Jakob Jakobsen

“ O.N. eigna, vb. to transfer something to someone; eignask (eigna sér) , to appropriate, to get possession of. Cf. jenk, vb.
ennapi [eᶇ··api·, æᶇ··api·] , ennepi [eᶇ··əpi·] , ennepig [ɛn··əpi̇̄g· (ɛn··i-) , æn··əpi̇̄g·] , sb., a tiny, fragile creature, used e.g. of lambs, chickens; often, however, also of people; more rarely of inanimate things, small objects. Other forms are: annapi [äᶇ··api·] , jennapi [jɛn··api·] onnapi [oᶇ··api·] and äinapiti [äi·napit·i] . Sometimes with -bi for -pi: ennabi, ennebi [eᶇ··abi·, eᶇ··ə-] (U. occas.) ”

“ Fe. 2) dedication; transfer: a) transfer of something of slight importance; to gi’e a body (person) a jenk o’ onyting, to transfer something (a little thing, a trifle) to one: Un.; b) more comm.: dedication or transfer to someone (mostly a little child) , not as a real property, but so as to give it the name of possession, esp. to call a young domestic animal its own; to gi’e ane (a bairn) de enk (jenk) o’ a lamb, o’ a chicken; to get de enk (jenk) o’ a lamb or chicken ”

“ See ev, sb. and vb.
evel [ɛval] , vb., to master; be able to do; I canno (canna) e. onyting [‘anything’] at it, I cannot manage it, the work is too much for me. Un. O.N. efla, vb., a) to strengthen; b) to master; be able to do.
*even [ēvən] and now iven [i̇̄vən] , sb., matter; material; means; esp. in pl.: (*evens) ivens, material; means; he ’s done it ut o’ [‘out of’] sma’ [‘small’] ivens (*evens) , he has carried out (that work) with little material or few resources at his disposal. Un. O.N. efni, n., material; matter; means (at one’s disposal) . Owing to Eng. infl., the pronunc. ”

“ Cf. orm, vb.
emek [emək] , sb., sea-term, tabu-name in fishermen’s lang. for fire. Nmn. O.N. eimr, m., steam, in poetry also fire (Eg.) . — For other tabu-names in Shetl. for fire, see birtek, brenner (brenna) , fona, *furin, ilder (ildin) and eld.
emers [ēmərs] , sb. pl., and em (m) er [ɛmər, æmər] , sb. sing., embers; red-hot ashes. N.Roe. The form emmers [ɛmərs, æmərs] is more widespread. The long e.-sound in emers indicates that the word arises from O.N. eimyrja, f., embers, with addition of plural -s from Eng. embers, L.Sc. ameris, emmers. From “eimyrja” arises also the sing. ”

“ Fær. ørindisleysur, adj., “errandless”, is used in a similar sense to the Shetl. word; O.N. erend (is) lauss, adj., is handed down in a diff. sense: fruitless, not having accomplished one’s errand.
erg [ɛrg, erg, and more comm.: ərg] , adj., desirous; eager; very bent on getting something, e. upo’ somet’in’. N.I. occas. ərg: Yh. Parallel form to arg, adj. ”

“ No. auga, n., a) an eye; b) a pool of waler (in place-names) , Fær. eyga, n., a) an eye; b) a small hollow; peat-pit. *joga (eye) is found in Fo. as a place-name in the sense of a puddle: de Pøls o’ de Jogins. 2) two braided lengths of straw in a plaited straw-basket, = hjog2; de “een” o’ de kessi = de hjogs o’ de kessi. — “ee” is comm. used in sense of the central part of anything, e.g. de ee o’ de set or skor (set, skor = fishing-ground) .
efald, adj., see enfald, adj.
efter [æfter] , prep., after, O.N. eptir, L.Sc. efter, eftir, as well as “after”. to lay ane’s mind e. a ting ”

“ Jamie (Yn.) ; b) with addition “upon ane’s name”: to enk a [‘an’] animal upon a body’s (some bairn’s) name (Den.) ; we sould [‘should’] jenk (jink) it (de lamb) upo dy name (Wests.) . 2) of children: to be allowed to call something, esp. a young domestic animal, one’s own, and let it go by one’s name; I’m [I have’] enket a chicken (N.Roe) . — enk: Fe. [ə‘ŋk] ; Nmn. (N.Roe) [e‘ŋk, ə‘ŋk] ; Esh., Nmw. [ʌ‘ŋk] ; Den. [ə‘ŋk] ; jenk: U. [jʌ‘ŋk: Un.] ; Y. [je‘ŋk (jɩ‘ŋk) : Yn.] ; Wests. [je‘ŋk] . enk, jenk prob. ”

“ Now only in place-names as the final, or more freq. as the first, part of a compd. (gen.: enga-, enger-) . Examples: de Ørarengs [ør··arɛŋs·] (Uc.) , pl., pasture near the sea-shore: *øyrar-engjar. With a double pl. ending (Norn -er and Eng. -s) : de Engers [eŋgərs] (Ti.) : *engjar. ”

“ Ti. [est-] . Cf. norden and wasten (under norden) .— esten, -in from O.N. austan, adv., from the east, east of (= fyrir austan) , towards the east; austanmaðr, a man whose home lies east of a certain place. ”

“ Cf. ar-tree and erdros, sb.
ert [æ‘rt] , vb., to irritate; tease; incite; provoke; to e. fornenst [L.Sc. foreanent, fornent = opposite to] anidder [‘another’] ane, to threaten to strike someone, to make threatening movements with the hand, as if to strike; de kye is ertin wi’ ane anidder, the cows are threatening to butt each other (Sa.) . O.N. erta, vb., to irritate; incite; L.Sc. ert (e. up) , vb., id. In sense of to strive onward and upward (to ert op efter) , “ert” is another word: L.Sc. ”

“ Odal Rights and Feudal Wrongs) . — Prob. an old “*øy-setr (s) -kaup”, from: a) O.N. øy (ey) , f., an isle; b) setr, n., a seat, residence, partly — sætr, applied to summer hut for people and cattle, and c) kaup, n., a purchase; payment (in Mod. Shetl.: kjob) . Balfour gives also as a root-form “Ey-settr-kaup”. For the explanation of eystercop cf. *landseterkop, sb. O.N. setr, n., a seat, residence, and sætr, n., mountain pasture, dairyland, are found as the last part of compds. ”

“ Fær. erpa, e. sær, really, to turn up one’s nose, now usually in a sense diff. from the Shetl. word: to affect importance; give oneself airs; L.S. erp, vb., to be constantly grumbling on one topic. Diff. ”

“ U.
eksis-girs [æk··sɩsgɩ‘rs·, -gə‘rs·] , sb., a plant, occas.: a) dandelion, taraxacum, also called “bitter-aks” and “bitter-flooer”; occas.: b) devil’s-bit, scabiosa succisa. The first part, eksi, is prob. an older *exi from O.N. ax, n., ear of corn, raceme; No. ekse, n., = ear of corn. Cf. “bitter-aks” as a name for the dandelion.
*eld [ɛld, eld] , sb., fire, a) noted down as belonging to the Unst fishermen’s tabu-lang. at sea (Un.) ; b) handed down in an old rigmarole from Unst, preserved in Nm.: De vare (vera) gue ti . . . . . . hann kann ca’ e. [eld] fire . . . . . (see Introd.) . ”

“ See skuttel, skottel1, sb.
efterstander [æf··tərstān·dər] , sb., something left standing, esp.: a) a small cabbage-plant, not yet fit for taking up from the so-called “planti-krobb or -krø” (small enclosure for young cabbage-plants) to be planted in the vegetable garden; Y.; Fe.; b) wet peat, not sufficiently dried to be taken home from the hill at the usual time when the peats are brought home; Y. *eptir-standari.
eg or egg [ɛg] , sb., chastisement; correction, in such exprs. as: a) to get ane’s e., to get one’s deserved punishment, du’s [‘you have’] gotten dy e.; b) to gi’e ane his e. ”

“ Occas. also eterskæb [et··ərskæb·] (Fe.) . *eitrskapr. Cf. O.N. eitrkaldr, adj., freezing cold. 2) a) a fretful, cross person; Fe.: eterskab; b) impudent, free-spoken person who is always stirring up strife; a person always talking out of due time; Nmw.: eterskab. *eitrskapr; deriv. of O.N. eitr, n., venom, also bitterness; enmity, etc. — See eder1, eter, and jeder, sbs.
etersom [et··ərsȯm·] , and etri [ɛtri, ætri, äƫ (ə) ri, äitri] , adj., bitterly cold, bitter, of cold; a e. cauld [‘cold’] ; freezing cold, e. wadder [‘weather’] . Deriv. of O.N. eitr, n., venom; etersom from *eitrsamr, adj. ”