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2 made on a string after an eagle had flown away, to get it to let go its prey), [āba]-knot ( , ), [āva]-knot  and [ābi]-knot  = “”. to a statement from  an “ -knot” tied on a sick cow consisted of 9 hitches (3 knots, each consisting of 3 hitches). — apr,, sharp; hard; bad; apur, , severe; great; that has a great effect (apur ótti, very great fear);  aber,, strong; pungent (mostly of smell).

aber [ābər, abər],, ( to sharpen), to liven up; to get to blaze, in the “to a. up de ”; to get the fire to blaze by poking it, nautical phrase, tabu-phrase, used by fishermen at sea, the “ [‘up’] ”. [ābər]. From has been reported in the same sense, likewise a nautical phrase: to a. [abər] op i’ de. *apra, to sharpen, from apr,, see above , abra or appra (på), abre (på), set to work energetically, to make haste. $w$,  aboot-geng [abut·geŋ, -gæŋ, -ꬶeŋ] (-ꬶæŋ)],, border, band which forms the rim of a (a net-work basket; open straw-work basket), = [“aboutgoing”] . umgangr,, a circuit; border. In “abootgeng” and “abootgaan”, an ancient “um” has been anglicised to “aboot” [‘about’], but has been preserved in “omgordin”,

  aboot-gaan [abut·gān, -gjān, -ꬶān], and, going about; running round, in the “a.-g. støri”, see , and “a.g. wind”, a wind that shifts about, — umgangsveder. aboot-kast [abut·kast],, change; alternation; : a) in agriculture: rotation of seed or crops; ; kast; b) the change of the seasons; time of the equinox, when the days begin to be longer than the nights or conversely; he will be hame at a.-k. again (Y$1$); c) change; exchange . doubtless from an old “*umkast” with anglicising of “um-” to “aboot” [‘about’].  umkast,, turning round; change; “umkast” also: change; exchange.  (k. aboot),   a-brodd(a),, see ,  abunavara, , see *avunavara.  adber [äᶁbər], adbert [äᶁbə‘rt], , strange or clumsy behaviour; awkward deportment. More in the form.  [äᶁbə‘rt, ȯᶁ-, ɔ̇ᶁ-] (,  ; ), which is used in a  sense;  In  the word is found in the form [atbø̄rd]; to mak’ ill or puir [‘poor’] atbørds, to do something in an awkward and wrong manner. atburðr, , inter alia: gesture; deportment; manner, (atb. 6 in Fr.); atburður,  aatburd,, behaviour; mode of proceeding. ,   adna(n)kwi [ad··na(n)kwi·, ad··nə(n)kwi·, -kwl·], , intermittent breakers (series of billows) and calm sea near the coast; series of high breakers followed by calmer sea, = ; he’s a a.-k. i’ de sea.   *ǫnnur-hviða (from  annarr, , other, and hviða,, onfall, traditionally handed down in the sense of blast of wind, gust of wind; but in of onfall in a wider sense), thus intermittent rush of waves,
 * ’boot-kast [butkast] and uncompounded: