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144 in the :, a collection or heap of tiny objects, small potatoes; a lock [‘lot’] o’. Disparaging   derived in a jocular way from ím, , dust; a layer of dust. im,, fish fry (Ri.). See ,

eml, emmel [æməl],, bungle; bungled work; badly prepared food or drink; to mak’ a e. o’ a ting. Parallel form to, $1$ (ambel), ,

eml, emmel [æməl],, to bungle; to carry out work badly, in the “e. efter”, to copy; imitate (defectively, poorly); to try to e. efter somet’in’. Parallel form to, ,

emmer,, see ,

emp,, see ,

emsket [e‘mskət],, of colour: dusky gray or bluish, mixed and indefinite. See under, ,

en [ē$w$n, en], numeral, one, assimilates to “ane”, but has arisen from “einn”. The form from (the riddle about the cow); see Introd.
 * [et] is preserved in an old rigmarole

end [ænd, æᶇd],, breath; respiration; to draw de e., to draw one’s breath; “he drew his e.”, in a special sense: he drew a deep breath; he recovered his breath, of a person out of breath. in the : to swallow de e., to swallow phlegm in one’s throat so as to be able to breathe more easily ; I could no [‘not’] get my e. swallowed. From andi, , breath, under of  “aynd, end, eind”,, breath. , , which is used in a somewhat sense.

now, = *. In an old rigmarole. *enn þá; ennþá ( enntá), , yet; still; even now.
 * ende [ɛndə],, yet; still; even

endlang [ɛnd··laŋ·, ænd··-],, at full length, from end to end, = end(i)langr, Also

endmark [ɛnd··ma‘rk, ænd··-], , the farthest boundary, = endemerke; endamark and endamerki, , end; boundary.

en [æn]-draught and en-draw, , see -draught, -draw,

enfald [en··fāld·] and more : efald [ē··fāld·],, single (consisting of a single part, not folded), in contrast to “twafald”, double. einfaldr,, single. The form is “afald, aefauld”, which in Jam. is only mentioned in sense (honest, without duplicity).

Now only in place-names as the final, or more as the first, part of a (: -,  Examples: de Ørarengs [ør··arɛŋs·], , pasture near the sea-shore: *øyrar-engjar. With a double  ending (Norn -er and  -s): de Engers [eŋgərs] : *engjar. Engamor [æŋ··amȯr·, -mər·] : (Bakka, ): *engjarmós-deildir; Engermorvatn [æŋ·gərmȯrvatn·] : *engjarmýrar-vatn. de Engatus [ɛŋ··gatūs·] (YY. [sic]): *engjar-þúfur. — eng,, a meadow; whence  ing,
 * eng [ɛŋ(g), æŋ(g)],, meadow.
 * engjar-mýrr, and Engamosdelds [eŋ··əmȯsdɛlds·]

meadow-lot; allotted piece of meadow; now only as a place-name, de E. o’, de E. o’ Isbister. The meaning of the word (the name) is still partly understood, though the first syllable is regarded as “in”. — engjaskipti, , division of meadow-lots.
 * en(g)skipta [enskɩp·ta, ɩn-],, a

enk (ink) [e‘ŋk, ə‘ŋk, ʌ‘ŋk] and jenk (jink) [je‘ŋk (jɩ‘ŋk), jə‘ŋk, jꜵ̈‘ŋk, jʌ‘ŋk],, 1) possession, but nowadays only in a very restricted application,  = sweetheart, a person to whom one is engaged; shø