A

acc. ; sitja á miðjan bekk, to be seated on the middle bench; skyldi konungs sæti vera á þann bekk ; (3) denoting parts of the body ; bita e-n á, barka, to bite one in the throat; skera e-n á háls, to cut one's throat; kalinn á kné, frozen, (frost-bitten) up to the knee. II. of time ; (1) connected with 'evening, morning, the seasons' with the article ; á kveldit, every evening; á sumarit, every summer; á vetrinn, in the winter-time; the plur., however, is much more common in such cases; á nætrnar, by night, everynight: á morgnana, in the morning, every morning; á kveldin, in the evening; á várin, in spring; á sumrin, in summer; á haustin, in autumn (cf. A. II. 1.); dagr' is always used in sing. with the art. suffixed; á daginn, during the day-time, every day in turn; (2) denoting a movement onward in time ; er leið á vetrinn (daginn, kveldit, nóttina). as the winter, &c., wore on. III. fig. and in various relations; (1) on, upon, to; bjóða vöxtu á féit, to offer interest on the money; fá á e-n, to make an impression upon ; koma á rœðu við e-n, to enter into talk with, to speak with; (2) of colour, complexion, in respect of, in regard to: hvítr, jarpr, døkkr á hár, having, white, brown, dark hair; døkkr á hörund, of dark complexion; (3) denoting skill, dexterity; hagr á tré, a good carpenter; hagr á járn, málm, an expert worker in iron, metals; fimir á boga, good at the bow; meistari á hörpuslátt, a master in harp-playing; mikill á íþrótt, highly accomplished; frœðimaðr á landnámssögur ok forna frœði, a great scholar in history and antiquities ; (4) denoting dimensions; á hæð (lengd, breidd, dýpt), in height (length, breadth, depth) ; (5) denoting instrumentality bjargast á sínar hendr, to live on the work of one's own hands; vega á skállir, to weigh in scales; nefna e-n á nafn, by name; (6) denoting manner; á þessa lund, in this wise; á marga (ymsa, alla) vega, in many (various, all) respects; esp. of a language ; mæla, rita á e-a tungu, to speak, write in a tongue; á Irsku, in Irish; (7) in some phrases the acc. is used instead of the dat. ; hann lét ekki á sik finna, he showed no sign of motion ; (8) in distributive sense ; skal mörk kaupa gæzlu á kú eðr oxa, a mark ... for every cow; (9) connected with nouns, in prepositional and adverbial phrases; á hendr e-m, against; á hœla e-m, at one's heels, close behind; á, bak e-m, at the back of, behind; á braut, away; á víxl, so as to cross, cross-wise.
á (gen. ar, pl. ár, gen. á, dat. ám), f. river; hér kemr á til sævar, here the river runs into the sea, fig.,= this is the very end.
á-auki, m. (1) increase; (2) interest of money, yield, profit; (3) reward.
á-austr (-rs), m. abusive language.
á-barning, f. (1) thrashing, flogging, (= barsmíð); (2) assault (of the Evil One), temptation.
á-batan, f.= ábati.
á-bati, m. profit, gain.
á-bersemi, f. disposition to accuse.
á-blátsinn, pp. inspired (bók guðliga áblásin).
á-blásning, f. (1) breathing upon (með elds á.) ; (2) gramm., aspiration ; (3) inspiration ;
á-blástr, m. (1) breathing upon; (2) inspiration.
ábóta-dœmi, n. abbacy, abbotship;
-kosning, f. election of an abbot;
-ligr, a. abbatial;
-sonr, m. son of an abbot;
-stétt, f. the rank, dignity of an abbot;
-stofa, f. abbot's parlour;
-sæti, n. seat of an abbot;
-vald, n. the power, dignity of an abbot.
ábóta-vant, a. n. in need of improvement, imperfect (þar er honum þótti -vant um kristnihaldit).
ábóti, m. abbot.
á-breiða, f. á-breizl, n. bed-covering, counterpane.
á-brúðigr, a.= afbrúðigr;
ábbrýða, v.= afbrýða;
á-brýði, f = afbrýði.
áburðar-klæði, n. pl. fine clothes, showy dress;
-kona, f. a showy, dressy woman;
-maðr, m. showy person, dandy;
-mikill, a. puffed up, showy;
-samligr, -samr, a. showy.

<< Previous Page             Next Page >>