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142 in an old Norn fragment, the verse:

(I shall cut) — see Introd. In the Foula-ballad (Hildina-ballad), by assimilation, “yach” and “yagh” ( jag). —, [mɔg, mȯg], me,  mik, is preserved in the verse about the crow and the crab; “moch” in the Foula-ballad. and, me, in , mér, are found in the Foula-ballad. : * (Lord’s Prayer), we, vér,, and vit, dual; is most  developed from “vit”, like * (see, ) from “þit”. * and * (Lord’s Prayer), , us,  oss. —  (mine),

eken [ækən],, thin; meagre; a puir [‘poor’] e. body. for hik, hek,, a small corner; a thin, insignificant person, of which “hekel”, a small corner; a tall, thin man, is a derivative, or with hekkja, , a long shelf; tall, thin woman. almost assimilates in to “achin’ [-ɩn]”, from  ache,
 * , and cognate either with

eker [ɛkər, ækər],, 1*) corn (field), in the phrase “ee. [sic] [ɛkər] and hø”, corn and hay; 2) crushed mass of corn, trampled or blown down on the field; in a wider sense: decomposed or crushed mass; decomposed (crushed) state; to lie in e.; to lay in e. (to crush; destroy). See ,

ekra,, see ,

ekrabung [æk··raboŋ·] and ekerbung [æk··raboŋ·],, denotes sorts of grass, weeds in the field: barley-grass, oat-grass or brome-grass, rye-grass, couch-grass. Also long, dry grass; the aftermath, fog-grass (.: ekrabung). In the as a parallel form to ; From is reported an  form [ækra] in the sense of weeds. — ekra,, land ploughed up; cultivated land; field ( of “akr”, ); ækra,,  ekra, äkra, , a fallow field; meadow, formerly field. — For the last part see $n$,

eksben [æks··ben·],, the rump-piece of a cow, given as payment to one who slaughters a cow.

eksis-girs [æk··sɩsgɩ‘rs·, -gə‘rs·], , a plant, : a) dandelion, taraxacum, also called “” and “”; : b) devil’s-bit, scabiosa succisa. The first part, , is an older * from ax,, ear of corn, raceme; ekse,, = ear of corn. “bitter-” as a name for the dandelion.

down as belonging to the Unst fishermen’s tabu- at sea ; b) handed down in an old rigmarole from Unst, preserved in : e. [eld] fire (see Introd.). Other forms (from ) are:, ;   eldr, , fire.
 * eld [ɛld, eld],, fire, a) noted

†elderin [æl··dərɩn],, elderly, up in years, a e. man. Also and (eldern, eldren, elderin). aldrende, eldande (R.); aldrænn, aldraðr, aldinn, , old.

elf(s)wind [æ‘lf(s)wɩnd],, nettlerash; a sort of rash with small, red spots and pimples, elf-wind, as the complaint was supposed to be caused by the breath of the elves; “du’s gotten e.-w. upo dee”. Anglicised form of an old *alf-blástr or blástr, gustr,, wind, breath of wind);  alvblaaster, elveblaast, alvgust,  elvblåst,, rash, nettlerash. The old Shetl. form of  “alfr”, occurring in the place-names ( hill-names), is  from * ( álfr,  álvur),  [wȯlvol, -vəl, -wȯl],  *alf-hóll;
 * alf-gustr, -vindr ( alfr,, elf;