to be out of one's wits

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(geng; gekk, gengum; genginn), v.

1) to walk (reið jarl, en Karkr gekk);

2) to go;

ganga heim, to go home;

ganga braut, to go away;

ganga til hvílu, to go to bed;

ganga á skip, to go on board;

ganga af skipi, to go ashore;

with infin., ganga sofa or at sofa, to go to sleep;

ganga at eiga konu, to marry a woman;

3) to go about grazing, to graze (kálfrinn gekk í túni um sumarit);

4) of a ship, to run, sail (gekk skipit brátt út á haf);

5) to stretch out, extend, project (nes mikit gekk í sæ út);

6) of report, tales, to be current (litlar sögur megu ganga af hesti mínum);

7) to prevail;

gekk þaðan af í Englandi Valska, thereafter the French tongue prevailed in E.;

8) of money, to be current (peningar þeir, sem nú ganga);

of laws, to be valid (þau lög, er gengu á Uppsalaþingi);

of sickness, plague, famine, to rage (þá gekk landfarsótt, drepsótt, hallæri);

9) to go on, last (gnustu þá saman vápnin, ok gekk þat um hríð);

impers., gekk því lengi, so it went on for a long while;

10) láta ganga e-t, to let go on;

láta höggin ganga, to rain blows;

Birkibeinar létu ganga lúðrana, blew the trumpets vigorously;

11) to succeed;

ef þat gengr eigi, if that will not do;

impers., svá þykt, at þeim gekk þar eigi at fara, so close, that they could not go on there;

þeim gekk ekki fyrir nesit, they could not clear the ness;

12) to turn out, go in a specified way;

ganga andæris, to go all wrong;

mart gengr verr en varir, many a thing goes worse than is looked for;

gekk þeim lítt atsókinn, they made little progress with the attack;

impers., e-m gengr vel (illa), one fares (goes on, gets on) well (badly);

13) with acc., ganga e-n á bak, to force one to go backwards (harm gengr bjöninn á bak);

14) with dat., to discharge (gekk bann þá blóði);

15) with preps. and adverbs:

ganga af e-u, to depart from, leave (þá gekk af honum móðrinn);

ganga af vitinu, to go out of one’s wits;

ganga af trú sinni, to apostatize;

to pass (síðan gengu af páskarnir);

to go off (gekk þegar af höfuðit);

to be left as surplus (þat er af skuldinni gekk);

nú gengr honum hey af, now he has some hay left;

ganga af sér, to go to extremities, to go beyond oneself (mjök ganga þeir fóstbrœðr nú af sé);

ganga aptr, to revert (return) to the former proprietor (síðan gengu þau lönd aptr undir Árna);

to be void, annulled (þá skal kaup aptr ganga);

of a ghost, to walk again; of a door, to close, shut (gekk eigi aptr hurðin);

ganga at e-m, to attack one;

ganga at e-u, to agree to, accept a choice or offer (Flosi gekk fljótt at þessu öllu); to fit (skaltu fá mér lukla þá, sem ganga at kistum yðrum);

ganga á e-t, to encroach upon (ganga á ríki e-s); to break (ganga á orð sín, eiða, grið, sættir, trygðir); to pierce, penetrate;

hann var í panzara, er ekki gekk á, that was proof against any weapons;

ganga á vald e-s or e-m, ganga á hönd (hendr) e-m, to submit to, give oneself up to, surrender to one;

ganga á bak e-u, to contravene;

ganga eptir e-u, to go for, go to fetch (göngum heim eptir verðinu); to pursue, claim;

ganga eptir, to prove true, be fulfilled (þetta gekk allt eptir, sem M. sagði fyrir);

ganga frá e-u, to part with, lose (sumir munu ganga frá öllu fénu);

ganga fram, to step forward;

ganga fram vel, to go forward bravely, in a battle;

to come to pass, come into execution (skal þess bíða, er þetta gengr fram);

to increase (fé Hall gerðar gekk fram ok gørðist allmikit);

to depart this life (H. bóndi gengr fram til frænda sinna);

ganga fyrir e-n, to present oneself before one (ganga fyrir konung);

ganga fyrir e-u, to take charge of, manage (var þar mart fólk, en húsbóndi gekk svá fyrir, at ekkert skorti); to yield to, be swayed by (hann gekk þá fyrir fortölum hennar);

ganga í gegn e-m, to set oneself against one;

ganga í gegn e-u, to confess, acknowledge;

maðr gengr í gegn, at á braut kveðst tekit hafa, the man confessed and said that he had taken it away;

ganga í mál, to undertake a case;

ganga með e-m (of a woman), to marry;

ganga með barni, to be with child;

ganga með burði (of animals), to be with young;

ganga með e-u, to assist in, plead (ganga með máli, bónorði);

ganga milli (á m., í m.), to go between, intercede;

ganga móti (á m., í m.) e-m, to go to meet one;

ganga móti e-u, to resist, oppose;

to confess, = ganga í gegn, ganga við e-u;

ganga nær e-m, to be troublesome to one (þótti hón œrit nær ganga Þórgerði);

ganga e-m nær, to approach, come near to one (sá hefir á brott komizt, er næst gekk Gunnari um alla hluti);

ganga saman, to marry;

of an agreement, bargain, to be brought about;

saman gekk kaupit með þeim, they came to a bargain;

ganga sundr (í s.), to go asunder, part;

ganga til, to go up to a thing (gangit til ok hyggit at); of the wind, to veer (veðrit gekk til útsuðrs);

e-m gengr e-t til e-s, one has some reason for doing a thing;

en þat gekk mér til þess (that was my reason), at ek ann þér eigi;

hversu hefir ykkr til gengit, how have you fared?

Loka gekk lítt til, it fared ill with L.;

ganga um e-t, to go about a thing;

ganga um beina, to wait upon guests;

ganga um sættir, to go between, as peacemaker;

ganga um e-n, to befall, happen to one (þess, er um margan gengr guma); of the wind, to go round, veer (gekk um veðrit ok styrmdi at þeim); to manage (fékk hón svá um gengit, at);

ganga undan, to escape to absent oneself;

g. undir e-t, to take upon oneself, undertake (a duty);

ganga undir e-n, to subject oneself to;

ganga upp, to be wasted (of money);

to get loose, to he torn loose (þeir glímdu svá at upp gengu stokkar allir á húsinu);

of a storm, gale, to get up, rise (veðr gekk upp);

of an ice-bound river, áin var gengin upp, swollen with ice;

ganga við staf, to walk with a stick;

ganga við e-u or e-t, to avow;

ganga yfir e-t, to go beyond, disregard (hann vildi eigi ganga yfir þat, er hann vissi réttast);

ganga yfir e-n, to overcome, to befall, happen to one;

slíkt sem yfir hefir gengit, all that has happened;

eitt skal yfir okkr ganga, we shall share one fate;

16) refl., gangast.

1) walking (hann mœddist í göngu);

vera í göngu, to be on foot, to walk;

2) course (ganga tungls, vinds).

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pret. gekk or gékk, 2nd pers. gékkt, mod. gékst; pl. gengu, geingu, or géngu, and an old poët. gingu; gengengu in Vsp. 12 is a mere misspelling (vide Sæm. Möb. 258); pres. geng, pl. göngum; pret. subj. gengi (geingi); imperat. gakk and gakktú; with the neg. suffix geng-at, gengr-at, gékk-at, gakk-attu, passim; a middle form göngumk firr, go from me, Gm. 1: a contracted form gá occurs now and then in mod. hymns; it is not vernacular but borrowed from Germ. and Dan.: [cp. Ulf. gaggan; A. S. and Hel. gangan; Scot. and North. E. gang, mod. Engl. go; Dan.-Swed. gange or gå; Germ. gehen; Ivar Aasen ganga: Icel., Scots, and Norsemen have preserved the old ng, which in Germ. and Swed.-Dan. only remains in poetry or in a special sense, e. g. in Germ. compds.]

A. To go:

I. to walk; reið jarl en Karkr gékk, Fms. i. 210, Rm. 1, 2, 6, 14, 23, 24, 30, Edda 10, Grág. ii. 95, passim; ganga leiðar sinnar, to go one’s way, Fms. x. 290, Krók. 26: adding acc., g. alla leið, Fms. xi. 202, 299; g. berg, to climb a cliff; g. afréttar, to search the fell-pastures (fjallganga), Háv. 39; also g. ( to climb) í fjall, í kletta, Fms. x. 313: Icel. also say, ganga skó og sokka, to wear out shoes and socks; hann gékk tvenna skó; ganga berserks gang, q. v.

β. absol. to go a-begging, Grág. i. 226, 232, Ísl. ii. 25; ganga vergang, húsgang, id. (göngumaðr).

II. adding adverbs, infinitives, adjectives, or the like,

α. an adverb denoting direction; g. út ok inn, Vkv. 4, Lv. 26; g. inn, Fms. i. 16, vi. 33; g. út, to go out, Lat. exire, Nj. 194; g. aptr, to return, Fms. x. 352; g. fram, to step forward, Hm. 1, Eg. 165; g. upp, to go up, ashore; g. ofan, niðr, to go down; g. heiman, 199; g. heim, to go home; gakk hingat, come hither! 488; g. móti, í gegn e-m, to go against, to meet one; g. braut, to go away; g. til e-s, or at e-m, to go to one; g. frá e-m, to leave one; g. með e-m, to go with one; g. hjá, to pass by; g. saman, to go together; g. yfir, to go over; g. gegnum, to go through; g. undir, to go under; g. undan, fyrir, to go before; g. eptir, to go behind; g. um, to rove, stroll about, and so on passim; g. í sæti, to go to one’s seat, take a seat, Eg. 551; g. til hvílu, to go to bed, Nj. 201; g. til matar, to go to dinner, Sturl. iii. 111, Eg. 483; g. til vinnu, verks, to go to one’s work, cp. Hm. 58; g. í kirkju, to go to church, Rb. 82; g. á fjall, to go on the fells, Hrafn. 34; g. á skip, to go on board, Fms. x. 10; g. af skipi, to go ashore.

β. with infin., in old poems often dropping ‘at;’ ganga sofa, to go to sleep, Fm. 27; g. at sofa, Hm. 19; g. vega, to go to fight, Vsp. 56, Ls. 15; g. at eiga konu, to go to be married, Grág. i. 318.

γ. with an adj.; g. hræddr, to be afraid; g. úviss, to be in ignorance, etc., Fms. vii. 271, Sks. 250, 688.

2. in a more special sense; g. til einvígis, bardaga, to go to a duel, battle, Nj. 64; g. á hólm (hólmganga), Eg. 504, 506; g. á eintal, Nj. 103; g. til máls við e-n, to speak to one, Eg. 199, 764; g. í glímu, to go a-wrestling, Ísl. ii. 246; g. á fang, id., Ld. 206; g. í danz, to go a-dancing; g. til skripta, to go to shrift, Hom. 157; g. at brúðkaupi, to go to be married, Fms. vii. 278; g. í skóla, klaustr, to go to school, go into a cloister (as an inmate), (hence skóla-genginn, a school-man, scholar), Bs. passim; g. í þjónustu, to take service, Nj. 268; g. í lið með e-m, to enter one’s party, side with one, 100; g. í lög, to enter a league with one; g. ór lögum, to go out of a league, passim; g. í félag, ór félagi, id.; g. á mala, to take service as a soldier, 121; g. á hönd, g. til handa, to submit to one as a liegeman, surrender, Eg. 19, 33, Ó. H. 184, Fms. vii. 180; g. á vald e-m, to give oneself up, Nj. 267; g. á hendr e-m, to encroach upon, Ver. 56; g. í skuld, to bail, Grág. i. 232, Dipl. ii. 12; g. í trúnað, to warrant, Fms. xi. 356; g. til trygða, Nj. 166, and g. til griða, to accept truce, surrender, Fas. ii. 556; g. í mál, to enter, undertake a case, Nj. 31; g. í ánauð, to go into bondage, Eg. 8; g. til lands, jarðar, ríkis, arfs, to take possession of …, 118, Stj. 380, Grág., Fms. passim; g. til fréttar, to go to an oracle, take auspices, 625. 89; g. til Heljar, a phrase for to die, Fms. x. 414; g. nær, to go nigh, go close to, press hard on, Ld. 146, 322, Fms. xi. 240 (where reflex.); var sá viðr bæði mikill og góðr því at Þorkell gékk nær, Th. kept a close eye on it, Ld. 316.

B. Joined with prepp. and adverbs in a metaph. sense:—g. af, to depart from, go off; þá gékk af honum móðrinn ok sefaðisk hann, Edda 28; þá er af honum gékk hamremin, Eg. 125, Eb. 136, Stj. 118; g. af sér, to go out of or beyond oneself; mjök g. þeir svari-bræðr nú af sér, Fbr. 32; í móti Búa er hann gengr af sér ( rages) sem mest, Fb. i. 193; þá gékk mest af sér ranglæti manna um álnir, Bs. i. 135: so in the mod. phrases, g. fram af sér, to overstrain oneself; and g. af sér, to fall off, decay: to forsake, g. af trú, to apostatize, Fms. ii. 213; g. af vitinu, to go out of one’s wits, go mad, Post. 656 C. 31; g. af Guðs boðorðum, Stj. passim: to pass. Páskar g. af, Ld. 200: to be left as surplus (afgangr), Rb. 122, Grág. i. 411, K. Þ. K. 92:—g. aptr, to walk again, of a ghost (aptrganga), Ld. 58, Eb. 278, Fs. 131, 141, passim; and absol., g. um híbýli, to hunt, Landn. 107: to go back, be void, of a bargain, Gþl. 491:—g. at e-m, to go at, attack, Nj. 80, 160: to press on, Grág. i. 51, Dipl. ii. 19 (atgangr): g. at e-u, to accept a choice, Nj. 256; g. at máli, to assist, help, 207: to fit, of a key, lykla þá sem g. at kístum yðrum, Finnb. 234, Fbr. 46 new Ed., N. G. L. i. 383: medic. to ail, e-ð gengr at e-m; ok gengr at barni, and if the bairn ails, 340, freq. in mod. usage of ailment, grief, etc.:—g. á e-t, to go against, encroach upon; ganga á ríki e-s, Fms. i. 2; g. upp á, to tread upon, vii. 166; hverr maðr er ólofat gengr á mál þeirra, who trespasses against their measure, Grág. i. 3: to break, g. á orð, eiða, sættir, trygðir, grið, Finnb. 311, Fms. i. 189, Ld. 234; g. á bak e-u, to contravene, Ísl. ii. 382; ganga á, to go on with a thing, Grág. ii. 363; hence the mod. phrase, mikið gengr á, much going on; hvað gengr á, what is going on? það er farið að g. á það (of a task or work or of stores), it is far advanced, not much left:—g. eptir, to go after, pursue, claim (eptirgangr), Nj. 154, Þórð. 67, Fms. vii. 5; g. eptir e-m, to humour one who is cross, in the phrase, g. eptir e-m með grasið í skónum; vertu ekki að g. eptir stráknum; hann vill láta g. eptir ser (of a spoilt boy, cross fellow): to prove true, follow, hón mælti mart, en þó gékk þat sumt eptir, Nj. 194; eptir gékk þat er mér bauð hugr um, Eg. 21, Fms. x. 211:—g. fram, to go on well in a battle, Nj. 102, 235, Háv. 57 (framgangr): to speed, Nj. 150, Fms. xi. 427: to grow, increase (of stock), fé Hallgerðar gékk fram ok varð allmikit, Nj. 22; en er fram gékk mjök kvikfé Skallagríms, Eg. 136, Vígl. 38: to come to pass, skal þess bíða er þetta gengr fram, Nj. 102, Fms. xi. 22: to die, x. 422:—g. frá, to leave (a work) so and so; g. vel frá, to make good work; g. ílla frá, to make bad work; það er ílla frá því gengið, it is badly done:—g. fyrir, to go before, to yield to, to be swayed by a thing; heldr nú við hót, en ekki geng ek fyrir slíku, Fms. i. 305; þó at vér gangim heldr fyrir blíðu en stríðu, ii. 34, Fb. i. 378, Hom. 68; hvárki gékk hann fyrir blíðyrðum né ógnarmálum, Fms. x. 292; hann gékk þá fyrir fortülum hennar, Bs. i. 742: in mod. usage reflex., gangast fyrir íllu, góðu: to give away, tók hann þá at ganga fyrir, Fb. i. 530: Icel. now say, reflex., gangast fyrir, to fall off, from age or the like (vide fyrirgengiligr): to prevent, skal honum þá eigi fyrnska fyrir g., N. G. L. i. 249; þá er hann sekr þrem mörkum nema nauðsyn gangi fyrir, 14; at þeim gangi lögleg forföll fyrir, Gþl. 12:—g. í gegn, to go against, to meet, in mod. usage to deny, and so it seems to be in Gþl. 156; otherwise in old writers it always means the reverse, viz. to avow, confess; maðr gengr í gegn, at á braut kveðsk tekit hafa, the man confessed and said that he had taken it away, Ísl. ii. 331; ef maðr gengr í gegn legorðinu, Grág. i. 340; sá goði er í gegn gékk ( who acknowledged) þingfesti hans, 20; hann iðraðisk úráðs síns, ok gékk í gegn at hann hefði saklausan selt herra sinn, Sks. 584,—this agrees with the parallel phrase, g. við e-t, mod. g. við e-u, to confess, both in old and mod. usage, id.:—g. hjá, to pass by, to waive a thing, Fms. vi. 168:—g. með, to go with one, to wed, marry (only used of a woman, like Lat. nubere), þú hefir þvert tekit at g. með mér, Ld. 262, Sd. 170, Grág. i. 178, Þiðr. 209, Gkv. 2. 27, Fms. xi. 5: medic., g. með barni, to go with child, i. 57; with acc. (barn), Bs. i. 790, and so in mod. usage; a mother says, sama sumarið sem eg gékk með hann (hana) N. N., (meðgöngutími); but dat. in the phrase, vera með barni, to be with child; g. með burði, of animals, Sks. 50, Stj. 70; g. með máli, to assist, plead, Eg. 523, Fms. xi. 105, Eb. 210; g. með e-u, to confess [Dan. medgaae], Stj., but rare and not vernacular:—g. milli, to go between, intercede, esp. as a peacemaker, passim (milli-ganga, meðal-ganga):—g. í móti, to resist, Nj. 90, 159, 171: of the tide, en þar gékk í móti útfalls-straumr, Eg. 600:—g. saman, to go together, marry, Grág. i. 324, Fms. xi. 77: of a bargain, agreement, við þetta gékk saman sættin, Nj. 250; saman gékk kaupit með þeim, 259:—g. sundr, to go asunder, part, and of a bargain, to be broken off, passim:—g. til, to step out, come along; gangit til, ok blótið, 623. 59; gangit til, ok hyggit at, landsmenn, Fms. iv. 282: to offer oneself, to volunteer, Bs. i. 23, 24: the phrase, e-m gengr e-ð til e-s, to purpose, intend; en þat gékk mér til þess ( that was my reason) at ek ann þér eigi, etc., Ísl. ii. 269; sagði, at honum gékk ekki ótrúnaðr til þessa, Fms. x. 39; gékk Flosa þat til, at …, Nj. 178; gengr mér meirr þat til, at ek vilda firra vini mína vandræðum, Fms. ii. 171; mælgi gengr mér til, ‘tis that I have spoken too freely, Orkn. 469, Fms. vi. 373, vii. 258: to fare, hversu hefir ykkr til gengið, how have you fared? Grett. 48 new Ed.; Loka gékk lítt til, it fared ill with L., Fb. i. 276: mod., þat gékk svá til, it so happened, but not freq., as bera við is better, (tilgangr, intention):—g. um e-t, to go about a thing; g. um sættir, to go between, as peacemaker, Fms. v. 156; g. um beina, to attend guests, Nj. 50, passim: to manage, fékk hón svá um gengit, Grett. 197 new Ed.; hversu þér genguð um mitt góðs, 206: to spread over, in the phrase, má þat er um margan gengr; þess er um margan gengr guma, Hm. 93: to veer, go round, of the wind, gékk um veðrit ok styrmdi at þeim, the wind went round and a gale met them, Bs. i. 775:—g. undan, to go before, escape, Ver. 15, Fms. vii. 217, Blas. 49: to be lost, wasted, jafnmikit sem undan gékk af hans vanrækt, Gþl. 338: to absent oneself, eggjuðusk ok báðu engan undan g., Fms. x. 238:—g. undir, to undertake a duty, freq.: to set, of the sun, Rb. 468, Vígl. (in a verse): to go into one’s possession, power, Fms. vii. 207;—g. upp, to be wasted, of money, Fær. 39, Fms. ix. 354: of stones or earth-bound things, to get loose, be torn loose, þeir glímdu svá at upp gengu stokkar allir í húsinu, Landn. 185; flest gékk upp þat sem fyrir þeim varð, Háv. 40, Finnb. 248; ok gékk ór garðinum upp ( was rent loose) garðtorfa frosin, Eb. 190: to rise, yield, when summoned, Sturl. iii. 236: of a storm, gale, to get up, rise, veðr gékk upp at eins, Grett. 94, Bárð. 169; gengr upp stormr hinn sami, Bs. ii. 50: of an ice-bound river, to swell, áin var ákafliga mikil, vóru höfuðísar at báðum-megin, en gengin upp ( swoln with ice) eptir miðju, Ld. 46, Fbr. 20 new Ed., Bjarn. 52; vötnin upp gengin, Fbr. 114; áin var gengin upp ok íll yfirferðar, Grett. 134:—g. við, in the phrase, g. við staf, to go with a staff, rest on it: with dat., g. við e-u, to avow (vide ganga í gegn above):—g. yfir, to spread, prevail, áðr Kristnin gengi yfir, Fms. x. 273; hétu á heiðin goð til þess at þau léti eigi Kristnina g. yfir landit, Bs. i. 23: the phrase, láta eitt g. yfir báða, to let one fate go over both, to stand by one another for weal and woe; hefi ek því heitið honum at eitt skyldi g. yfir okkr bæði, Nj. 193, 201, 204, Gullþ. 8: so in the saying, má þat er yfir margan gengr, a common evil is easier to bear, Fbr. 45 new Ed. (vide um above); muntu nú verða at segja slíkt sem yfir hefir gengið, all that has happened, Fms. xi. 240; þess gengr ekki yfir þá at þeir vili þeim lengr þjóna, they will no longer serve them, come what may, Orkn. 84: to overrun, tyrannize over, þeir vóru ójafnaðar menn ok ganga þar yfir alla menn, Fms. x. 198 (yfirgangr): to transgress, Hom. 109: to overcome, þótti öllum mönnum sem hann mundi yfir allt g., Fms. vii. 326: a naut. term, to dash over, as spray, áfall svá mikit at yfir gékk þegar skipit, Bs. i. 422; hence the metaph. phrase, g. yfir e-n, to be astonished; það gengr yfir mig, it goes above me, I am astonished.

C. Used singly, of various things:

1. of cattle, horses, to graze (haga-gangr); segja menn at svín hans gengi á Svínanesi, en sauðir á Hjarðarnesi, Landn. 124, Eg. 711; kálfrinn óx skjótt ok gékk í túni um sumarit, Eb. 320; Freyfaxi gengr í dalnum fram, Hrafn. 6; þar var vanr at g. hafr um túnit, Nj. 62; þar var til grass (görs) at g., Ld. 96, Grág. passim; gangandi gripr, cattle, beasts, Bjarn. 22; ganganda fé, id., Sturl. i. 83, Band. 2, Ísl. ii. 401.

2. of shoals of fish, to go up, in a river or the like (fiski-ganga, -gengd); vötn er netnæmir fiskar g. í, Grág. i. 149; til landauðnar horfði í Ísafirði áðr fiskr gékk upp á Kvíarmiði, Sturl. ii. 177; fiskr er genginn inn ór álum, Bb. 3. 52.

3. of the sun, stars, vide B. above, (sólar-gangr hæstr, lengstr, and lægstr skemstr = the longest and shortest day); áðr sól gangi af Þingvelli, Grág. i. 24; því at þar gékk eigi sól af um skamdegi, Landn. 140, Rb. passim:—of a thunder-storm, þar gékk reiði-duna með eldingu, Fb. iii. 174:—of the tide, stream, water, vide B. above, eða gangi at vötn eða skriður, K. Þ. K. 78.

4. of a ship, gékk þá skipit mikit, Eg. 390, Fms. vi. 249; létu svá g. suðr fyrir landit, Eg. 78; lét svá g. suðr allt þar til er hann sigldi í Englands-haf, Ó. H. 149; réru nótt ok dag sem g. mátti, Eg. 88; gékk skipit brátt út á haf, Ó. H. 136.

β. to pass; kvað engi skip skyldi g. (go, pass) til Íslands þat sumar, Ld. 18.

II. metaph. to run out, stretch out, project, of a landscape or the like; gengr haf fyrir vestan ok þar af firðir stórir, Eg. 57; g. höf stór ór útsjánum inn í jörðina; haf (the Mediterranean) gengr af Njörva-sundum (the Straits of Gibraltar), Hkr. i. 5; nes mikit gékk í sæ út, Eg. 129, Nj. 261; í gegnum Danmörk gengr sjór (the Baltic) í Austrveg, A. A. 288; fyrir austan hafs-botn þann (Bothnia) er gengr til móts við Gandvík (the White Sea), Orkn. begin.: frá Bjarmalandi g. lönd til úbygða, A. A. 289; Europa gengr allt til endimarka Hispaniae, Stj. 83; öllum megin gengr at henni haf ok kringir um hana, 85; þessi þinghá gékk upp ( extended) um Skriðudal, Hrafn. 24: of houses, af fjósi gékk forskáli, Dropl. 28.

2. to spread, branch out; en af því tungurnar eru ólíkar hvár annarri, þær þegar, er ór einni ok hinni sömu hafa gengit eða greinzt, þá þarf ólíka stafi í at hafa, Skálda (Thorodd) 160: of a narrative, gengr þessi saga mest af Sverri konungi, this story goes forth from him, i. e. relates to, tells of him, Fb. ii. 533; litlar sögur megu g. af hesti mínum, Nj. 90; um fram alla menn Norræna þá er sögur g. frá, Fms. i. 81.

III. to take the lead, prevail; gékk þaðan af í Englandi Valska, thereafter (i. e. after the Conquest) the Welsh tongue prevailed in England, Ísl. ii. 221; ok þar allt sem Dönsk tunga gengi, Fms. xi. 19; meðan Dönsk tunga gengr, x. 179:—of money, to be current, hundrað aura þá er þá gengu í gjöld, Dropl. 16; eigi skulu álnar g. aðrar en þessar, Grág. i. 498; í þenna tíð gékk hér silfr í allar stórskuldir, 500, Fms. viii. 270; eptir því sem gengr ( the course) flestra manna í millum, Gþl. 352:—of laws, to be valid, ok var nær sem sín lög gengi í hverju fylki, Fms. iv. 18; Óðinn setti lög í landi sínu þau er gengit höfðu fyrr með Ásum, Hkr. i. 13; þeirra laga er gengu á Uppsala-þingi, Ó. H. 86; hér hefir Kristindóms-bálk þann er g. skal, N. G. L. i. 339; sá siðr er þá gékk, Fb. i. 71, (vide ganga yfir):—of sickness, plague, famine, to rage, þá gékk landfarsótt, bóla, drepsótt, hallæri, freq.; also impers., gékk því hallæri um allt Ísland, Bs. i. 184; mikit hallæri ok hart gékk yfir fólkið, 486, v. l.; gékk sóttin um haustið fyrir sunnan land; þá gékk mest plágan fyrri, Ann. 1402, 1403.

IV. to go on, last, in a bad sense, of an evil; tókst síðan bardagi, ok er hann hafði gengit um hríð, Fs. 48: impers., hefir þessu gengit ( it has gone on) marga manns-aldra, Fms. i. 282; gékk því lengi, so it went on a long while, Grett. 79 new Ed.; gékk þessu enn til dags, Nj. 272; ok gékk því um hríð, 201; ok gékk því allan þann dag, Fms. vii. 147; lát því g. í allt sumar, xi. 57; gengr þessu þar til er …, Fb. i. 258.

V. denoting violence; létu g. bæði grjót ok vápn, Eg. 261; létu þá hvárir-tveggju g. allt þat er til vápna höfðu, Fms. ix. 44; láta höggin g., to let it rain blows, Úlf. 12. 40; háðung, spottyrði, hróp ok brigzl hver lét með öðrum g. á víxl, Pass. 14. 3, (vápna-gangr); Birkibeinar róa þá eptir, ok létu g. lúðrana, and sounded violently the alarum, Fms. ix. 50, (lúðra-gangr); láta dæluna g., to pour out bad language, vide dæla.

VI. to be able to go on, to go, partly impers.; ef þat gengr eigi, if that will not do, Fms. vi. 284; svá þykt at þeim gékk þar ekki at fara, they stood so close that they could not proceed there, Nj. 247; þá nam þar við, gékk þá eigi lengra, there was a stop; then it could go no farther, Fms. xi. 278; leiddu þeir skipit upp eptir ánni, svá sem gékk, as far as the ship could go, as far as the river was navigable, Eg. 127: esp. as a naut. term, impers., e. g. þeim gékk ekki fyrir nesið, they could not clear the ness; þá gengr eigi lengra, ok fella þeir þá seglið, Bs. i. 423; at vestr gengi um Langanes, 485, v. l.

VII. with adverbs; g. létt, fljótt, to go smoothly; g. þungt, seint, to go slowly; oss munu öll vápna-viðskipti þungt g. við þá, Nj. 201; þungt g. oss nú málaferlin, 181; gékk þeim lítt atsóknin, Stj. 385; at þeim feðgum hefði þá allir hlutir léttast gengit, Bs. i. 274; seint gengr, Þórir, greizlan, Ó. H. 149; g. betr, verr, to get the better, the worse; gékk Ribbungum betr í fyrstu, Fms. ix. 313; gengu ekki mjök kaupin, the bargain did not go well, Nj. 157, cp. ganga til (B. above):—to turn out, hversu g. mundi orrostan, 273; gékk þá allt eptir því sem Hallr hafði sagt, 256; ef kviðir g. í hag sækjanda, if the verdict goes for the plaintiff, Grág. i. 87; þótti þetta mál hafa gengit at óskum, Dropl. 14; mart gengr verr en varir, a saying, Hm. 39; þykir honum nú at sýnu g. ( it seems to him evident) at hann hafi rétt hugsað, Fms. xi. 437; g. andæris, to go all wrong, Am. 14; g. misgöngum, to go amiss, Grág. i. 435; g. e-m í tauma, to turn false ( crooked); þat mun mér lítt í tauma g. er Rútr segir, Nj. 20; g. ofgangi, to go too high, Fms. vii. 269.

VIII. of a blow or the like; hafði gengit upp á miðjan fetann, the axe went in up to the middle of the blade, Nj. 209; gékk þegar á hol, 60; gékk í gegnum skjöldinn, 245, Fb. i. 530.

IX. of law; láta próf g., to make an enquiry; láta vátta g., to take evidence, D. N.

X. to be gone, be lost; gékk hér með holdit niðr at beini, the flesh was torn off, Fb. i. 530: esp. in pass. part. genginn, dead, gone, eptir genginn guma, Hm. 71; moldar-genginn, buried, Sl. 60; hel-genginn, 68; afli genginn, gone from strength, i. e. powerless, Skv. 3. 13.

β. gone, past; gengið er nú það görðist fyr, a ditty; mér er gengið heimsins hjól, gone for me is the world’s wheel ( luck), a ditty.

XI. used as transit. with acc.; hann gengr björninn á bak aptr, he broke the bear’s back in grappling with him, Finnb. 248; ok gengr hana á bak, ok brýtr í sundr í henni hrygginn, Fb. i. 530.

2. medic. with dat. to discharge; ganga blóði, to discharge blood (Dan. blodgang), Bs. i. 337, 383; Arius varð bráðdauðr ok gékk ór sér öllum iðrum, Ver. 47.

D. REFLEX.:

I. singly, gangask, to be altered, to change, be corrupted; gangask í munni, of tradition; var þat löng ævi, ok vant at sögurnar hefði eigi gengisk í munni, Ó. H. pref.; má því eigi þetta mál í munni gengisk hafa, Fb. ii. Sverr. S. pref.; ok mættim vér ráða um nokkut, at málit gengisk, that the case could miscarry, be lost, Glúm. 380:—láta gangask, to let pass. waive; lét Páll þá g. þá hluti er áðr höfðu í millum staðit, Sturl. i. 102; ef þú lætr eigi g. þat er ek kref þik, Fms. xi. 61.

2. e-m gengsk hugr við e-t, to change one’s mind, i. e. to be moved to compassion, yield; sótti hón þá svá at honum gékksk hugr við, Eb. 264; þá gékksk Þorgerði hugr við harma-tölur hans, Ld. 232; ok mun honum g. hugr við þat, svá at hann mun fyrirgefa þér, Gísl. 98; nú sem hann grét, gékksk Ísak hugr við, Stj. 167; er sendimaðr fann at Birni gékksk hugr við féit, Ó. H. 194; við slíkar fortölur hennar gékksk Einari hugr (E. was swayed) til ágirni, Orkn. 24.

II. with prepp. (cp. B. above); gangask at, to ‘go at it,’ engage in a fight; nú gangask þeir at fast, Dropl. 24, Ísl. ii. 267; gengusk menn at sveitum, of wrestlers, they wrestled one with another in sections (Dan. flokkevis), Glúm. 354; þeir gengusk at lengi, Finnb. 248:—gangask fyrir, vide B. above:—gangask í gegn, at móti, to stand against, fight against; at vér látim ok eigi þá ráða er mest vilja í gegn gangask (i. e. the extreme on each side), Íb. 12, cp. Fms. ii. 241; at þeir skipaði til um fylkingar sínar, hverjar sveitir móti skyldi g., i. e. to pair the combatants off, ix. 489; þeir risu upp ok gengusk at móti, Stj. 497. 2 Sam. ii. 15:—g. nær, to come to close quarters (Lat. cominus gerere), Nj. 176, Fms. xi. 240:—gangask á, to dash against one another, to split; á gengusk eiðar, the oaths were broken, Vsp. 30: to be squared off against one another, sú var görð þeirra, at á gengusk vígin húskarlanna, Rd. 288; ekki er annars getið en þeir léti þetta á gangask, i. e. they let it drop, Bjarn. 47; gangask fyrir, to fall off, Fms. iii. 255:—gangask við, to grow, gain strength; áðr en við gengisk hans bæn, before his prayer should be fulfilled, x. 258; ef þat er ætlað at trúa þessi skuli við g., Nj. 162; hétu þeir fast á guðin, at þau skyldi eigi láta við garrgask Kristniboð Ólafs konungs, Fms. ii. 32; þetta gékksk við um öll þau fylki, vii. 300; mikit gékksk Haraldr við (H. grew fast) um vöxt ok afl, Fb. i. 566; Eyvindr hafði mikið við gengizk um menntir, E. had much improved himself in good breeding, Hrafn. 24; vildi hann prófa hvárr þeirra meira hafði við gengisk, which of them had gained most strength, Grett. 107: to be in vogue, in a bad sense, ok löngum við gengisk öfund ok rangindi, Fms. i. 221, cp. Pass. 37. 7:—gangask ór stað, to be removed, Fms. xi. 107.

III. in the phrase, e-m gengsk vel, ílla, it goes well, ill with one, Hom. 168, Am. 53; ílls gengsk þér aldri, nema …, the evil will never leave thee, thou wilt never be happy, unless …, 65.

Adj.; panic...; Flucht, Stimme: panic-stricken; panisch sein be of panic proportions; Reaktion: be one of panic; panische Angst (feeling of) sheer terror, (mortal) terror; panische Angst haben be terrified (out of one’s wits), be frightened out of one’s mind; ich habe panische Angst, dass mir der Computer abstürzt I live in terror of my computer crashing

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1. adj no pred

2. adv

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I. adj attr panic-stricken

in \panischer Erregung panic-stricken

II. adv in panic

sich akk \panisch fürchten to be terrified

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Adjektiv panic attrib. <fear, terror>; panic-stricken <voice, flight>

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panisch adj; panic …; Flucht, Stimme: panic-stricken;

panisch sein be of panic proportions; Reaktion: be one of panic;

panische Angst (feeling of) sheer terror, (mortal) terror;

panische Angst haben be terrified (out of one’s wits), be frightened out of one’s mind;

ich habe panische Angst, dass mir der Computer abstürzt I live in terror of my computer crashing

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Adjektiv panic attrib. <fear, terror>; panic-stricken <voice, flight>

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panic adj. adv.

in a panic adv.

1. убить кого, убиться \С-391 ( adv (intensif)) used to emphasize the finality and fatal result of the action

kill s.o. ( o.s.) dead.

2. ( adv (intensif) or modif) to an extreme degree: напугать (испугать, перепугать) кого - = scare (frighten) s.o. to death

напугаться (испугаться, перепугаться) \С-391 - be scared (frightened) to death

\С-391 надоел (наскучил) кому - s.o. is sick to death of him (it etc)

скучно кому \С-391 = s.o. is bored to death (to tears, out of his mind, stiff)

- хотеть ( \С-391 хочется кому) - one ( s.o.) is (just) dying (to get (do) sth.)

\С-391 не хотеть ( — не хочется кому) — one ( s.o.) would (almost) rather die (than do sth.)

- любить кого -love s.o. to death (to distraction)

- не любить что (что делать) - loathe (doing) sth.

\С-391 устать (измучиться) - be dead (deathly) tired

заговорить кого \С-391 - talk s.o. to death

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1. убить кого, убиться - [adv (intensif)]

⇒ used to emphasize the finality and fatal result of the action:

- kill s.o. < o.s.> dead.

2. [adv (intensif) or modif]

⇒ to an extreme degree:

- напугать (испугать, перепугать) кого до смерти ≈ scare (frighten) s.o. to death;

- scare (frighten) s.o. out of his wits;

- scare the (living) daylights out of s.o.;

- give s.o. the fright of his life;

- scare the pants off s.o.;

|| напугаться (испугаться, перепугаться) до смерти ≈ be scared (frightened) to death;

- be scared (frightened) out of one's wits;

- be scared stiff (silly);

|| до смерти надоел (наскучил) кому≈ s.o. is sick to death of him (it etc;

- s.o. is sick and tired of him (it etc;

- s.o. is fed up to here (with him <it etc>);

|| скучно кому до смерти ≈ s.o. is bored to death (to tears, out of his mind, stiff);

- s.o. is dying of boredom;

|| до смерти хотеть < до смерти хочется кому> ≈ one (s.o.) is (just) dying (to get (do) sth.);

|| до смерти не хотеть < до смерти не хочется кому> - one (s.o.) would (almost) rather die (than do sth.);

|| до смерти любить кого≈ love s.o. to death (to distraction);

- be crazy about s.o.;

|| до смерти не любить что (что делать) ≈ loathe (doing) sth.;

- not be able to stand (doing) sth.;

- have a mortal aversion to (doing) sth.;

|| до смерти устать (измучиться) ≈ be dead (deathly) tired;

- be dead beat;

|| заговорить кого до смерти ≈ talk s.o. to death;

- talk s.o.'s ear off.

     ♦ "Нянечка до смерти напугана случившимся" (Чернёнок 2). "The nurse's aide is frightened out of her wits by what happened" (2a).

     ♦ Правда, и Зина, когда уже кончилось, болтала, что в кабинете, у камина, после того как Борменталь и профессор вышли из смотровой, её до смерти напугал Иван Арнольдович (Булгаков И). It's true, also, that when everything was over, Zina babbled that Ivan Arnoldovich [Bormenthal] had given her the fright of her life in the office after he and the professor had left the examination room (11a).

     ♦...Борисов хлопнул [гипсовый бюст] Сталина по голове и затряс рукой от боли, но тут же выражение боли на его лице сменилось выражением смертельного страха... Он раскрыл рот и смотрел на Голубева не отрываясь, словно загипнотизированный. А тот и сам до смерти перепугался. (Войнович 2)....Borisov whacked [the plaster bust of] Stalin on the head, then shook his hand in pain. Instantly, the expression of pain on his face changed into one of mortal fear....He opened his mouth and stared at Golubev as if hypnotized. Golubev, meanwhile, was scared to death himself (2a).

     ♦ К числу мелких литературных штампов Бунин... относил, например, привычку ремесленников-беллетристов того времени своего молодого героя непременно называть "студент первого курса"... "До смерти надоели все эти литературные студенты первого курса", - говорил Бунин (Катаев 3). Among the minor literary cliches Bunin...included, for example, the hack-writer's habit in those days of describing his hero as a "first-year student."..."I am sick to death of all these literary first-year students," Bunin would say (3a).

     ♦ [Серафима:] Турку до смерти русского студня хочется, а не может на русском говорить (Эрдман 1). [S.:] The Turk was just dying to get some of the Russian meat-jelly but couldn't speak any Russian (1a).

     ♦ Даже по ушам его шапки было видно, что он до смерти не хочет ехать (Булгаков 6). The very earflaps of his hat told me that he would almost rather die than go (6a).

     ♦ С тех пор как его любимая лошадь Кукла, во время войны мобилизованная для доставки боеприпасов на перевал, вдруг сама вернулась домой, до смерти замученная... он дал себе слово никогда не заводить лошадей (Искандер 5). Ever since his beloved horse Dolly had been mobilized during the war to deliver military supplies to the pass, and had suddenly come home by herself, deathly tired...he had made himself a vow never to raise horses (5a).

     ♦ "Дядя Сандро, может, и смог бы ее перепить, да ведь она его сначала заговорит до смерти, а там уж и перепьет!" (Искандер 5). "Maybe Uncle Sandro could outdrink her, but she'll talk him to death first and then she'll outdrink him!" (5a).

peur [pœʀ]

• être mort de peur to be scared out of one's wits

• prendre peur to take fright

• la peur du gendarme (inf) the fear of being caught

• il a eu une peur bleue he had a bad fright

• il a une peur bleue de sa femme he's scared stiff (inf) of his wife

• il m'a fait une de ces peurs ! he didn't half (inf) give me a fright!

► avoir peur to be frightened (de of)

• avoir peur pour qn to be afraid for sb

• n'ayez pas peur (craindre) don't be afraid ; (s'inquiéter) don't worry

• il n'a peur de rien he's afraid of nothing

• j'ai bien peur/très peur qu'il ne pleuve I'm afraid/very much afraid it's going to rain

• il va échouer ? -- j'en ai (bien) peur is he going to fail? -- I'm afraid he is

• j'ai peur qu'il ne vous ait menti I fear that he might have lied to you

• il a eu plus de peur que de mal he was more frightened than hurt► faire peur à qn ( = intimider) to frighten sb ; ( = causer une frayeur à) to give sb a fright

• tout lui fait peur he's frightened of everything

• le travail ne lui fait pas peur he's not afraid of hard work► de peur de for fear of

• il a accepté de peur de les vexer he accepted for fear of annoying them

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nom féminin gén fear; ( soudaine) fright, scare

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peur nf gén fear; ( soudaine) fright, scare; la peur de l'inconnu/de la mort/du ridicule fear of the unknown/of death/of ridicule; être mort or vert de peur to be scared to death; être pris de or prendre peur to take fright; une peur panique s'empara de lui he was panic-stricken; vivre dans la peur de to live in fear ou dread of; avoir peur to be afraid ou scared ou frightened (de of); avoir peur que to be afraid that; il a peur des chiens/de son père/de sa femme/du chômage he's afraid ou frightened of dogs/of his father/of his wife/of unemployment; j'ai eu une de ces peurs! I got such a scare!, I got ou had a terrible fright; elle a peur de prendre l'avion/mourir she's afraid of flying/dying; je n'ai qu'une peur, c'est qu'il pleuve I 'm only afraid of one thing, that it will rain; j'ai (bien) peur qu'il ne soit trop tard! I'm afraid it may be too late!; j'en ai bien peur I'm afraid so; j'ai toujours peur qu'il ait un accident I'm always afraid that he'll have an accident; il n'a peur de rien lit he's not afraid of anything, he's fearless; iron he knows no shame; il veut courir le marathon sans s'être préparé? il n'a pas peur! he wants to run the marathon without having trained? he's being very optimistic!; il n'a pas peur de se contredire/se ridiculiser it doesn't seem to worry him if he contradicts himself/makes a fool of himself; n'ayez pas peur ( ne soyez pas effrayé) don't be afraid; ( ne vous inquiétez pas) don't worry; avoir peur pour qn to be afraid for sb; avoir plus de peur que de mal to be more frightened than hurt; faire peur à qn to frighten ou scare sb; il s'amuse à faire peur aux petits enfants he enjoys frightening ou scaring small children; tu ne me fais pas peur! I'm not afraid ou frightened of you!; je ne t'ai pas entendu entrer, tu m'as fait peur I didn't hear you coming in, you gave me a fright ou a scare; le bruit a fait peur aux biches qui se sont enfuies the noise frightened the deer away; être laid à faire peur to be hideously ugly; maigre or d'une maigreur à faire peur terribly thin; le travail ne nous fait pas peur we're not afraid of hard work; trois heures de marche ça ne me fait pas peur! I'm not afraid of a three-hour walk!; il est poli/généreux ça fait peur○! iron he's not exactly the most polite/generous man in the world; de or par peur de for fear of; il n'a rien dit de peur de le contrarier he said nothing for fear of annoying him ou lest he annoy him sout; il l'a tuée de peur qu'elle ne parle he killed her for fear that she might talk ou lest she talk; ⇒ bleu.

[pɶr] nom féminin

1. [sentiment] fear, apprehension, alarm

a. [ne t'effraie pas] don't be afraid

b. [ne t'inquiète pas] don't worry

2. [phobie] fear

il a peur en avion he's afraid of flying

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dans la peur de locution prépositionnelle

vivre dans la peur de quelque chose to live in fear (and trembling (littéraire)) ou in dread of something

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de peur de locution prépositionnelle

je ne disais rien de peur de lui faire du mal I said nothing for fear that I might ou in case I hurt her

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de peur que locution conjonctive

par peur de locution prépositionnelle

il cèdera au chantage par peur du scandale the fear of a scandal will make him give in to blackmail

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sans peur locution adverbiale

fearlessly, undaunted, gamely (littéraire)

1) General subject: (кого-л.) leave aghast, (кого-л.) scare stiff, (кого-л.) to scape the daylights out of (smb.), scare seven bells out of somebody

2) Colloquial: scare out of (one's) wits, scare the pants off, scare the living daylights out of someone

3) Jargon: scare out of one's wits

4) Makarov: (кого-л.) frighten out of existence, (кого-л.) frighten out of his wits, (кого-л.) frighten the daylights out of

5) Taboo: (кого-л.) scare somebody shitless

1) consciousness; hafa v. sitt, vita vits síns, to be in one’s senses, be conscious;

2) intelligence, cognizance; á. fárra (allra) manna viti, within few (all) men’s knowledge;

3) wit, understanding, reason; vel viti borinn, with a good understanding; ganga af vitinu, to go out of one’s wits, go mad (hann varð svá hræddr, at hann gekk náliga af vitinu); þat er mitt v., at, it is my opinion that;

4) sense, organ of sense (ekki v. manns heyrirnema eyru);

5) pl., a place where a thing is kept, receptacle (varðveita e-t í vitum sínum);

6) visiting, searching; fór M. jarl vestr um haf á v. ríkis sins, M. returned to his kingdom; ríða á v. sín, to look after one’s own affairs.

pers. pron. dual, we two.

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n. [from vita; A. S. ge-wit; Engl. wit; Germ. witz; Dan. vid]:—consciousness, sense; vera í viti sínu, to be in one’s senses, to be conscious, of a wounded person, N. G. L. i. 306; ef hón mælir eigi í viti, 340; vitandi vits, Hm., Fb. ii. 76; ú-vit, insensibility; öng-vit, a swoon: inn fyrsti gaf önd ok líf, annarr vit ok hræring, þriði mál ok heyrn, Edda.

2. intelligence, cognisance (= vitorð); var þetta fyrst á fárra manna viti, Nj. 229; ok var þat á fárra manna viti, 258, Mar. 656 A. 18; þat er eigi var á allra manna viti, within all men’s knowledge, Sturl. iii. 5; er þat eigi á váru viti, Stj. 216.

3. wit, understanding, reason; þá mælti Austmaðr at Sighvatr skyldi fyrst eta höfuðit af fiskinum, kvað þar vit hvers kvikendis í fólgit, Fms. iv. 89; ganga af vitinu, to go out of one’s wits, go mad, Fas. i. 92, Karl. 468; hann var fyrir reiði sakir mjök svá af vitinu, Barl. 102; vit heitir speki, Edda 110; minni, vit, skilning, Skálda; engi er hans maki at viti, Nj. 36; ágætr fyrir vits sakir, Fms. ii. 44; spakr at viti, wise, i. 58; þar ferr vit eptir vænleik, Ld. 198; manna vænstr til vits, Fms. ix. 480; em ek svá viti borinn, Fær. 200; vel viti borinn, with a good understanding, Fb. ii. 109; mann-vit, ú-vit, verks-vit, hug-vit; the allit. phrase, með vitum (= vitnum) ok váttum, with wit and witness, N. G. L. i. 180; þat er mitt vit ( my opinion), at …, Sturl. i. 45.

II. plur. in spec. usages, a place where a thing is kept or hoarded, a case (Dan. gjemmer); fannsk engi hlutr í vitum hans, Fms. ii. 57; hann varðveitti í vitum sínum annars manns fingr-gull, Bs. i. 197; þú hefir í vitum þínum lík barns, … láta rannsaka vit sín, Clem. 134; ek ætla annat heldr at þú munir hafa hann í vitum þínum, Vápn. 9; rannsökum vit Simonar ok vitum hvat vér finnum þar, … Simon vill eigi láta rannzaka vit sín, Clem. 134.

2. a dual (?), the nostrils, including the mouth, i. e. the ‘cases’ of breath and life; blóð rann ákaft af munni hans ok vitum, Fas. iii. 437 (a paper MS.); hélt hann þeim (the hands) fyrir vitin á sér, ellegar hefði hann öndina misst í ógna hver, he held his hands before his nostrils and mouth, or he would have lost his breath in that dreadful cauldron, Stef. Ól.; rann mikill sjór af vitum hans = ἂν στόμα τε δινάς θ, Od. v. 456: hence later, esp. in eccl. usage, one’s wits, the five senses; fimm líkams vitum várum, Greg. 23, MS. 625. 177; öllum vitum ens ytra manns ok ens iðra, Hom. 53; gæta fimm líkams vita várra, Hom. (St.); also skilningar-vit = ‘wit-cases’, i. e. the five senses.

B. vit [vita A. IV], in the adverbial phrase, á vit e-m or e-s, ‘towards a person,’ calling on, visiting; koma e-m á vit e-s, to bring one towards, Ýt.; jarl sneri þá þangat á vit þeirra, turned towards them, Fms. ix. 310; Englands á vit, towards England, Ód.; for Magnúss jarl vestr um haf á vit ríkis síns, M. returned to his kingdom, Orkn. 158; nú kaupir hann skip, ok ætlar at fara útan á vit fjárins, Bjarn. 13; jarl átti festarmey þar á Englandi ok fór hann þess ráðs á vit, Ó. H. 192; ríða á vit sín, to look after one’s own affairs, Ld. 150 (see ríða); lyfja þeim sitt ofbeldi, nema þeir riði skjótt á vit sín, Al. 10.

f fear of death; fig. mortal fear; Todesängste ausstehen be scared to death, be frightened ( oder scared) out of one’s mind ( oder wits)

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1. (fam: entsetzliche Angst) mortal fear

Todesängste ausstehen (fam) to be scared to death, to be frightened out of one's wits

2. (Angst vor dem Sterben) fear of death

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1) fear of death

2) (große Angst) extreme fear

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Todesangst f fear of death; fig mortal fear;

Todesängste ausstehen be scared to death, be frightened ( oder scared) out of one’s mind ( oder wits)

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1) fear of death

2) (große Angst) extreme fear

1. биться, сражаться и т. п. \Ж-58 борьба, война и т. п. \Ж-58 ( adv (intensif, more often used with impfv verbs) or postmodif) (to struggle, fight) to an ultimate conclusion, ruthlessly, not sparing one's life

fight to the death (to the bitter end)

2. рассердиться, испугаться, перепугать кого и т. п. \Ж-58 ( adv (intensif)) (to get angry, get scared, frighten s.o. etc) to an extreme degree, very intensely: рассердиться - = fly into a wild (deadly) rage

испугаться \Ж-58 - get scared stiff (out of one's wits)

перепугать кого \Ж-58 - scare s.o. stiff (out of s.o. wits)

враждовать \Ж-58 = be sworn (mortal) enemies

избить кого \Ж-58 - beat (thrash) s.o. within an inch of s.o. fc life

ругать кого \Ж-58 - curse (chew) s.o. out

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1. биться, сражаться и т.п. не на живот, а на смерть ; борьба, война и т.п. не на живот, а на смерть [adv (intensif, more often used with impfv verbs) or postmodif]

⇒ (to struggle, fight) to an ultimate conclusion, ruthlessly, not sparing one's life:

- fight to the death < to the bitter end>;

- wage a life-and-death struggle;

- [in limited contexts] fight (against) s.o. tooth and nail.

     ♦ В СССР сейчас во всем борются не на жизнь, а на смерть партия Памяти с партией Надежды, партия прошлого с партией будущего (Аллилуева 2). At present in the USSR there is a constant life-and-death struggle between the Party of Memory and the Party of Hope, the Party of the Past and the Party of the Future (2a).

2. рассердиться, испугаться, перепугать кого и т.п. не на живот, а на смерть [adv (intensif)]

⇒ (to get angry, get scared, frighten s.o. etc) to an extreme degree, very intensely:

- рассердиться≈ fly into a wild (deadly) rage;

- get furious;

|| испугатьсяне на живот, а на смерть ≈ get scared stiff < out of one's wits>;

- get the life scared out of one;

|| перепугать когоне на живот, а на смерть ≈ scare s.o. stiff <out of s.o.'s wits>;

- scare the life out of s.o.;

|| враждоватьне на живот, а на смерть ≈ be sworn (mortal) enemies;

|| избить когоне на живот, а на смерть ≈ beat (thrash) s.o. within an inch of s.o.'s life;

|| ругать когоне на живот, а на смерть ≈ curse (chew) s.o. out;

- curse s.o. for all one is worth.

     ♦ Автор чрезвычайно затрудняется, как назвать ему обеих дам таким образом, чтобы опять не рассердились на него... Назвать выдуманною фамилией опасно. Какое ни придумай имя, уж непременно найдется в каком-нибудь углу нашего государства... кто-нибудь носящий его и непременно рассердится не на живот, а на смерть, станет говорить, что автор нарочно приезжал секретно с тем, чтобы выведать все, что он такое сам, и в каком тулупчике ходит... (Гоголь 3). The author is in a quandary how to name these two ladies without rousing anger....To invent names for them would be dangerous. However fictitious the name, there will always be someone in some out-of-the-way comer of our empire...who will lay some claim to it, fly into a deadly rage, and start proclaiming that the author had paid a secret visit with the express purpose of finding out who he was and what sort of sheepskin coat he wore... (3d).

     ♦ Сиделец говорил, что она, во-первых, ему не платит долг, во-вторых, разобидела его в собственной его лавке и, мало того, обещала исколотить его не на живот, а на смерть руками своих приверженцев (Герцен 1). The shopkeeper declared that, in the first place, she had not paid what she owed him, and, in the second, had insulted him in his own shop and, what was more, threatened that he should be thrashed within an inch of his life by her followers (1a).

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1. биться, сражаться и т.п. не на жизнь, а на смерть ; борьба, война и т.п. не на жизнь, а на смерть [adv (intensif, more often used with impfv verbs) or postmodif]

⇒ (to struggle, fight) to an ultimate conclusion, ruthlessly, not sparing one's life:

- fight to the death < to the bitter end>;

- wage a life-and-death struggle;

- [in limited contexts] fight (against) s.o. tooth and nail.

     ♦ В СССР сейчас во всем борются не на жизнь, а на смерть партия Памяти с партией Надежды, партия прошлого с партией будущего (Аллилуева 2). At present in the USSR there is a constant life-and-death struggle between the Party of Memory and the Party of Hope, the Party of the Past and the Party of the Future (2a).

2. рассердиться, испугаться, перепугать кого и т.п. не на жизнь, а на смерть [adv (intensif)]

⇒ (to get angry, get scared, frighten s.o. etc) to an extreme degree, very intensely:

- рассердиться≈ fly into a wild (deadly) rage;

- get furious;

|| испугатьсяне на жизнь, а на смерть ≈ get scared stiff < out of one's wits>;

- get the life scared out of one;

|| перепугать когоне на жизнь, а на смерть ≈ scare s.o. stiff <out of s.o.'s wits>;

- scare the life out of s.o.;

|| враждоватьне на жизнь, а на смерть ≈ be sworn (mortal) enemies;

|| избить когоне на жизнь, а на смерть ≈ beat (thrash) s.o. within an inch of s.o.'s life;

|| ругать когоне на жизнь, а на смерть ≈ curse (chew) s.o. out;

- curse s.o. for all one is worth.

     ♦ Автор чрезвычайно затрудняется, как назвать ему обеих дам таким образом, чтобы опять не рассердились на него... Назвать выдуманною фамилией опасно. Какое ни придумай имя, уж непременно найдется в каком-нибудь углу нашего государства... кто-нибудь носящий его и непременно рассердится не на живот, а на смерть, станет говорить, что автор нарочно приезжал секретно с тем, чтобы выведать все, что он такое сам, и в каком тулупчике ходит... (Гоголь 3). The author is in a quandary how to name these two ladies without rousing anger....To invent names for them would be dangerous. However fictitious the name, there will always be someone in some out-of-the-way comer of our empire...who will lay some claim to it, fly into a deadly rage, and start proclaiming that the author had paid a secret visit with the express purpose of finding out who he was and what sort of sheepskin coat he wore... (3d).

     ♦ Сиделец говорил, что она, во-первых, ему не платит долг, во-вторых, разобидела его в собственной его лавке и, мало того, обещала исколотить его не на живот, а на смерть руками своих приверженцев (Герцен 1). The shopkeeper declared that, in the first place, she had not paid what she owed him, and, in the second, had insulted him in his own shop and, what was more, threatened that he should be thrashed within an inch of his life by her followers (1a).

bile, gall. -ü bokuna karışmak to be badly frightened, be scared out of one´s wits. - kanalı anat. common bile duct, ductus choledochus, choledochus. -ü kopmak/patlamak to be badly frightened, be scared out of one´s wits. -ünü koparmak/patlatmak /ın/ to scare the daylights out of (someone), scare (someone) out of his wits.

1. (nonagreeing modif) (one is a certain type of person) entirely, in every way: (a NP) to the (very) marrow of one's bones

2.

to an extreme degree

to the marrow of one's bones

робеть и т. п. - » be scared out of one's wits.

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1. [nonagreeing modif]

⇒ (one is a certain type of person) entirely, in every way:

- (a [NP] ) to the (very) marrow of one's bones;

- (a [NP] ) to the core;

- every inch (a < the> [NP]);

- (a [NP] ) through and through;

- [in limited contexts](an) out-and-out ([NP]).

     ♦ "Парамошина я знаю, пролетарий до мозга костей" (Максимов 3). "I know Paramoshin, he's a proletarian to the marrow of his bones" (3a).

2. [adv]

⇒ to an extreme degree:

- to the marrow of one's bones;

- to the bone <the marrow, the core>;

- through and through;

     ♦ "Вот откуда пошло всё то, что случилось с Россией: декадентство, модернизм, революция, молодые люди, подобные вам, до мозга костей заражённые достоевщиной..." (Катаев 3). "That's where all that has happened to Russia now springs from, all the decadence, the modernism, the revolution, young people like yourself, infected to the bone with Dostoevsky ism..." (3a).

     ♦ Решившись, с свойственною ему назойливостью, поехать в деревню к женщине, которую он едва знал... он всё-таки робел до мозга костей... (Тургенев 2). Having decided with characteristic impudence to repair to the country to pay a visit to a lady with whom he was barely acquainted...he was nevertheless scared out of his wits... (2c).

1) General subject: berserk, distracted, distracted (от горя, забот и т.п.), distraught, mad (от чего-либо), mad as a (March) hare, out of (one's) head, out of (one's) wits, out of one's wits, unglued, as mad as a hatter

2) Colloquial: unscrewed

3) Jargon: in a tizzy, wigged out

4) Makarov: mad as a March hare