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20  drawing towards oneself, is handed down in a sense.  atersom [ā··tərsȯm·],, see , , atferd [atfɛrd, atfərd],, behaviour; conduct; manners, he has nae a., he does not understand how to behave himself; now queer conduct; ludicrous deportment. Often in : [atfɛrds, -fərds, atfərs], wheer (queer) atferds; he has nae [‘no’] atferds = he has nae a. (see above). also , [atwərd(s)]. (atferd, atwerd). and (atferd). [at··ifər·, äi··tifər·], a wheer [‘queer’] a.: [at··ifər·],  [äi··tifər·]; he had a wheer a. aboot him. In also [et··ifər·]. : atfares, (Dennison). atferð, , behaviour; manner of proceeding. ,, †atkins [atkıns], , a kind of short trousers.  uncertain. atkomin [at··kɔm·ın],, appearance; arrival, now rare and only in certain collocations; thus: de (first) a. o’ de grund, impression formed of the fishing-ground, on running out the first line from the boat after arriving at the fishing-ground (Burra), = -draw. atkoma,, arrival. “komin” in “atkomin” = coming.  atl, attel [aƫəl, äƫəl],, small portion of food, a a. o’ meat. aƫəl points back to an *atl; might originate either from *ætl (etl) or *atl. etla and atla, , inter alia, to deal out food (Aa.), also to cook food (etla, R.); etlavord,, portion of food (Aa.); ætlan,, (thought; design; plan; determination) inter alia also: arrangement; entertainment (æ. 6. Fr.).   at [at]-lay,, a taking hold vigorously, exertion of strength whilst performing some task. See “lay (l. )”, atlaga,, a laying alongside (of a ship in battle); attack; onset.  atrahola [at·rahō·la, a$i$t·rahō·la (äi·tra-)], ,, chopping; intermittent; unsteady, of wind with intermittent calm, of alternating drizzling rain and dry weather (in dull weather); a. wadder [‘weather’]: hit [‘it’] is a. wi’ him, a) it varies between wind and calm, = he’s blawin’ (see ); b) it drizzles and is dry at intervals, it is neither rainy nor dry weather. *aðrahvára,   from annarhvárr, every other; after “aðrahvára” a feminine noun is understood (ferð,, a time; a turn). The change from r to l in - can be explained as dissimilation on of the preceding r in -. atri [atri, äƫ(ə)ri, äitri],, see and , atset [atsɛt, -sæt],, the beginning of the tide at the setting in of the ebb. See (s. ), setja,, setja at: set or press towards.  attafeld, attifeld,, see ,

  atta-lay [a$n$t·alɛ̄·],, fallow-land; fallow-field in its second year. more; again. atterlega,, fallow-land; field laid down to grass.  in summer; From  has been reported, [a‘t··alȯs·] in the sense: a) daybreak; dawn, de a. o’ de mornin’; and by fusion; b) dusk; twilight, de a. o’ de eenin’ [‘evening’], =. *aptr-ljós. a) the : he’s lightnin’ again, it is dawning (after the short midsummer-night), and b)  atterlysa, , to dawn; atterlysing,, early dawn. to the back of a harrow and dragged after it to smooth the
 * aptr-(lega); aptr, adv., once
 * attaljos [at··aljos·],, daybreak
 * attaslu [a$i$t··aslū],, weight, attached