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Rh   ask,, a) dust; speck of dust; b) drizzle; mist; c) fine flakes of snow, as also  askregn, , drizzle.

ask [ask],, of the sky: to be covered with haze or gray clouds foreboding wind, de sky is. Hence the substantive , a a. for wind, slight cloudiness; haze foreboding wind. See above , aslin [aslin], adjectivally in the cow or the horse has two owners, each possessing one half.. asley, horses in asley, (Jam.). Uncertain origin.  asu, assu [a$h$ᶊu],, very rough, rainy weather, heavy rain, a awfu’ a. rare. (? ?). Also , ,   as (rush; ferment) in “asveder”, very bad weather with wind and high sea; asa, , of the weather: to rage; also osa, , and osveder, (R.).  at$h$ [at],, at; to; by; with respect to, in several phrases has an application handed down from Norn and from  Examples: 1), a) to ha’e ( , a )  ane, to bear ill-will towards somebody ; what has du him? what have you against him? ; b) to be weel anesell, to be in good condition, vigorous and well nourished, he (shø) is weel  him (her);  vel at sér, capable; good, ; c)  dee  dee! move a little aside, get a little out of the way! lay dee dee! lie a little farther away! he bade him  him, he begged him to move a little aside; : gå åt dej! hurry up! (see Ri. under “ganga”). d), up against; by; alongside, to stand  at de wa’ [‘wall’],  at de dyke. 2) adverbially in such phrases as: a) gi’e me a ! give me a  helping hand; help me to pull up the bow of the boat (on arriving at a landing-place); tak’ (stick) her (de boat) ! after landing: pull the boat up a little! b) nort’, in a northerly direction, northward, sooth , in a southerly direction, southward, of wind, direction of the wind; c), α) upward, northward, de wind is gane [‘gone’] at, the wind has gone a little more to the north. β) up against; up by, “de ballisten is a sten afore de fire for to set [‘for setting’] de ballis op at” (see balli). 3) in connection with certain verbs; as: to draw ,, drive , fa’ , geng , kom (come), lay , , , rinn, set , , ,  — see under these verbs.
 * de coo or horse is a., the

at$h$ [at],, that, introducing a subordinate sentence, = that; I ken at du’ll dø [‘do’] it, I know that you wilt do it; often omitted. In the infinitive, on the other hand, the “to” is always used. at,, that; also and  atbørd,, see ,.   at-draw [at-drâ],, pulling and dragging towards oneself, in senses: 1) (slow and tedious) hauling in, hauling up of a fishing hand-line, when in a very strong current, or when the line chances to stick fast to the sea-bottom; a heavy a.-d., a lang a.-d. 2) on the arrival of a boat at a fishing-ground: the impression formed of the fishing-ground on the first running out of the line (Burra), = -, grund. 3) vigorous stroke, during rowing; to tak’ a a.-d. 4)  a bit of one’s mind, a volley, a broad-side, when quarrelling; to gi’e ane a a.-d. — *at-(drag or dráttr). draga at sér, to draw or drag towards oneself; atdráttr, ,  Rh
 * de first a.-d. o’ de