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at hins beilaga Ólafs konungs, at St. Olave's church ; at Ránar, at Ran's (abode). III. Of time; (1) at, in; at upphafi, at first, in the beginning; at silnaði, at parting, when they parted; at páskum, at Easter; at kveldi, at eventide; at þinglausnum, at the close of the Assembly ; at föru, at the ebb; at flœðum, at the floodtide ; (2) adding 'komanda' or 'er kemr'; at ári komanda, next year; at vári, er kemr, next spring; generally with 'komanda' understood; at sumri, hausti, vetri, vári, next summer, &c.; (3) used with an absolute dative and present or past part.; at sér lifanda, during his lifetime ; at öllum ásjándum, in the sight of all; at áheyranda höfðingjanum, in the hearing of the chief; at upprennandi sólu, at sunrise; at liðnum sex vikum, after six weeks are past; at honum önduðum, after his death; (4) denoting uninterrupted succession, after; hverr at öðrum, annarr at öðrum, one after another ; skildu menn at þessu, thereupon, after this; at því (thereafter) kómu aðrar meyjar. IV. fig. and in various uses; (1) to, into, with the notion of destruction or change; brenna (borgina) at ösku, to burn to ashes; verða at ormi, to become a snake; (2) for, as; gefa e-t at gjöf, as a firesent; eiga e-n at vin, to have one as friend; (3) by; taka sverð at hjöltum, by the hilt ; draga út björninn at hlustunum, by the ears; kjósa at afli, álitum, by strength, appearrance; (4) as regards as to; auðigarat fé, wealthy in goods; vænn (fagr) at áliti, fair of face; (5) as a law term, on the grounds of, by reason of; ryða (to challenge) dóm at mægðum, kvið at frændsemi; (6) as a paraphrase of a genitive ; faðir, móðir at barni (= barns, of a child); aðili at sök = aðili sakar ; (7) with adjectives denoting colour, size, age of; hvítr, svartr, rauðr at lit, white, black, red of colour; mikill, lítill at stœrð, vexti, tall, small of stature, tvítugr at aldri, twenty years of age; kýr ar fyrsta, öðrum kálfi, a cow that has calved once, twice; (8) determining the source from which anything comes, of, from ; Ari nam ok marga frœði at þuríði (from her) ; þiggja, kaupa, geta, leigja e-t at e-m, to receive, buy, obtain, borrow a thing from one ; hafa veg (virðing) styrk at e-m, to derive honour, power, from one; (9) according, to, after (heygðr at fornum sið) ; at ráði allra vitrustu manna, by the advice of ; at landslögum, by the law of the land; at vánum, as was to be expected ; at leyfi e-s, by one's leave; (10) in adverbial phrases; gróa (vera grœddr) at heilu, to be quite healed; bíta af allt gras at snøggu, quite bare; at fullu, fully; at vísu, surely; at frjálsu, freely; at eilífu, for ever and ever; at röngu, at réttu, wrongly, rightly; at líku, at sömu, equally, all the same; at mun, at ráði, at marki, to a great extent. B. with acc., after, upon (= eptir) ; sonr á at taka arf at föður sinn, to take the inheritance after his father; eiga féránsdóm at e-n, to hold a court of execution upon a person; at þat (-eptir þat), after that, thereafter; connected with a past part. or adj., at Gamla fallinn, after the fall of Gamli; at Hrungni dauðan, upon the death of Hrungnir. at, (1) as the simple mark of the infinitive, to; at ganga, at ríða, at hlaupa, to walk, to ride, to run; (2) in an objective sense; hann bauð þeim at fara, sitja, he bade (ordered) them to go, sit; gefa e-m at eta, at drekka, to give one to eat, to drink; (3) denoting design or purpose, in order to (hann gekk í borg at kaupa silfr).
at, (1) demonstrative particle before a comparative, the, all the, so much the; hón grét at meir, she wept the more; þykkir oss at líkara, all the more likely; þú ert maðr at verri (so much the worse), er þú hefir þetta mælt ; (2) rel. pron., who, which, that (= er); þeir allir, at þau tiðindi heyrðu, all those who heard; sem þeim er títt, at (as is the custom of those who) kaupferðir reka.

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