can you <we etc> do?;
    - you <1 etc> can't help it;
    - it can't be helped.
         ♦ Года три назад, когда с деньгами было особенно туго, да и Кирилл подрос, решили с [домработницей] Нюрой расстаться. Ну, что делать: из месяца в месяц задалживаем [ей] зарплату! (Трифонов 5). About three years ago, when we were in particularly bad financial straits and Kirill, of course, was no longer a child, we decided to part with [our maid] Nyura. Well, what else could we do? From one month to the next we were behind in her pay! (5a).
         ♦ Всё время, что Кира Георгиевна провела в Киеве, дней пять или шесть, она чувствовала себя странно. Родное и в то же время чуждое... Чужим показался и Крещатик. Он стал шире, торжественнее, с одной стороны появился красивый бульварчик из каштанов, но, что поделаешь, старый и в обшем не очень-то красивый Крешатик с его дребезжащими трамваями и гранитной мостовой был куда ей милее (Некрасов 1). During Kira Georgievna's entire stay in Kiev-five or six days - she felt strange. It was her native city and at the same time it was alien....The Kreshchatik was also strange and alien. It was broader, more impressive, on one side was a beautiful little avenue of chestnut trees, but-she couldn't help it-although the old Kreshchatik with its cobbles and rattling streetcars was not really very beautiful, it was far, far dearer to her heart (1a).
         ♦ Кажется, я повторяюсь, слишком часто упоминая верхний ярус этого ресторана. Но что делать, в нашем городе так мало осталось уютных мест... (Искандер 5). I'm repeating myself, I think, mentioning the upper deck of this restaurant too often. But there's no help for it, we have so few cozy spots left in our city... (5a).
         ♦ "Сколько рабочих ваш завод теряет каждую осень, когда в деревне начинается уборка?" - спрашивает он. "Что ж поделаешь? Видно, иначе нельзя" (Распутин 1). "How many workers does your factory lose every autumn when they're sent to help the farmers gather in the crops?" he asked. "Can't be helped. Apparently there's no other way out" (1a).

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  • 13 что же поделаешь

    ЧТО (ЖЕ) ПОДЕЛАЕШЬ; ЧТО (ЖЕ) ПОДЕЛАТЬ < ДЕЛАТЬ> all coll
    [sent; these forms only; used as indep. clause; fixed WO]
    =====
    you must reconcile yourself to the way things are (because there is nothing you can do to change them):
    - what can you <we etc> do?;
    - you <1 etc> can't help it;
    - it can't be helped.
         ♦ Года три назад, когда с деньгами было особенно туго, да и Кирилл подрос, решили с [домработницей] Нюрой расстаться. Ну, что делать: из месяца в месяц задалживаем [ей] зарплату! (Трифонов 5). About three years ago, when we were in particularly bad financial straits and Kirill, of course, was no longer a child, we decided to part with [our maid] Nyura. Well, what else could we do? From one month to the next we were behind in her pay! (5a).
         ♦ Всё время, что Кира Георгиевна провела в Киеве, дней пять или шесть, она чувствовала себя странно. Родное и в то же время чуждое... Чужим показался и Крещатик. Он стал шире, торжественнее, с одной стороны появился красивый бульварчик из каштанов, но, что поделаешь, старый и в обшем не очень-то красивый Крешатик с его дребезжащими трамваями и гранитной мостовой был куда ей милее (Некрасов 1). During Kira Georgievna's entire stay in Kiev-five or six days - she felt strange. It was her native city and at the same time it was alien....The Kreshchatik was also strange and alien. It was broader, more impressive, on one side was a beautiful little avenue of chestnut trees, but-she couldn't help it-although the old Kreshchatik with its cobbles and rattling streetcars was not really very beautiful, it was far, far dearer to her heart (1a).
         ♦ Кажется, я повторяюсь, слишком часто упоминая верхний ярус этого ресторана. Но что делать, в нашем городе так мало осталось уютных мест... (Искандер 5). I'm repeating myself, I think, mentioning the upper deck of this restaurant too often. But there's no help for it, we have so few cozy spots left in our city... (5a).
         ♦ "Сколько рабочих ваш завод теряет каждую осень, когда в деревне начинается уборка?" - спрашивает он. "Что ж поделаешь? Видно, иначе нельзя" (Распутин 1). "How many workers does your factory lose every autumn when they're sent to help the farmers gather in the crops?" he asked. "Can't be helped. Apparently there's no other way out" (1a).

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  • 14 что же поделать

    ЧТО (ЖЕ) ПОДЕЛАЕШЬ; ЧТО (ЖЕ) ПОДЕЛАТЬ < ДЕЛАТЬ> all coll
    [sent; these forms only; used as indep. clause; fixed WO]
    =====
    you must reconcile yourself to the way things are (because there is nothing you can do to change them):
    - what can you <we etc> do?;
    - you <1 etc> can't help it;
    - it can't be helped.
         ♦ Года три назад, когда с деньгами было особенно туго, да и Кирилл подрос, решили с [домработницей] Нюрой расстаться. Ну, что делать: из месяца в месяц задалживаем [ей] зарплату! (Трифонов 5). About three years ago, when we were in particularly bad financial straits and Kirill, of course, was no longer a child, we decided to part with [our maid] Nyura. Well, what else could we do? From one month to the next we were behind in her pay! (5a).
         ♦ Всё время, что Кира Георгиевна провела в Киеве, дней пять или шесть, она чувствовала себя странно. Родное и в то же время чуждое... Чужим показался и Крещатик. Он стал шире, торжественнее, с одной стороны появился красивый бульварчик из каштанов, но, что поделаешь, старый и в обшем не очень-то красивый Крешатик с его дребезжащими трамваями и гранитной мостовой был куда ей милее (Некрасов 1). During Kira Georgievna's entire stay in Kiev-five or six days - she felt strange. It was her native city and at the same time it was alien....The Kreshchatik was also strange and alien. It was broader, more impressive, on one side was a beautiful little avenue of chestnut trees, but-she couldn't help it-although the old Kreshchatik with its cobbles and rattling streetcars was not really very beautiful, it was far, far dearer to her heart (1a).
         ♦ Кажется, я повторяюсь, слишком часто упоминая верхний ярус этого ресторана. Но что делать, в нашем городе так мало осталось уютных мест... (Искандер 5). I'm repeating myself, I think, mentioning the upper deck of this restaurant too often. But there's no help for it, we have so few cozy spots left in our city... (5a).
         ♦ "Сколько рабочих ваш завод теряет каждую осень, когда в деревне начинается уборка?" - спрашивает он. "Что ж поделаешь? Видно, иначе нельзя" (Распутин 1). "How many workers does your factory lose every autumn when they're sent to help the farmers gather in the crops?" he asked. "Can't be helped. Apparently there's no other way out" (1a).

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  • 15 что поделаешь

    ЧТО (ЖЕ) ПОДЕЛАЕШЬ; ЧТО (ЖЕ) ПОДЕЛАТЬ < ДЕЛАТЬ> all coll
    [sent; these forms only; used as indep. clause; fixed WO]
    =====
    you must reconcile yourself to the way things are (because there is nothing you can do to change them):
    - what can you <we etc> do?;
    - you <1 etc> can't help it;
    - it can't be helped.
         ♦ Года три назад, когда с деньгами было особенно туго, да и Кирилл подрос, решили с [домработницей] Нюрой расстаться. Ну, что делать: из месяца в месяц задалживаем [ей] зарплату! (Трифонов 5). About three years ago, when we were in particularly bad financial straits and Kirill, of course, was no longer a child, we decided to part with [our maid] Nyura. Well, what else could we do? From one month to the next we were behind in her pay! (5a).
         ♦ Всё время, что Кира Георгиевна провела в Киеве, дней пять или шесть, она чувствовала себя странно. Родное и в то же время чуждое... Чужим показался и Крещатик. Он стал шире, торжественнее, с одной стороны появился красивый бульварчик из каштанов, но, что поделаешь, старый и в обшем не очень-то красивый Крешатик с его дребезжащими трамваями и гранитной мостовой был куда ей милее (Некрасов 1). During Kira Georgievna's entire stay in Kiev-five or six days - she felt strange. It was her native city and at the same time it was alien....The Kreshchatik was also strange and alien. It was broader, more impressive, on one side was a beautiful little avenue of chestnut trees, but-she couldn't help it-although the old Kreshchatik with its cobbles and rattling streetcars was not really very beautiful, it was far, far dearer to her heart (1a).
         ♦ Кажется, я повторяюсь, слишком часто упоминая верхний ярус этого ресторана. Но что делать, в нашем городе так мало осталось уютных мест... (Искандер 5). I'm repeating myself, I think, mentioning the upper deck of this restaurant too often. But there's no help for it, we have so few cozy spots left in our city... (5a).
         ♦ "Сколько рабочих ваш завод теряет каждую осень, когда в деревне начинается уборка?" - спрашивает он. "Что ж поделаешь? Видно, иначе нельзя" (Распутин 1). "How many workers does your factory lose every autumn when they're sent to help the farmers gather in the crops?" he asked. "Can't be helped. Apparently there's no other way out" (1a).

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  • 16 что поделать

    ЧТО (ЖЕ) ПОДЕЛАЕШЬ; ЧТО (ЖЕ) ПОДЕЛАТЬ < ДЕЛАТЬ> all coll
    [sent; these forms only; used as indep. clause; fixed WO]
    =====
    you must reconcile yourself to the way things are (because there is nothing you can do to change them):
    - what can you <we etc> do?;
    - you <1 etc> can't help it;
    - it can't be helped.
         ♦ Года три назад, когда с деньгами было особенно туго, да и Кирилл подрос, решили с [домработницей] Нюрой расстаться. Ну, что делать: из месяца в месяц задалживаем [ей] зарплату! (Трифонов 5). About three years ago, when we were in particularly bad financial straits and Kirill, of course, was no longer a child, we decided to part with [our maid] Nyura. Well, what else could we do? From one month to the next we were behind in her pay! (5a).
         ♦ Всё время, что Кира Георгиевна провела в Киеве, дней пять или шесть, она чувствовала себя странно. Родное и в то же время чуждое... Чужим показался и Крещатик. Он стал шире, торжественнее, с одной стороны появился красивый бульварчик из каштанов, но, что поделаешь, старый и в обшем не очень-то красивый Крешатик с его дребезжащими трамваями и гранитной мостовой был куда ей милее (Некрасов 1). During Kira Georgievna's entire stay in Kiev-five or six days - she felt strange. It was her native city and at the same time it was alien....The Kreshchatik was also strange and alien. It was broader, more impressive, on one side was a beautiful little avenue of chestnut trees, but-she couldn't help it-although the old Kreshchatik with its cobbles and rattling streetcars was not really very beautiful, it was far, far dearer to her heart (1a).
         ♦ Кажется, я повторяюсь, слишком часто упоминая верхний ярус этого ресторана. Но что делать, в нашем городе так мало осталось уютных мест... (Искандер 5). I'm repeating myself, I think, mentioning the upper deck of this restaurant too often. But there's no help for it, we have so few cozy spots left in our city... (5a).
         ♦ "Сколько рабочих ваш завод теряет каждую осень, когда в деревне начинается уборка?" - спрашивает он. "Что ж поделаешь? Видно, иначе нельзя" (Распутин 1). "How many workers does your factory lose every autumn when they're sent to help the farmers gather in the crops?" he asked. "Can't be helped. Apparently there's no other way out" (1a).

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  • 17 нейсе

    (well) never mind; there's no alternative, there's no help for it, it can't be helped; however; anyway
    * * *
    нѐйсе,
    нареч. остар. (well) never mind; there’s no alternative, there’s no help for it, it can’t be helped; however; anyway.
    * * *
    (well) never mind;there's no alternative, there's no help for it, it can't be helped;however; anyway

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  • 18 делать нечего

    разг.
    it can't be helped; there's nothing to be done; there's nothing for it; there's no help for it; there's no way out

    - Жена моя лишилась отличной горничной, но делать было нечего: беспорядок в доме терпеть однако же нельзя. (И. Тургенев, Записки охотника) — 'My wife was deprived of an excellent serving-maid; but there was no help for it: immorality cannot be tolerated in a household.'

    Барин, как услышал про камни, так сейчас же: - Ну-ко, покажи!... Паротина баба видит - делать нечего, - принесла шкатулку. (П. Бажов, Малахитовая шкатулка) — The Master no sooner heard of the gems than he said: 'Get them out, show me them.'... Flogger's dame saw there was no way out, so she brought the casket.

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  • 19 quite

    intj.
    I don't believe a word of it, nonsense.
    m.
    1 parry (sport).
    estar al quite to be on hand to help; to keep one's ears/eyes open (informal) (alerta)
    2 dodge, parry.
    pres.subj.
    3rd person singular (él/ella/ello) Present Subjunctive of Spanish verb: quitar.
    * * *
    2 (en esgrima) parry
    \
    estar al quite figurado to be on hand, be ready and waiting
    * * *
    SM
    1) (=acción) removal
    2) (=movimiento) [gen] dodge, sidestep; (Esgrima) parry; (Taur) distracting manoeuvre o (EEUU) maneuver
    3) LAm (Dep) tackle
    * * *

    estar al quite torero to be ready to draw the bull away; amigo/padre to be on hand (to help)

    hacerle el quite a alguien — (Andes fam) to dodge somebody

    b) ( en esgrima) parry
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    estar al quite torero to be ready to draw the bull away; amigo/padre to be on hand (to help)

    hacerle el quite a alguien — (Andes fam) to dodge somebody

    b) ( en esgrima) parry
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    estar al quite «torero» to be ready to draw the bull away;
    «amigo/padre» to be on hand (to help)
    hacerle el quite a algn (Chi, Col fam); to dodge sb
    2 (en esgrima) parry
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    Del verbo quitar: ( conjugate quitar)

    quité es:

    1ª persona singular (yo) pretérito indicativo

    quite es:

    1ª persona singular (yo) presente subjuntivo

    3ª persona singular (él/ella/usted) presente subjuntivo

    3ª persona singular (él/ella/usted) imperativo

    Multiple Entries:
    quitar    
    quite
    quitar ( conjugate quitar) verbo transitivo
    1 (apartar, retirar):
    ¡quítalo de aquí! get it out of here!;

    quité la silla de en medio I got the chair out of the way;
    quita tus cosas de mi escritorio take your things off my desk;
    quite la mesa (Esp) to clear the table;
    ¡quítame las manos de encima! take your hands off me!;
    no le puedo quite la tapa I can't get the top off;
    le quitó los zapatos she took his shoes off
    2 (+ me/te/le etc)

    le quitó la pistola al ladrón he got o took the gun off the thief;

    le quité el cuchillo I took the knife (away) from her
    b) ( privar de) ‹pasaporte/carnet de conducir to take away

    c)cartera/dinero to take, steal;

    asiento/lugar to take
    3 ( restar) (+ me/te/le etc):

    quitele años a algn to take years off sb;
    quitele importancia a algo to play sth down;
    le quita valor it detracts from its value
    4 ( hacer desaparecer) ‹ mancha to remove, get … out;
    dolor to relieve, get rid of;
    sed to quench;
    apetito to take away;
    (+ me/te/le etc)

    hay que quitele esa idea de la cabeza we must get that idea out of his head
    5
    quitando ( ger) (fam) except for

    verbo intransitivo
    1 (Esp fam):
    ¡quita (de ahí)! get out of the way!

    2 ( en locs)
    de quita y ponfunda/etiqueta removable;

    eso no quita que … that doesn't mean that …
    quitarse verbo pronominal
    1 ( desaparecer) [ mancha] to come out;
    [ dolor] to go (away);

    2 (apartarse, retirarse) to get out of the way;
    ¡quítate de mi vista! get out of my sight!

    3 ( refl)
    a)prenda/alhaja/maquillaje to take off

    b)dolor/resfriado to get rid of;

    miedo to overcome, get over;

    quitese algo/a algn de encima to get rid of sth/sb
    quitar
    I verbo transitivo
    1 (retirar, separar) to remove: quita todas esas cajas de aquí, get all those boxes out of here
    quitar la mesa, to clear the table
    2 (ropa, gafas, etc) to take off
    3 (eliminar) (la sed) to quench
    (el hambre) to take away: el té me quita el sueño, tea keeps me awake
    4 (una mancha) to remove, get out
    5 (el dolor) to relieve
    6 (arrebatar, privar de) le quitó el lápiz, he took the pencil away from him
    nos quitaron el asiento, they took our seats
    (robar) to steal
    7 Mat (restar) to substract
    figurado quitar importancia a algo, to play sthg down
    figurado quitar las ganas a alguien, to put sb off
    figurado le quita mucho tiempo, it takes up a lot of her time
    II verbo intransitivo ¡quita!, get away
    ♦ Locuciones: de quita y pon, removable
    fam (excepción hecha de) quitando, except for
    quite m Taur distracting of the bull
    ♦ Locuciones: estar al quite, to be ready to help or defend sb: nosotros estaremos al quite por si dice alguna inconveniencia, we'll defend you should he make a rude remark
    salir al quite, to go to someone's defence o help
    ' quite' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    algo
    - apolillada
    - apolillado
    - baqueteada
    - baqueteado
    - bastante
    - bien
    - buena
    - bueno
    - campante
    - capaz
    - clara
    - claro
    - contraria
    - contrario
    - contumaz
    - dar
    - decir
    - dentro
    - desahogo
    - descreída
    - descreído
    - despiste
    - destreza
    - deterioro
    - efectivamente
    - envergadura
    - fácil
    - folclore
    - gallo
    - hosca
    - hosco
    - importancia
    - imposible
    - informal
    - interfluvio
    - libre
    - llenado
    - locatis
    - lomo
    - lucir
    - mal
    - mayor
    - mucha
    - mucho
    - ordinaria
    - ordinario
    - parecerse
    - personaje
    - prometerse
    English:
    aspect
    - blow
    - change
    - close
    - explode
    - few
    - frenzy
    - frequently
    - gritty
    - lengthy
    - my
    - off
    - ordeal
    - quite
    - recall
    - sequence
    - spoil
    - trek
    - unintentional
    - warm
    - agreeable
    - amenable
    - bit
    - drift
    - fair
    - far
    - move
    - oblivious
    - place
    - pretty
    - recently
    - respectable
    - some
    - something
    - taken
    - unchanged
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    quite nm
    1. Dep parry
    2. Taurom = attempt to distract the bull from attacking one of the other bullfighters
    3. Comp
    estar al quite [alerta] to keep one's ears/eyes open;
    estaré al quite por si necesitas mi ayuda I'll be on hand in case you need my help;
    salir al quite: salió al quite para defender a su hermano he sprang to his brother's defence
    * * *
    m
    1 TAUR movement to draw the bull away
    2 en esgrima parry
    3
    :
    estar al quite fig be on hand to help

    Spanish-English dictionary > quite

  • 20 HAFA

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    (hefi; hafða, höfðum; hafðr), v.
    1) to have (þeir höfðu sjau skip ok flest stór);
    hafa elda, to keep up a five;
    2) to hold, celebrate (hafa vinaboð, blót, þing);
    3) to keep, retain (rifu þær vefinn í sundr, ok hafði hverr þat er hélt á);
    4) to use (tvau net eru rý, ok hafa eigi höfð verit);
    orð þau sem hann hafði um haft, which he had made use of;
    hafa fagrmæli við e-n, to flatter one;
    hafa hljóðmæli við e-n, to speak secretly to one;
    hafa tvimæli á e-u, to speak doubtfully of a thing;
    hafa viðrmæli um e-t, to use mocking words;
    hann var mjök hafðr við mál manna, much used to, versed in, lawsuits;
    5) to have, hold, maintain;
    hafa vináttu við e-n, to maintain friendship with one;
    hafa hættumikit, to run a great risk;
    hafa heilindi, to have good health;
    6) to bring, carry;
    hafa e-n heim með sér, to bring one home;
    hann hafði lög, út hingat ór Noregi, he brought laws hither from Norway;
    hafa sik (to betake oneself) til annara landa;
    7) to take, carry off;
    troll hafi þik, the trolls take thee;
    8) to get, gain, win;
    hann hafði eigi svefn, he got no sleep;
    hefir sá jafnan, er hættir, he wins that ventures;
    hafa gagn, sigr, to gain victor;
    hafa meira hlut, to get the upper hand, gain the day;
    hafa sitt mál, to win one’s suit;
    hafa tafl, to win the game;
    hafa erendi, to do one’s errand, succeed;
    hafa bana, to suffer death, to die;
    hafa sigr, to be worsted;
    hafa góðar viðtökur, to be well received;
    hafa tíðindi af e-m, to get tidings of, or from, one;
    hafa sœmd, óvirðing af e-m, to get honour, disgrace from one;
    with gen., hafa e-s ekki, to fail to catch one (hann kemst á skóg undan, ok höfðu þeir hans ekki);
    ekki munu vér hans hafa at sinni, we shall not catch him at present;
    9) to wear carry (clothes, weapons);
    hann hafði blán kyrtil, he wore a blue kirtle;
    hafa kylfu í hendi sér, to have a club in one’s hand;
    10) to behave, do, or fare, so an so esp. with an adv.;
    hafa vel, illa, vetr, to behave (do) well, badly, be worse;
    hafa sik vel, to behave;
    11) with infin., hafa at varðveita, to have in keeping at selja, to have on sale;
    lög hafið þér at mæla, you are right;
    12) hafa e-n nær e-u, to expose one to (þú hafðir svá nær haft oss úfœru);
    hafa nær e-u, to come near to, esp. impers.;
    nær hafði okkr nú, it was a narrow escape;
    svá nær hafði hausinum, at, the shot so nearly touched the head, that;
    ok er nær hafði, skipit mundi fljóta, when the ship was on the point of flloating;
    13) as an auxiliary verb, in the earliest time with the pp. of transitive verbs in acc.;
    hefir þú hamar um fólginn, hast thou hidden the hammer?;
    ek hefi sendan mann, I have sent a man;
    later with indecl. neut. pp.;
    hefir þú eigi sét mik, hast thou not seen me?;
    14) with preps.:
    hafa e-t at, to do, act;
    hann tók af þér konuna, en þú hafðir ekki at, but thou didst not stir, didst take it tamely;
    absol., viltu þess freista, ok vita hvat at hafi, wilt thou try and see what happens?;
    hafa e-t at hlífiskildi (skotspœni), to use as a shield (as a target);
    hafa e-n háði, hlátri, to mock, laugh at;
    hafa e-t at engu, vettugi, to hold for naught, take no notice of;
    hafa sakir á e-n have charges against one;
    hafa á rás, to take to one’s heels, run off;
    hafa e-t fram, to produce (vápn þorgils vóru fram höfð); to carry out, hold forth;
    hafa mál fram, to proceed with a suit;
    var um búit, ekki fram haft, all was made ready but nothing done;
    hafa e-t frammi, í frammi, to use, make use of (hafa í frammi kúgan);
    ok öll lögmæt skil frammi hafa, and discharge all on official duties;
    hafa e-t fyrir satt, to hold for true;
    eigi em ek þar fyrir sönnu hafðr, I am not truly aimed for that, it is a false charge;
    hafa e-n fyrir sökum um e-t, to charge one with;
    hafa í hótum við e-n, to threaten one;
    hafa e-t með höndum, to have in hand;
    höfum eiai sigrinn ór hendi, let not victory slip out of our hands;
    hafa ór við e-n, to behave so and so towards one (hefir þú illa ór haft við mik);
    hafa e-t til e-s to use for (höfðu þeir til varnar skot ok spjót); to be a reason or ground for;
    vér hyggjum þat til þess haft vera, at þar hafi menn sézt, we believe the foundation of the story is that men have been seen there;
    hafa mikit (lítit) til síns máls, to have much (little) in support of one’s case;
    hafa e-t til, to have at hand, possess;
    orð þau, sem hann hafði um haft, the words which he had used;
    keisari hafði fátt um, did not say much;
    hafa e-n undir, to get one under, subdue one;
    hafa e-t uppi, to take (heave) up (hafa uppi fœri, net);
    Skarpheðinn hafði uppi øxina, S. heaved up the axe;
    hafa flokk uppi, to raise a party, to rebel;
    hafa uppi tafl, to play at a game;
    hafa e-n uppi, to bring one to light;
    hafa uppi rœður, to begin a discussion;
    hafa e-t úti, to have done, finished (hafa úti sitt dagsverk);
    hafa við e-m, to be a match for one;
    hafa sik við, to exert oneself;
    hafa mikit (lítit) við, to make a great (little) display;
    hann söng messu ok bafði mikit við, and made much of it;
    hann bad jarl leita, bann hafði lítit við þat, he did it lightly;
    haf ekki slíkt við, do not say so;
    haf þú lítit við at eggja sonu þina, refrain from egging on thy sons;
    15) refl., hafast.
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    pret. hafði; subj. hefði; pres. sing. hefi (less correctly hefir), hefir, hefir; plur. höfum, hafit, hafa: the mod. pres. sing. is monosyllabic hefr or hefur, and is used so in rhymes—andvara engan hefur | … við glys heims gálaus sefur, Pass. 15. 6, but in print the true old form hefir is still retained; the monosyllabic present is used even by old writers in the 1st pers. before the personal or negative suffix, e. g. hef-k and hef-k-a ek for hefi-g and hefig-a ek, see e. g. Grág. (Kb.) 79, 82, in the old oath formula, hef-k eigi, Hallfred; hef ek, Fms. iii. 10 (in a verse); but not so in 3rd pers., e. g. hefir-a or hefir-at, Grág. l. c.: imperat. haf, hafðu: part. pass. hafðr, neut. haft;—hafat is an απ. λεγ., Vsp. 16, and is prob. qs. hafit from hefja, to heave, lift: [Ulf. haban; A. S. habban; Engl. have; Hel. hebben; Germ. haben; Dutch hebben; Dan. have, Swed. hafva: it is curious the Lat. form habere retains the consonant unchanged, cp. the Romance forms, Ital. avere, Fr. avoir, Span. haber, etc. ☞ Hafa is a weak verb, and thus distinguished from hefja (to lift, begin), which is a strong verb, answering to Lat. capere, incipere; but in sundry cases, as will be seen below, it passes into the sense of this latter word; as also in some instances into that of another lost strong verb, hafa, hóf, to behave, and hœfa, to hit]:—to have.
    A. To have; hann hafði með sér ekki meira lið, Fms. i. 39; hafði hverr hirð um sik, 52; höfðu þeir áttján skip, viii. 42; Sverrir hafði tvau hundrað manna, … þeir höfðu annan samnað á landi, 328; hann hafði mikit lið ok frítt, x. 36; þeir höfðu sjau skip ok flest stór, 102; hafa fjölmennar setur, Eb. 22; hann hafði menn sína í síldveri, Eg. 42; mun ek naut hafa þar sem mér þykkir hagi beztr, 716.
    II. to hold:
    1. to keep, celebrate; hafa ok halda, Dipl. i. 6; hafa átrúnað, 10; hafa dóma, 12; hafa blót, Fms. iv. 254; hafa vina-veizlu, id.; hafa vina-boð, Nj. 2; hafa Jóla-boð, Eg. 516; hafa þing, Fms. ix. 449; hafa haust-boð, Gísl. 27; hafa drykkju, Eb. 154; hafa leik, Fms. x. 201, passim.
    2. to hold, observe; hlýðir þat hvergi at hafa eigi lög í landi, Nj. 149; skal þat hafa, er stendr …, Grág. i. 7; skal þat allt hafa er finsk á skrá þeirri …, id.; en hvatki es mis-sagt es í fræðum þessum, þá es skylt at hafa þat (to keep, hold to be true) es sannara reynisk, Íb. 3; ok hafða ek (I kept, selected) þat ór hvárri er framarr greindi, Landn. 320, v. l.
    3. to hold, keep, retain; ef hann vill hafa hann til fardaga, Grág. i. 155; skal búandinn hafa hann hálfan mánuð, 154; ok hafði hvárr þat er hélt á, Nj. 279; hitt skal hafa er um fram er, Rb. 56; kasta í burt þrjátigi ok haf þat sem eptir verðr, 494.
    4. to hold an office; hafa lögsögu, to hold the office of lögsaga, Íb. passim; hafa jarldóm, konungdóm, passim; þat höfðu haft at fornu Dana-konungar, Eg. 267; þér berit konunga-nöfn svá sem fyrr hafa haft ( have had) forfeðr yðrir, en hafit lítið af ríki, Fms. i. 52; hafa ríki, to reign, Hkr. pref.
    5. phrases, hafa elda, to keep a fire, cook, Fms. xi. 129; hafa fjárgæzlu, to tend sheep, Eg. 740; hafa embætti með höndum, Stj. 204; hafa gæzlur á e-u, Fms. ix. 313; hafa … vetr, to have so many winters, be of such an age (cp. Fr. avoir … ans), Íb. 15; margir höfðu lítið fátt þúsund ára, Ver. 7: hafa vörn í máli, Nj. 93; hafa e-t með höndum, to have in hand, Fms. viii. 280, ix. 239; hafa e-t á höndum, Grág. i. 38; hafa fyrir satt, to hold for true, Fms. xi. 10; hafa við orð, to intimate, suggest, Nj. 160; hafa e-t at engu, vettugi, to hold for naught, take no notice of, Fas. i. 318.
    6. with prepp. or infin.,
    α. with prep.; hafa til, to have, possess; ef annarr þeirra hefir til enn annarr eigi, þá er sá skyldr til at fá honum er til hefir, Grág. i. 33; ef annarr hefir til …, id.; þér ætlið at ek muna eigi afl til hafa, Ld. 28.
    β. with infin.; hafa at varðveita, to have in keeping, Eg. 500; lög hafit þér at mæla, you have the law on your tongue, i. e. you are right, Nj. 101; hörð tíðindi hefi ek at segja þér, 64; sá er gripinn hefir at halda, Grág. i. 438; hafa at selja, to have on sale, Ld. 28.
    III. to use; var haft til þess sker eitt, Eb. 12; þá höfðu þeir til varnar skot ok spjót, Fms. vii. 193; er þín ráð vóru höfð, that thy advice was taken, Fs. 57; Gríss hafði þessi ráð, Fms. iii. 21; ek vil at þat sé haft er ek legg til, x. 249; þykki mér þú vel hafa ( make good use of) þau tillög er ek legg fyrir þik, xi. 61; til þess alls er jarli þótti skipta, þá hafði hann þessa hluti, 129; tvau ný (net), ok hafa eigi höfð verit ( which have not been used), haf þú ( take) hvárt er þú vilt, Háv. 46; þær vil ek hafa enar nýju, en ek vil ekki hætta til at hafa enar fornu, id.; önnur er ný ok mikil ok hefir ( has) til einskis höfð ( used) verið, id.; buðkr er fyrir húslker er hafðr, Vm. 171; gjalda vápn þau er höfð eru, N. G. L. i. 75; þat hafði hann haft ( used) fyrir skála, Edda 29; þeir vóru hafðir til at festa með hús jafnan, Nj. 118; sá hólmr var hafðr til at …, Fms. i. 218; hann skyldi hafa hinn sama eið, x. 7; orð þau sem hann hafði ( had) um haft ( used), Nj. 56; orð þau er hann hafði ( made use of) í barnskírn, K. Þ. K. 14.
    2. more special phrases; hafa fagrmæli við e-n, to flatter one, Nj. 224; hafa hljóðmæli við e-n, to speak secretly to one, 223; allmikil fjölkyngi mun vera við höfð áðr svá fái gört, Edda 27; hafa mörg orð um e-t, Ld. 268; hafa tvímæli á e-u, to discuss, doubt, speak diffidently of a thing, Lv. 52; hafa viðrmæli um e-t, to use mocking words, Nj. 89; hafa nafn Drottins í hégóma, to take the Lord’s name in vain, Fms. i. 310; (hann var) mjök hafðr við mál manna, much used to, versed in lawsuits, Dropl. 8: hafa sik til e-s, to use oneself to a thing, i. e. to do a mean, paltry thing; þeir er til þess vilja hafa sik, at ganga í samkundur manna úboðit, Gþl. 200; ef hann vill sik til þessa hafa, Fms. i. 99: hafa sik við, to exert oneself; skaltú ok verða þik við at hafa um þetta mál, ef þú getr þat af þér fært, Grett. 160: hafa e-n at skotspæni, to use one as a target, Nj. 222; hafa e-n at hlífi-skildi sér, to use one as a shield, 262; hafa e-n at ginningar-fifli, auga-bragði, háði, hlátri, Hm. 133, Nj. 224, passim.
    IV. to have, hold, maintain, of a state or condition; hafa vináttu við e-n, to maintain friendship with one, Sks. 662; hafa vanmátt, to continue sick, Eg. 565; hafa hættu-mikit, to run a great risk, Nj. 149; hafa vitfirring, to be insane, Grág. i. 154; hafa heilindi, to have good health, 26, Hm. 67; hafa burði til e-s, to have the birthright to a thing. Eg. 479; hafa hug, áræði, hyggindi, to have the courage …, Hom. 28; hafa vit ( to know), skyn, greind … á e-u, to have understanding of a thing; hafa gaman, gleði, skemtun, ánægju af e-u, to have interest or pleasure in a thing; hafa leiða, ógeð, andstygð, hatr, óbeit á e-u, to dislike, be disgusted with, hate a thing; hafa elsku, mætr, virðing á e-u, to love, esteeem … a thing; hafa allan hug á e-u, to bend the mind to a thing; hafa grun á e-m, to suspect one; hafa ótta, beyg af e-u, to fear a thing; and in numberless other phrases.
    2. with prepp.:
    α. hafa e-t frammi (fram), to carry out, hold forth; hafa frammi róg, Nj. 166; hafa mál fram, to proceed with a suit, 101; stefnu-för, 78; heitstrengingar, Fms. xi. 103; ok öll lögmælt skil frammi hafa, and discharge all one’s official duties, 232; var um búit en ekki fram haft, all was made ready, but nothing done, viii. 113; beini má varla verða betri en hér er frammi hafðr, xi. 52; hafðú í frammi ( use) kúgan við þá uppi við fjöllin, Ísl. ii. 215; margir hlutir, þó at hann hafi í frammi, Sks. 276.
    β. hafa mikit, lítið fyrir e-u, to have much, little trouble about a thing; (hence fyrir-höfn, trouble.)
    γ. hafa við e-m (afl or the like understood), to be a match for one, Fms. vii. 170, Lv. 109, Nj. 89, Eg. 474, Anal. 176; hafa mikit, lítið við, to make a great, little display; (hence við-höfn, display, pomp); hann söng messu ok hafði mikit við, he sang mass and made a great thing of it, Nj. 157; þú hefir mikit við, thou makest a great show of it, Boll. 351; hann bað jarl leita, hann hafði lítið við þat, he did it lightly, Nj. 141; haf ekki slíkt við, do not say so, Ld. 182.
    B. To take, carry off, win, wield, [closely akin to Lat. capere]:
    I. to catch, take, esp. in the phrase, hafa ekki e-s, to miss one; hann kemsk á skóg undan, ok höfðu þeir hans ekki, he took to the forest and they missed him, Nj. 130; ekki munu vér hans hafa at sinni, we sha’nt catch him at present, Fms. vi. 278; hafða ek þess vætki vífs, Hm. 101; þeygi ek hana at heldr hefik, 95: in swearing, tröll, herr, gramir hafi þik, the trolls, ghosts, etc. take thee! tröll hafi líf, ef …, Kormak; tröll hafi Trefót allan! Grett. (in a verse); tröll hafi þína vini, tröll hafi hól þitt, Nj.; herr hafi Þóri til slægan, confound the wily Thorir! Fms. vi. 278, v. l. (emended, as the phrase is wrongly explained in Fms. xii. Gloss.); gramir hafi þik! vide gramr.
    II. to carry, carry off, bring; hafði einn hjartað í munni sér, one carried the heart off in his mouth, Nj. 95; hann hafði þat ( brought it) norðan með sér, Eg. 42; hafði Þórólfr heim marga dýrgripi, 4; hann hafði með sér skatt allan, 62; skaltú biðja hennar ok hafa hana heim hingat, Edda 22; fé þat er hann hafði ( had) út haft ( carried from abroad), Gullþ. 13; á fimm hestum höfðu þeir mat, Nj. 74; bókina er hann hafði ( had) út haft, Fms. vii. 156; konungr hafði biskup norðr til Björgynjar með sér, viii. 296; biskup lét hann hafa með sér kirkju-við ok járn-klukku, Landn. 42; hann hafði með sér skulda-lið sitt ok búferli, Eb. 8; hann tók ofan hofit, ok hafði með sér flesta viðu, id.; ok hafa hana í brott, Fms. i. 3; tekr upp barnit, ok hefir heim með sér, Ísl. ii. 20; hann hafði lög út hingat ór Noregi, he brought laws hither from Norway, Íb. 5; haf þú heim hvali til bæjar, Hým. 26; ok hafa hann til Valhallar, Nj. 119.
    III. to take, get; hann hafði þá engan mat né drykk, he took no food nor drink, Eg. 602; hann hafði eigi svefn, he got no sleep, Bs. i. 139.
    2. to get, gain, win; öfluðu sér fjár, ok höfðu hlutskipti mikit, Eg. 4; eigi þarftú at biðja viðsmjörs þess, þvíat hann mun þat alls ekki hafa, né þú, for neither he nor thou shall get it, Blas. 28; jarl vill hafa minn fund, he will have a meeting with me, 40, Skv. 1. 4: the sayings, hefir sá jafnan er hættir, he wins that risks, ‘nothing venture, nothing have,’ Hrafn. 16; sá hefir krás er krefr, Sl. 29.
    3. phrases, hafa meira hlut, to get the better lot, gain the day, Nj. 90, Fms. xi. 93; hafa gagn, sigr, to gain victory, ix. 132, Eg. 7, Hkr. i. 215, Ver. 38; hafa betr, to get the better; hafa verr, miðr, to have the worst of it, Fms. v. 86, Þorst. S. St. 48, passim; hafa mál sitt, to win one’s suit, Grág. i. 7, Fms. vii. 34; hafa kaup öll, to get all the bargain, Eg. 71; hafa tafl, to win the game, Fms. vii. 219; hafa erendi, to do one’s errand, succeed, Þkv. 10, 11, Fas. ii. 517: hafa bana, to have one’s bane, to die, Nj. 8; hafa úsigr, to be worsted, passim; hafa úfrið, to have no peace; hafa gagn, sóma, heiðr, neisu, óvirðing, skömm, etc. af e-u, to get profit, gain, honour, disgrace, etc. from a thing; hafa e-n í helju, to put one to death, Al. 123; hafa e-n undir, to get one under, subdue him, Nj. 95, 128; höfum eigi, sigrinn ór hendi, let not victory slip out of our hands, Fms. v. 294.
    4. to get, receive; hann hafði góðar viðtökur, Nj. 4; hón skal hafa sex-tigi hundraða, 3; skyldi Högni hafa land, 118; selja skipit, ef hann hafði þat fyrir ( if he could get for it) sem hann vildi; Flosi spurði í hverjum aurum hann vildi fyrir hafa, hann kvaðsk vildu fyrir hafa land, 259; hafa tíðindi, sögur af e-m, to have, get tidings of or from one, Ld. 28; hafa sæmd, metorð óvirðing, to get honour, disgrace from one’s hands, Nj. 101; hafa bætr, to get compensation, Grág. i. 188; hafa innstæðuna eina, id.; hafa af e-m, to have the best of one, cheat one.
    IV. to carry, wear, of clothes, ornaments, weapons:
    1. of clothes, [cp. Lat. habitus and Icel. höfn = gear]; hafa hatt á höfði, Ld. 28; hafa váskufl yztan klæða, … þú skalt hafa undir ( wear beneath) hin góðu klæði þín, Nj. 32; hann hafði blán kyrtil, … hann hafði svartan kyrtil, Boll. 358; hafa fald á höfði, to wear a hood; hón hafði gaddan rautt á höfði, Orkn. 304; hann hafði um sik breitt belti, he wore a broad belt, Nj. 91; hafa fingr-gull á hendi, 146: to have about one’s person, vefja saman ok hafa í pungi sínum, Edda 27; hlutir sem mönnum var títt at hafa, Fms. xi. 128.
    2. of weapons, to wield, carry; spjót þat er þú hefir í hendi, Boll. 350; hafa kylfu í hendi sér, to have a club in one’s hand, Fms. xi. 129; hafa staf í hendi, to have a stick in the hand, Bárð.; Gunnarr hafði atgeirinn ok sverðit, Kolskeggr hafði saxit, Hjörtr hafði alvæpni, Nj. 93; hann hafdi öxi snaghyrnda, Boll. 358; hann hafði kesjuna fyrir sér, he held the lance in rest, Eg. 532.
    V. here may be added a few special phrases; hafa hendr fyrir sér, to grope, feel with the hands (as in darkness); hafa vit fyrir sér, to act wisely; hafa at sér hendina, to draw one’s hand back, Stj. 198; hafa e-t eptir, to do or repeat a thing after one, Konr.; hafa e-t yfir, to repeat (of a lesson): hafa sik, to betake oneself; hafa sik til annarra landa, Grett. 9 new Ed.; hann vissi varla hvar hann átti at hafa sik, he knew not where ( whither) to betake himself, Bs. i. 807; hefir hann sik aptr á stað til munklífisins, Mar.
    C. Passing into the sense of hefja (see at the beginning); hafa e-t uppi, to heave up, raise; hafa flokk uppi, to raise a party, to rebel, Fb. ii. 89: hafa uppi færi, net, a fisherman’s term, to heave up, take up the net or line, Háv. 46; Skarphéðinn hafði uppi ( heaved up) öxina, Nj. 144: hafa uppi tafl, to play at a game, Vápn. 29; þar vóru mjök töfl uppi höfð ok sagna-skemtan, Þorf. Karl. 406, v. l.: hafa e-n uppi, to hold one up, bring him to light; svá máttu oss skjótast uppi hafa, Fær. 42: metaph. to reveal, vándr riddari hafði allt þegar uppi, Str. 10.
    2. with the notion to begin; Bárðr hafði uppi orð sín ( began his suit) ok bað Sigríðar, Eg. 26, Eb. 142; hafa upp stefnu, to begin the summons, Boll. 350; hafa upp ræður, to begin a discussion; ræður þær er hann hafði uppi haft við Ingigerði, Fms. iv. 144, where the older text in Ó. H. reads umræður þær er hann hafði upp hafit (from hefja), 59; cp. also Vsp., þat langniðja-tal mun uppi hafat (i. e. hafit) meðan öld lifir, 16, (cp. upp-haf, beginning); þó at ek hafa síðarr um-ræðu um hann, better þó at ek hafa (i. e. hefja) síðarr upp ræðu um hann, though I shall below treat of, discuss that, Skálda (Thorodd) 168; er lengi hefir uppi verit haft síðan (of a song), Nj. 135; cp. also phrases such as, hafa á rás, to begin running, take to one’s heels, Fms. iv. 120, ix. 490; næsta morgin hefir út fjörðinn, the next morning a breeze off land arose, Bs. ii. 48: opp. is the phrase, hafa e-t úti, to have done, finished; hafa úti sitt dags-verk, Fms. xi. 431; hafa úti sekt sína, Grett. 149.
    D. Passing into the sense of a lost strong verb, hafa, hóf (see at the beginning), to behave, do, act:
    I. with an adverb, hafa vel, ílla, or the like, to behave, and in some instances to do well or badly, be happy or unhappy,
    α. to behave; en nú vil ek eigi verr hafa en þú, Fms. iv. 342; þeir sögðu at konungr vildi verr hafa en þeir, 313; hefir þú ílla ór (málum or the like understood) haft við mik, Fs. 140; ólikr er Gísli öðrum í þolinmæði, ok hefir hann betr en vér, Gísl. 28.
    β. to do so and so (to be happy, unhappy); verr hafa þeir er trygðum slitu, Mkv. 3; ílla hefir sá er annan svíkr, 18; vel hefir sá er þat líða lætr, 6; vel hefir sá ( he is happy) er eigi bíðr slíkt íllt þessa heims, Fms. v. 145; hvílíkt hefir þú, how dost thou? Mar.; hafa hart, to do badly, to be wretched; at sál Þorgils mætti fyrir þær sakir eigi hart hafa, Sturl. iii. 292, Mar.; Ólafr hafði þá hölzti ílla, O. was very poorly, D. N. ii. 156; þykisk sá bezt hafa ( happiest) er fyrstr kemr heim, Fms. xi. 248; þá hefir hann bazt af hann þegir, i. e. that is the best he can do if he holds his tongue, Hm. 19; þess get ek at sá hafi verr ( he will make a bad bargain) er þik flytr, Nj. 128; úlfgi hefir ok vel, the wolf is in a bad plight, Ls. 39; mun sá betr hafa er eigi tekr við þér, id.; betr hefðir þú, ef …, thou wouldest do better, if …, Akv. 16.
    γ. adding sik; hafa sik vel, to behave well, Fms. x. 415, Stj. 436.
    II. with the prep. at, to do, act, (hence at-höfn, at-hæfi, act, doing); hann lét ekki til búa vígs-málit ok engan hlut at hafa, Nj. 71; en ef þeim þykkir of lítið féit tekit, þá skulu þeir hafa at hit sama, to act in the same way, Grág. ii. 267; hvatki es þeir hafa at, Fms. xi. 132; hann tók af þér konuna, en þú hafðir ekki at, but thou didst not stir, didst take it tamely, Nj. 33; bæði munu menn þetta kalla stórvirki ok íllvirki, en þó má nú ekki at hafa, but there is no help for it, 202; eigi sýnisk mér meðal-atferðar-leysi, at vér höfum eigi at um kvámur hans, i. e. that we submit tamely to his coming, Fs. 32: absol., viltú þess freista, ok vita þá hvat at hafi, wilt thou try and see how it will do? Bjarn. 27; en nú skaltú fara fyrir, ok vita hvat at hafi, Bs. i. 712.
    III. phrases, hafa hátt, to be noisy, talk loud, Fms. i. 66; við skulum ekki hafa hátt ( do not cry loud) hér er maðr á glugganum, a lullaby song; hafa lágt, to keep silent; hafa hægt, to keep quiet; hafa sik á (í) hófi, to compose oneself, Ls. 36; hafa í hótum við e-n, to use threatening ( foul) language, Fb. i. 312; hafa í glett við e-n, to banter one, Fms. viii. 289; hafa íllt at verki, to do a bad deed, Ísl. ii. 184.
    E. Passing into the sense of the verb hæfa (see at the beginning), to aim at, hit, with dat.:
    I. to hit; svá nær hafði hausinum, at …, the shot so nearly hit the head, that …, Fms. ii. 272; þat sama forað, sem henni hafði næst váða, those very precipices from which she had so narrow an escape, Bs. i. 200, Fms. ix. 357; nær hafði nú, at skjótr mundi verða okkarr skilnaðr, Al. 124; nær hafði okkr nú, it struck near us, it was a narrow escape, Fms. viii. 281; kvaðsk svá dreymt hafa ( have dreamed), at þeim mundi nær hafa, ix. 387, v. l.; ok er nær hafði at skipit mundi fljóta, when the ship was on the point of floating, Ld. 58; ok hafði svá nær (it was within a hair’s breadth), at frændr Þorvalds mundu ganga at honum, Nj. 160; ok hafði svá nær at þeir mundi berjask, Íb. 11, cp. Bs. i. 21: the phrase, fjarri hefir, far from it! Edda (in a verse).
    2. to charge; eigi em ek þar fyrir sönnu hafðr, I am not truly aimed at for that, ‘tis a false charge, Eg. 64; þeim manni er fyrir sökum er hafðr, i. e. the culprit, Grág. i. 29; cp. the mod. phrase, hafa á e-u, to make a charge of a thing; það varð ekki á því haft, they could not make a case for a charge of it.
    II. metaph. to be the ground or reason for, (hence til-hæfa, reason, fact, foundation); til þess ætla vitrir menn þat haft at Ísland sé Tile (i. e. Thule) kallað, at …, learned men suppose that is the reason that Iceland is called Thule, that …, Landn. (pref.); mikit mun til haft, er einmæli er um (there must be some reason for it, because all people say so), Þorgils segir, eigi er fyrir haft ( there is no ground whatever for it), at ek mæla betr fyrir griðum en aðrir menn, Ísl. ii. 379; vér hyggjum þat til þess haft vera, at þar hafi menn sésk, we believe the substance of the story is that men have been seen there, Fms. xi. 158; hvat er til þess haft um þat (what is the truth of the matter?), hefir sundr-þykki orðit með ykkr? Boll. 364: in the saying, hefir hverr til síns ágætis nokkut, every one gets his reputation for something, Nj. 115.
    2. to happen, coincide; hefir svá til, at hann var þar sjálfr, Fms. xi. 138, v. l.
    β. the phrase, hafa mikit (lítið) til síns máls, to have much ( little) reason for one’s tale, i. e. to be much, little, in the right, Fms. vii. 221, xi. 138 (v. l.), Nj. 88: um þenna hefir svá stórum, it matters so much with this man, (v. l. for mun stórum skipta), Fms. xi. 311.
    F. REFLEX. to keep, dwell, abide, but only of a temporary shelter or abode, cp. Lat. habitare, (cp. also höfn, a haven); hann hefsk á náttartíma niðri í vötnum, at night-time he keeps down in the water, Stj. 77: to live, þeir höfðusk mjök í kaupferðum, they spent much of their life in travelling, Hkr. i. 276; hann hafðisk löngum í bænum, Bs. i. 353.
    β. with prep. við; hér mun ek við hafask ( I will stay here) en þú far til konungs, Fb. ii. 125; hafðisk hann við á skógum eðr í öðrum fylgsnum, 302; því at hann hafðisk þá á skipum við, Fms. viii. 44; hvílsk heldr ok hafsk við í því landi, rest and stay in that land, Stj. 162; Ásgeirr hafðisk við uppi í dalnum, Sd. 154; hafask lind fyrir, to cover oneself with a shield (?), Vsp. 50; hafask hlífar fyrir, to be mailed in armour, Hkm. 11.
    2. hafask at, to do, behave (cp. D. above); vóru þeir þá svá móðir, at þeir máttu ekki at hafask, Fms. ii. 149; en síðan skulut þér at hafa slíkt sem ek kann fyrir segja, i. 158; þat eitt munu við at hafask, at ek mun betr göra en þú, Nj. 19; Lambi sá hvat Steinarr hafðisk at, Eg. 747.
    3. hafask vel, to do well, thrive; vaxa ok vel hafask, to wax and do well, Hm. 142; nú er þat bæn mín, at þér hafisk við vel, that you bear yourself well up, Fms. ix. 497; Jungfrúin hafðisk vel við í ferðinni, x. 86; at fé hans mundi eigi hafask at betr at meðal-vetri, Grág. ii. 326.
    4. recipr., hafask orð við, to speak to one another; ok er þat ósiðlegt, at menn hafisk eigi orð við, Fs. 14; þar til er þeir hafask réttar tölur við, N. G. L. i. 182.
    II. part. hafandi is used in the sense of having conceived, being with child; þá verit hann varr við at hón var hafandi, 656 B. 14; hón skyldi verða hafandi at Guðs syni, id.; generally, allt þat er hafanda var lét burð sinn ok ærðisk, Fms. vii. 187; svá sem hón verðr at honum hafandi, Stj. 178; (hence barns-hafandi, being with child.)
    G. The word hafa is in the Icel., as in other Teut. languages, used as an auxiliary verb with a part. pass. of another verb, whereby a compound preterite and pluperfect are formed as follows:
    I. in transitive verbs with acc. the participle also was put in acc., agreeing in gender, number, and case with the objective noun or pronoun; this seems to have been a fixed rule in the earliest time, and is used so in all old poems down at least to the middle of the 11th century, to the time of Sighvat (circ. A. D. 990–1040), who constantly used the old form,—átt is an apostrophe for átta in the verse Ó. H. 81:
    1. references from poets, Gm. 5, 12, 16; þá er forðum mik fædda höfðu, Vsp. 2; hverr hefði lopt lævi blandit eðr ætt jötuns Óðs mey gefna, 29; þær’s í árdaga áttar höfðu, 60: ek hafða fengna konungs reiði, Ad. 3; en Grjótbjörn um gnegðan hefir, 18; mik hefir marr miklu ræntan, Stor. 10; þó hefir Míms-vinr mér um fengnar bölva bætr, 22: gaupur er Haraldr hafi sveltar, Hornklofi: Loka mær hefir leikinn allvald, Ýt. 7; sá hafði borinn brúna-hörg, 14; jarlar höfðu veginn hann, 15: ek hef orðinn ( found) þann guðföðr (verða is here used as trans.), Hallfred; höfum kera framðan, id.: hann hefir litnar, sénar, hár bárur, Ísl. ii. 223, thus twice in a verse of A. D. 1002; göngu hefik of gengna, Korm. (in a verse); hann hafði farna för, Hkr. i. (Glum Geirason); ek hefi talðar níu orustur, Sighvat; þú hefir vanðan þik, id.; ér hafit rekna þá braut, Ó. H. 63 (Óttar Svarti); hann hefir búnar okkr hendr skrautliga, Sighvat (Ó. H. 13); þeir hafa færð sín höfuð Knúti, id.; hvar hafit ér hugðan mér sess, id.; hafa sér kenndan enn nørðra heims enda, id.; Sighvatr hefir lattan gram, id.; hefir þú hamar um fólginn, Þkv. 7, 8; þú hefir hvatta okkr, Gkv. 6; ek hefi yðr brennda, Am. 39, cp. 56; hefi ek þik minntan, 81; hefir þú hjörtu tuggin, Akv. 36; hefir þú mik dvalðan, Hbl. 51; ek hefi hafðar þrár, I have had throes, Fsm. 51; en ek hann görvan hef-k, svá hefi ek studdan, 12 (verse 13 is corrupt); hann hefir dvalða þik, Hkv. Hjörv. 29; lostna, 30; mik hefir sóttan meiri glæpr, 32; ek hefi brúði kerna, id.; þú hefir etnar úlfa krásir, opt sár sogin, Hkv. 1. 36; sá er opt hefir örnu sadda, 35; hefir þú kannaða koni óneisa, 23; þá er mik svikna höfðut, Skv. 3. 55; hann hafði getna sonu, Bkv. 8; þann sal hafa halir um görvan, Fm. 42; bróður minn hefir þú benjaðan, 25; er hann ráðinn hefir, 37; sjaldan hefir þú gefnar vargi bráðir, Eg. (in a verse).
    2. references from prose; this old form has since been turned into an indecl. neut. sing. part. -it. The old form was first lost in the strong verbs and the weak verbs of the first conjugation: in the earliest prose both forms are used, although the indecl. is more freq. even in the prose writers, as Íb., the Heiðarv. S., the Miracle-book in Bs., Njála, Ó. H., (Thorodd seems only to use the old form,) as may be seen from the following references, Björn hafði særða þrjá menn, Nj. 262; hann mundi hana hafa gipta honum, 47; hann hafði þá leidda saman hestana, 264: ek hefi sendan mann, Ísl. (Heiðarv. S.) ii. 333; ek nefi senda menn, id.: hafa son sinn ór helju heimtan, Bs. (Miracle-book) i. 337; en er þeir höfðu niðr settan sveininn, 349; hann hafði veidda fimm tegu fiska, 350: er þér hefir ílla neisu gorva, Ó. H. 107: þá hefi ek fyrri setta þá í stafrófi, Skálda (Thorodd) 161; þar hefi ek við görva þessa stafi fjóra, id.; hafa hann samsettan, 167: góða fylgd hefir þú mér veitta, Þorst Síðu H. 2: sagði, at Ólafr konungr hafði sendan hann, Bs. i. 11: Þyri, er hertogi hafði festa nauðga, Fms. x. 393 (Ágrip): hefi ek þá svá signaða ok magnaða, v. 236: hefir sólin gengna tvá hluti, en einn úgenginn, K. Þ. K. 92 (Lund’s Syntax, p. 12).
    β. again, neut. indecl., hana hafði átt fyrr Þoróddr, Ísl. ii. 192: hón hafði heimt húskarl sinn …, Ísl. (Heiðarv. S.) ii. 339; hann hefir ekki svá vel gyrt hest minn, 340; hefir þú eigi séð mik, 341; hve hann hafði lokkat hann. id.; gistingar hefi ek yðr fengit, 343: þeir höfðu haft úfrið ok orrostur, Íb. 12; hann hafði tekið lögsögu, 14: stafr er átt hafði Þorlákr, Bs. (Miracle-book) i. 340; er þær höfðu upp tekit ketilinn ok hafit …, 342; göngu es hann hafði gingit, 344; es sleggjuna hafði niðr fellt, 346; sem maðr hefði nýsett (hana) niðr, id.; jartein þá er hann þóttisk fingit hafa, 347; hafði prestrinn fært fram sveininn, 349: hjálm er Hreiðmarr hafði átt, Edda 73: hafa efnt sína heitstrenging, Fms. (Jómsv. S.) xi. 141: slíkan dóm sem hann hafði mér hugat, Ó. H. 176, etc. passim:—at last the inflexion disappeared altogether, and so at the present time the indecl. neut. sing. is used throughout; yet it remains in peculiar instances, e. g. konu hefi eg mér festa, Luke xiv. 20, cp. Vídal. ii. 21. ☞ This use of the inflexive part. pass. may often serve as a test of the age of a poem, e. g. that Sólarljóð was composed at a later date may thus be seen from verses 27, 64, 72, 73, 75, 79; but this test is to be applied with caution, as the MSS. have in some cases changed the true forms (-inn, -ann, and -it, -an being freq. abbreviated in the MSS. so as to render the reading dubious). In many cases the old form is no doubt to be restored, e. g. in vegit to veginn, Fm. 4, 23; búit to búinn, Hkv. Hjörv. 15; borit to borinn, Hkv. 1. 1; beðit to beðinn, Fsm. 48; orðit to orðin, Og. 23; roðit to roðinn, Em. 5; brotið to brotinn, Vkv. 24, etc.: but are we to infer from Ls. 23, 26, 33, that this poem is of a comparatively late age?
    II. the indecl. neut. sing. is, both in the earliest poems and down to the present day, used in the following cases:
    1. with trans. verbs requiring the dat. or gen.; ek hefi fengit e-s, hann hafði fengit konu; hafa hefnt e-s, Fms. xi. 25; sú er hafði beðit fjár, Þkv. 32; stillir hefir stefnt mér, Hkv. Hjörv. 33, and so in endless cases.
    2. in the reflex. part. pass.; þeir (hann) hafa (hefir) látisk, farisk, sagsk, etc.
    3. in part. of intrans. neut. verbs, e. g. þeir þær (hann, hón), hafa (hefir) setið, staðit, gengit, legit, farit, komit, verit, orðit, lifað, dáit, heitið …, also almost in every line both of prose and poetry.
    4. in trans. verbs with a neut. sing. in objective case the difference cannot be seen.
    ☞ The compound preterite is common to both the Romance and Teutonic languages, and seems to be older in the former than in the latter; Grimm suggests that it originated with the French, and thence spread to the Teutons. That it was not natural to the latter is shewn by the facts, that
    α. no traces of it are found in Gothic, nor in the earliest Old High German glossaries to Latin words.
    β. in the earliest Scandinavian poetry we can trace its passage from declinable to indeclinable.
    γ. remains are left in poetry of a primitive uncompounded preterite infinitive, e. g. stóðu = hafa staðit, mundu, skyldu, vildu, etc., see Gramm. p. xxv, col. 2. ☞ We may here note a curious dropping of the verb hefir, at ek em kominn hingat til lands, ok verit áðr ( having been) langa hríð utan-lands, Ó. H. 31, cp. Am. 52; barn at aldri, en vegit slíka hetju sem Þorvaldr var, Glúm. 382. On this interesting matter see Grimm’s remarks in his Gramm. iv. 146 sqq.

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