GLOSSARY OF SHETLAND AND ORKNEY WORDS

1866 Transactions of the Philological Society  
OF SHETLAND AND ORKNEY -WORDS. AABER, eager, anxious to obtain a thing, S. ; id. aefr ; 9. AAIRVHOUS, the place of meeting appointed by the Foud AARM, the end, as of a line, S. ; da. ariii, deficiens. ABERZEANT, et cetcra, S. ABIN, to thresh half a sheaf for giving horses, 0. ABIR, a sheaf so threshed, 0. ABUNE, out of aIl character, unreasonable, S. ABUNE, above, S. ACAMY, diminutive, 0. ACE, the smallest division of anything, a single particle, a unit, 0. ; da. is. ACHT, possession, property,
more » ... S. ; aa. to own; 0. 9. aih, I have ; a. s. agan ; s. aega ; g. and d~ eigen, to possess. ACKADUR, to endeavour (accent on last syllable), S. AE-BEAST-TREE, a swingle-tree by which one horse draws in AE-FALD, simple, not cunning, upright, S ; 9. einfjch, einfal-AER, a sandbank or beach ; sometimes a " stone aer," 0. and eifer ; da. p~o . abre, id. general or chief governor, S. "Abune a'." ploughing, 0. and S. tig ; 0. g. aenfalt ; a. s. anfeald ; s. enfildig. S. ; 90th. eyr; id. eyre ; S Z~. 9. ow, id. B 2 GLOSSARY OF SHBTLANLi AESSIEPATTLE, a neglected child, S. ; g. aschenputtel. AETH-KENT, well known, easily known, S. ; no. audkjend ; AFFBEND, to remove the furniture from a peat-pony, S. AFFLUDE (to), to injure the looks or appearance of anything, AFFRUG ; "affrug of the sea"-a spent wave receding from the AFFSET, an impulse, S. AFRO, to dissuade, S. ; isl. afroda ; g. abrathen. AFTAK, a mockery or jeering : the verb separates the prefix, and means, lst, to scoff or jeer ; 2d, applied to weather, to abate, to lull, S. AFT-HANKS, that part of a boat where the bands come together at the stem and stern, S. AGAINCALLING, recall, revocation, 0. A-GAAIRY ; to go a-gaairy-to leave one's service before the AGG, tl short breach of the sea, S. ; no. ag. AGGL, to soil, to defile, S. AGGUCKS, a kind of fish, the same as awmucks, S. AIR, a peerie air, a mere tasting, 0. and S. ; isl. aur, infini-AIR, a very small quantity, 0. and S. AIR, to taste, 0. and S. AITTRIE, cold bleak weather, S. ; isl. eitr ; no. da. s. eit, AIVALOUS, doubtful, uncertain, S. AIVING, being in doubt, S. AKLIN, a sullen person, S. ; M g . akel-ig, gloomy ; melancholy ; ALAMOTTI, the storni-finch, a fowl (Procellaria pelagiea), 0 ; ALIE, a pet, a favourite ; " a n alie lamb," S. ; 61. Al-a, to isl. audkendr, id. ital. ala, a wing, and mob, motion, id. pet ; lat. alo, alere. AND ORKNXY WORDS. 3 ALIE, to cherish, to nurse, to pet ; a sounded long, S. ALISON, a shoemaker's awl, S. ; teut. aelsene, id. ALMARK, an animal addicted to breaking fences or trespassing on arable land, S. ; isl. ala, to rear, and da. mark, an enclosed field ; gu. feeding on enclosed ground. ALTO, although, S. AMP, fear, S. ; no. ampe, id. AN. See in. ANDER, a kind of porch, S. ; isl. ond, porticus. Amoo, to keep a boat in position by rowing gently against wind or tide, S. ; no. andou. ANGALUCK, an accident, a misfortune, S. ; bely. angeluk, misfortune; da. angaa-e, to concern, to affect, and lykk-e, luck, fortune. ANKER, a dry measure, as an " aiiker of potatoes," one-third of a barrel ; also a liquid measure, S. ; da. anker, 38 Danisli quarts, id. ANNS, chaff of oats, S. ; no. agn, id. ANNS-BERE, chaff of bere, S. ANT, to pay attention to, to attend, to obey, S. ; isl. ansa ; ANTINMAS, perhaps Anthony's mass, 24 days after Christmas, ANYESTER, a two-year-old sheep, S. APO, upon, S. ARBY, the sea-gilliflower, 0. ARBY-ROOT, the root of the sea-gilliilower, 0. ARG, eager, fierce, S. ; da. arg, angry, enraged ; id. arg. ARGERIE, a crowd, a multitude, S. ARGOSIE, anger, S. ; isl. arg ; da. arg, angry ; and isl. ysa ; dn. ARVIE, a plant (Aleilze media), S. ; da. arve, id. ASEE, the angle contained between the beam and handle on da. cendse, id. S. ose, to pour out. the hinder side of a plough, 0. 4 GLOSSARY OF SHETLAND ASK, drizzle, half-rain half-fog, small particles of snow, S. ASK, a wooden dish for holding ashes, S. ; da. aske, ashes, id. ASLEY ; " horses in asley "-horses belonging to different ASOOND, a fainting f i t l ' h e fell dead asoond," S. ASTREES, the beam of a plough, 0. ; perhaps from id. as, and ATICAST, a silly, helpless, odd sort of person, S. ATSET, of the ebb-the commencement of the ebb-tide, S. ; ATTEAL or ATTEILLE, the poehard, 0. and s. ; id. tialld-r (Turdus ATTIVILTS, arable ground lying one year lea, S.; da. attir, AT WEEN-LIGHTS, the distance between neighbours' houses, S. AUK, the common guillemot, 0. AULIN-SCOUTY, the arctic gull, 0. and S. AUSKERRIE, a scoop fop baling out a boat, S. ; da. oesekar ; no. auskjer, id. AWMUCKS, a kind of fish found upon sandy beaches ; they possess the power of inflating their bodies. There are " ling-awmucks," and " skate-awmucks," and " shellawmucks," s. persons, bound firm one to another, S. tri., lignnm, id. perhaps outset, id. ma.i.inus), id. again, and fallit, ploughed. AXES, an agueish distemper, 0. AZE, a large blazing fire, S. ; id. eys-a, burning coals. BAA, the calf of the leg, the hollow of the foot, S. ; s. bal, anything round. BAL, the palm of the hand, S. ; da. bald-e, the sole of the foot. the palm of the hand. BAA, a rock overflowed by the sea, but which may be seen at low-water, S. ; no. baa, id. BAAK, a beam or rafter, the principal rope to which uets or fishing-lines are attached, S. ; 8. balk ; clzc. balk ; a. s. and no. s. and da. balk, id. AND ORKNE Y PVORDS. 5 BAALIE, a thick cake, S. BAAR, a longitudinal slice of a halibut, including the fin on one side to the tail, S. ; isl. bard, the margin, the edge, the lateral extremity. BAAZ, B large fat cluiiisy person, S. ; da. pro. baas. BACK, a wooden bowl in which dough is mixed, S. ; dzc. bak, id. BACKAGRUF, a ridge at the bottom of a " peat-bank" formed by the surface of the peat-moss, which is pared off and thrown on the bottom of the ditch before the peats are dug out ; da. baklie ; s. bakke, an eminence, a ridge, and da. grav, groft ; sc. graf, a ditch, an excavation. BACKBURD, the larboard or left side of a boat, S. ; belg. bakboord. BACK-FEAST, an entertainment formerly given by the " bestman"-i.e. groomsman-in return for the weddingfeast given by the bride's friends, 0. BACIILINS, backwards, S. ; s. backlnengs ; a. s. bacling ; da. backlacnds. BAD, an aiticle of clothing, as a coat, etc., S. BAENABIDER, a dog, 8. ; da. been ; no. bein ; s. ben, a bone, BAENK, a bench, S, ; s. baenk ; da. bnenk ; a. s. benc ; g. bank ; BAERIE, a boar pig, S. BAES, cattle, beasts, S. ; da. bzest, bzest-ick, bestial, id. BAESSY-FLAAS, litter for cattle, composed of heather and dry earth, S. ; no. bysja, to strew coarse grass or straw on the floor of a cowhouse, id. BAFF, exposure to cold, the effects of esposure to cold, S.; da. baeve, to tremble, to shiver ; baeven, a shivering. BAFF, to struggle, to buffet a storm, S. BAFFER, a struggle; "to get a baffer"-to have a struggle against BAFFLE, a trifle, a tliiiig of no value, 0. ; perhaps dimin. from and da. bider, a biter. lat. banca. a storm, S. ; id. bifa, to move or shake. teut. beffe, nugz ; beffen, nngari. 6 GLOSSARY OP SHETLAND
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