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12 tree”, an oblong piece of wood, nailed down to the foremost part of the plough-beam. hamla,, beam; swing-beam; swingle-tree (Egilsson); homul (humul), and  “hammel” (swingle-tree) of a plough.

aml, ammel [aməl],, to put hooks, rings on the swingle-trees of a plough in order to fasten the smaller ones to the foremost and longest (de ), with team of four (oxen). . Though this verb is only preserved in connection with, , swingle-tree of a plough, it appears, however, from its use to spring from hamla,, in the sense of a noose (grummet for oars; loop through which a sheet-rope is run in order to furl together the sail of a vessel).   amok (amek) [āmȯk, āmək], , cuttle-fish. a compounded word, in which case the first part might be “aa, aka”, to evacuate; to soil; mentioned under , (cuttle-fish); second part *smokkr;  smokkfiskur, , cuttle-fish. For the dropping of initial s before a consonant see “bipong” and “bulag”, as well as N. Spr. p. 55. The likeness between Shetl. and amikok (cuttle-fish) is doublessdoubtless [sic] accidental. Different varieties of answer to the names -a., ling-a., skate-a., (ling-a. = ; ). ,, , Edm. has: “, a kind of fish found upon sandy beaches; they possess the power of inflating their bodies. There are ‘ling-awmucks’ and ‘skate-awmucks’ and ‘shell-awmucks’.” No further confirmation of the sense is given by Edm.  amos [āmȯs],, 1) alms; is in form the aumous, awmous = almous (alms), but is used in   frequently of alms which is promised at sea (in hope of getting better fishing or in time of distress), either to a person (the first person one meets if one again reaches land) or particularly to a church, like Fær, “olmusa”; to lay on a a., to promise alms, to a a., to get a promised alms; “he’ll winn a a. ut inunder a ” is said of a very poor person ; see below a.-; if de kirk o’ Ness  winns de a., at [‘that’] we get some fish — if our promise of alms to the Ness church gains a hearing then we shall get some fish —. a.-, church to which one promises alms at sea (while fishing or in distress), a.-sten, stone (wish-stone) which  to old custom was thrown upon a heap of stones, an a.-heap, by a passer-by when making a promise of alms. Sometimes “amos” can be heard used in sense (good or bad) action, trick; knavish trick: hit [‘it’] would be a guid [‘good’] a. to dø [‘do’] so and so . Likewise amous in sense of action is a good Scottish use. 2) pitiful creature; poor thing, used adjectivally: poor; wretched; a. creature, puir [‘poor’] a. ting (poor little thing); in this sense also in the older form , o. body. ǫlmusa, , a) alms, b) wretch; poor thing; olmusu  as first part in  or adjectivally: poor; wretched. amp [a‘mp],, restlessness; anxiety; he drew a a. upon him, he had a presentiment of ill ; : restless state of mind which prevents one from sleeping, der’r [‘there is’] a a. upo me, I canno [‘-not’] sleep; to be “upo de a.” (o’ gaun = going, o’ doin’ somet’in’), to be eager and longing to get away or to do something as soon as