Jakob Jakobsen

“ Noted down in a fragment of conversation in Norn: Morjan, ara du i.?. . . . . . (Marion, are you in there?. . .) . See Introd. inn, in [ɩn] is now used as in English.
innerli [ɩn··ərli·, ən··ərli·] , adj., 1) rather far in, = No. innarleg, adj.; a i. place, a i. seat (fishin’-seat) ; see below innerli, adv. 2) affectionate; confidential; hearty; very friendly; a i. body (Fe.) . Icel. innilegur, Da. inderlig, L.Sc. innerly, adj., = Shetl. innerli 2. ”

“ Icel. illa vandaður, adj., carelessly carried out, applied to work; see vand, sb. and vb., vandet, adj.
ill-viket, -vikket [ɩl·vɩk·ət (-vek·ət, -vʌk·ət) ] , adj., 1) malicious; making (or inclined for) mischief; tricky; a i.-v. body. 2) intractable; troublesome; chiefly appl. to persons, but sometimes also to objects; “de boat was i.-v. to row”, appl. to a boat, troublesome to row; “de road is i.-v.” (Fe.) . — The pronunciation “ (ʌl-) vʌkət” is reported from Um., n. — The second part of the compd. is a derivative of vik2, vikk, sb., direction; turning; inclination ”

“ Also in sense of to venture, to attempt; “if du impers to say. . .”; “dey never could i. to geng to the haf (to deep-sea fishing) on sicc [‘such’] a bad day” (Ai.) . — No. impra (ympre) , vb., to touch upon, hint at; Icel. ympra, vb., to touch upon, mention. imper, in sense of to venture, to attempt, approaches O.N. impa, vb., to set in motion. — See hwumper, vb., which is another form of the same word.
imsket [ɩ‘mskət, e‘mskət] , adj., of colour: having a dark, dirty tinge; mixed, and partly indeterminable, esp. dirty-grey, blackish or bluish. (Ai.) . Deriv. ”

“ Isi [isi (i̇̄si) ] , sb., a cow of the colour described under iset; see the preceding word. Du. Older: *Isa. *Hysja?
isk [isk] , vb., applied to sleet: to fall; to rain (in cold air) , or to snow slightly, to begin to rain or snow; to isk and rain; he is iskin [iskɩn, iskən] ut o’ him; he is iskin de rain or snaw [‘snow’] (Fe.) ; he is iskin de snaw (ut) o’ him (Yh.) . Deriv. of is, vb., q.v. A form ist [ist] is reported doubtfully from Y. and Fe. ”

“ Doubtless: “built up”, “closed in”, from bigg, vb., to build. It is doubtful whether innbigget has any association originally with No. innebugga (bugga) , adj., well provided, powerful, though the meaning of the Shetl. word might partly be explained from a depreciatory use of the Norwegian word here quoted.
innbø [ɩnbø, ɩn·bø̄·, embø] , sb., a welcome, hospitable reception; encouragement to visit one’s home; mostly negatively, e.g.: he would no [‘not’] get mukkel i. ”

“ No. illvisen and ill-viskjen, adj., evil-minded; ill-tempered; angrily and crossly repellent (R.) .
ill-vistet [ɩl·vəs·tət] , adj., enraged; angry; ill-humoured. Umo. Cf. No. illvisten, adj., peevish; biting, and illvistug, adj., mischievous; malicious. The word might, however, be regarded as an alteration of ill-bistet; see ill-birstet, adj.
ill-vitret, -vitteret [ɩl·vet··ərət·] , adj. malicious; ill-natured; always inclined for mischief. Nmn. (N.Roe) . a i.-v. coo = a ill-virket coo. Cf. Icel. illviti, m., an evil-minded person (E.J.) , vita á ilt, bent on mischief. For the form vitret cf. ”

“ Otherwise more comm. in the derived form isk [isk] ; he is iskin (iskin ut o’ him) ; thus, e.g. in the N.I., Wh., etc. O.N. ísa, vb., to freeze over, ísing, f. (No. ising, m.) , thin sheet of ice (cold rain) . No. isa, vb., appl. to sleet: to fall. Shetl. is, iz, isk, used of fine, incipient rain, possibly also contains No. hysja, vb., to sprinkle; with regard to the form, cf. iset (isket) , adj., which prob. may be referred to No. hysjutt, hyskjutt, adj. See istek, adj. and sb.
isbensi? ismonsi? [ (ɩs··bɛnse·) ɩz··bɛnse·, (äis··mɔnsi·) äiz··mɔnsi·] , sb., bitter, sleety weather. De. ”

“ Icel. árbiti (Gísl.) , id., with the first part of the compd. different.
idi [idi] , sb., whirlpool, backward-running tide; also whirl on the surface of the water, eddy; I saw de i. o’ de hwal (the swirl caused by the whale as it plunged) . Fo. — O.N. iða, f., whirlpool. — A form i [i̇̄] with dropped ð is found as a place-name in Nmn. (Øja, Nmn.-w.) : “de stakk o’ de I”, a skerry around which a whirlpool seethes. For another form see edjek [edᶎək] .
idint [i̇̄dent, i̇̄dənt] , idient [i̇̄··dient·] , adj., diligent; persevering; assiduous in work; i. wark [‘work’] ; a i. warker [‘worker’] ”

“ Norn. — No. ilia vor (d) en, adj. (prop. perf. part.) , poor; slight; bad; Fær. illa vorðin, adj., ugly; repulsive; Sw. dial. illa vuren, illvuren, adj., unserviceable; poor-looking.
ill-virket [ɩl·vɩ‘r·kət, -və‘r·kət] , adj., malicious; bent on mischief; tricky; a i.-v. body; partly = ill-vik (k) et 1. a ill-virket craeter’ [‘creature’] or body (De.) . a ill-virket coo, a cow in the habit of attacking other cows. ”

“ Fær. íferð [oifeər] , f., the mouth of the shoe (Svabo) , and Sw. dial. ifarakläder, n. pl., everyday clothes.
ifetlek [i̇̄·fət·lək] , sb., sea-term, tabu-name in fishermen’s lang. for mouse. Yn. fetlek is a parallel form to fotlin, fotlek, etc., a mouse, prop. a small foot, light foot (see fotlin, sb.) . i- is most probably intensive here, as also in the foll. ifudien (cat) , denoting the exceedingly light and quick movements of the animal; thus: the extremely light-footed one, or something to that effect. ”

“ For the second part of the compd. see hagerd, adj. ill-hagerd, in sense of ill-treated, might have arisen from an *illa hagreiddr; cf. Fær. hagreiða, vb., to treat, ilia hagreiddur, ill-treated, and Shetl. hagri2, sb. Cf. ill-høgert, adj.
ill-haverd [ɩl·hā·vərd] , ill-häiverd [ɩl·häi·vərd] , ill-heverd [ɩl·hē·vərd] , adj., 1) a) ill-grown; clumsily built; unattractive; ugly; ill-haverd: Fe., Y. occas., Nm. ill-häiverd: U. occas. (Un.) , Wests., S.Sh. occas. (Conn.) ; b) clumsy and awkward in behaviour; having repulsive manners; ill-haverd and ill-heverd: Y. occas. ”

“ Fær. íla-steinur, m., id.
ilder1 [ɩldər, ildər] and ilden, ildin [ɩldən, ildən, ɩldin] , sb., sea-term, tabu-name, used by fishermen for fire. ilder: Aiw. ilden, ildin: Fo. Also with prefixed h: hildin [hɩldin] : Fo. The expr. *killi-ildra [kɩli-ɩldra] , of fire in a kiln, is reported from Fo. From W. (Dale, W.) and Sae. are reported ilder [ɩldər] and øldər [oldar] in sense of red-hot embers; de fire is brunt doon [‘burnt down’] to red ilder (ølder) . From Yb. “a ild [ɩld] o’ het [het] ” is given as an obsolete expr. without further explanation; het = heat. ”