Jakob Jakobsen

“ Duw. = the western part of Dunrossness, etc.
Ub. = Burrafirth in Unst [1] . Uc. = Colvidale in Unst (Ue) . Um. or Ubalt. = the middle part of Unst (the district of Baltasound) . Umo = Mooness (Muness) in Unst (Us.-e.) . Yb. = the neighbourhood of Bastavoe in Yell [2] . Ym. = Mid Yell. Yh. — the neighbourhood of “de Herra” in Yell. Feh. = the neighbourhood of “de Herra” in Fetlar. Fef. = Funzie in Fetlar (Fee.) . Nmg. = Gunnister in the western part of Northmavine. ”

“ A.S. = Anglo-Saxon.
(in) acc. (with) = (in) accordance (with) .
acc. (to) = according (to) .
accus. = accusative.
adj. = adjective.
adv. = adverb.
appl. = applied.
art. = article.
c. = common gender. ”

“ Balf., Balfour = the Glossary to David Balfour’s “Oppressions of the Sixteenth Century in the Islands of Orkney and Zetland”, Edinburgh 1859 (Maitland Club) , and also his Glossary to “Odal Rights and Feudal Wrongs, a Memorial for Orkney”, Edinburgh 1860 (Maitland Club) .
Barcl., Barclay = MS. Supplement by Principal Barclay of Glasgow University, to Thomas Edmondston’s Shetl. and Ork; Glossary (see below: Edm.) . The Suppl. contains special Shetl. words. A copy of Edmondston’s Glossary which belonged to Barclay, interleaved with white pages upon which the Suppl. ”