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Rh ] in Clumlie,, also called “Bokis’ brae” (, , hill-man or hill-lady); see Sh. Stedn., pp. 59 and 112. and elf-shot, and  elverskud,, elleskudt, , alvskot,, denote diseases considered to be caused by the elves.

cloud (in frosty weather), él and now the current form.
 * elin [ɛlɩn],, a shower; dark
 * élingr — see, , which is

elis, eles? [ēlɩs, ɛ̄$ə$ləs], a strong current of air; strong draught, a e. o’ wind. ? is doubtless él,, a shower, eling, , a) a shower; b) jerk; attack, il, (in dialect also ), a violent gust of wind., is only a  form “éls” or “*élings” with the second part of the dropped.

ell,, a stripe. See ,

elska,, to love. the word.
 * elsk,, to love, to Edm.

saying, used by an old woman in Fedeland, in the phrase “e. I! wearied I!” From elska, , to love?
 * elsket$1$ [æ‘lskət], an exclamation;

elsket$2$,, see ,

elt [æ‘lt],, 1) a kneaded mass, and elta,  2) mud; mire, elta, 3)  a jumble; bungled work; to mak’ a e. o’ onyting . See $1$,

elt$1$ [æ‘lt],, 1) to squeeze; handle too roughly; pull about; du’s dat creature (, kitten, or whelp) to death, boy! . 2) to knead ( and dough; butter), to e. dough, butter; in a sense: to be very long about doing something, to e. on a ting. 3) to dig and rake up the ground for something; to rake in dirt, to lie ; ; dey’re at de taatis [‘potatoes’], they are eagerly occupied  in taking up the potatoes ; de hands is  [æ‘ltət] wi’ dirt, your hands are soiled with dirt ( ). 4) to chase; pursue eagerly, to e. efter a sheep. 5) to keep close at another person’s heels, to geng efter ane . elta,, a) to squeeze; press; knead; b) to drive; chase; elta,, a) to knead; b) to keep close at the heels of someone, elta ein.

elt$n$ [æ‘lt],, to spew; vomit. Connected with the preceding $2$, ?

em [ē$1$m],, of meat and of fish: to swarm with small, crawling maggots; de fish (flesh) is, the fish (meat) is full of small, moving maggots. Also [ǣ$ə$m]. , to be classed with  eima, ema, æma,, to steam; reek; smoulder, and with ima, (cognate with eima), to show a slight indication of something; to gleam; ripple; move; smoulder; warm; stream. ,

emek [emək],, sea-term, tabu-name in fishermen’s for fire. eimr,, steam, in poetry also fire (Eg.). — For other tabu-names in for fire, see , ,, *, and.

emers [ēmərs],, and em(m)er [ɛmər, æmər],, embers; red-hot ashes. The form [ɛmərs, æmərs] is more widespread. The long e.-sound in indicates that the word arises from eimyrja,, embers, with addition of plural -s from embers, ameris, emmers. From “eimyrja” arises also the form (?). The Norse, and forms are merged together in ,

emerswakk [em··ərswak·],, = ,

emikin [em··ɩkɩn·],, commonly