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Rh adelfisk, adelravn); in  a form “ale” is found (: al), developed from “aðal”. Other names for spider-crab are or “trowy crab”, De’il’s (Sorrow’s, Ill-healt’s) or : “the devil’s spoon”,  designating the shell; further (hairy crab),  and or . almark [alma‘rk, äᶅma‘rk],, an unruly animal,  a sheep which breaks through enclosures. Abbreviated form of “-sheep”. which breaks in on land which is common property.   aalmark, , a common. phrase.: 1) all at once, (hit guid = it went) a., everything was lost at one and the same time; a.! exclamation used by a fisherman at sea who lost fish and fishing-tackle ; 2) at once; just now; quickly, hit was a., at [‘that’] dey came. Also (í) senn; alt, from  allr,, all; the whole; senn, í senn, , simultaneously, at the same time ( “senn” and “í s.” “í s.”,  “i s.”). alter [a‘ltər, a$n$‘ltər (ä‘ᶅtər)],, to hesitate; waver; to think twice before doing something, to a. to do a ting; he’ll no a. to dø [‘do’] it.  . Pronounced differently from  alter, , in : â‘ltər. — From  haltra, , to halt? “haltra” also means to waver;  the  “haltr í trúnni”, wavering in faith. ambel,  and , see , . amder, , see . amek, , see . amerswakk [ā··mərswak·], , unrest; irritation; noisy and feverish  haste, to be in a a. aboot somet’in’. Also , [em··ər-, hem··ər-].  The first part of the word is : *am- ( ama, , to push on; to set in motion, ama,, to plague; disturb; amask,, to trouble oneself; to take pains); the second part : *hvekkr ( kvekk, , kvökkur,, a start; being startled; kvekka,  kvökka, , to be startled; hvekkur, inter alia, irritation).  aml, ammel$n$ [aməl] and ambel [ambəl],, fumbling attempt to carry out a task; dabbling in anything, to mak’ a a. at somet’in’ ; fumbling attempt to walk, to mak’ a a., e.g. of little children; weak movement in general, de leastest [‘least’] . *aml;  ambl, , continuous effort without special dexterity or progress; dabbling.
 * almarka sauðr: sheep
 * altagongi, see *.
 * altasenn [a‘l·tasæn(n)·], adverbial
 * [a‘l·kasæn(n)·]. *alt

aml, ammel [aməl] and ambel [ambəl], vb., to make fumbling attempts; make little progress; to dabble at a job, to at or efter [‘after’] a ting; what is du [‘are you’]  at? ; to walk feebly and totteringly, hit [‘it’] begins to and geng [‘go’], of a child which is beginning to walk ; : ; , , hampered in one’s freedom of movement, *amla; amla,, to be engaged continually with; to slave; to toil without success; ambla,, to dabble. from amble,, to go at an ambling pace; to trip.

aml, ammel$i$ [aməl],, 1) little wooden rod; short fishing-rod, used while fishing from boat near land; 2) splinter-bar; swingle-tree of a plough; cross-bar between the traces; ; [mæstər]-a., with team of four (oxen): long swingle-tree in front of two smaller ones on a plough ; “ 