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Rh [‘she’] never had a ; he is still a, he is certainly not worth much, but still so much that one may put up with him as a sweetheart (, is still a possession): hit [‘it’] was still a ; sicc a ane [‘such a one’] didno [‘-not’] wort’ ha’e a (so-and-so had no one whom he or she might call sweetheart):  2) dedication; transfer: a) transfer of something of slight importance; to gi’e a body (person) a o’ onyting, to transfer something (a little thing, a trifle) to one: ; b) more : dedication or transfer to someone (mostly a little child), not as a real property, but so as to give it the name of possession, to call a young domestic animal its own; to gi’e ane (a bairn) de   o’ a lamb, o’ a chicken; to get de   o’ a lamb or chicken; I ga’e him (her) de  o’ it.  Meaning 2 b is the most common, and in this sense, the word is noted down both with and without prefixed j; meaning 1 is reported only with prefixed j ; ,  — The  main forms are distributed thus: a) :  (meaning 2 b), , ; b) :,  and (in meaning 1)  — The  forms of the  of  are distributed thus:  [ə‘ŋk];   [e‘ŋk, ə‘ŋk]; ,  [ʌ‘ŋk]; [ə‘ŋk]; the  forms of  of jə‘ŋk];  [je‘ŋk (jɩ‘ŋk)];  [jə‘ŋk, jꜵ̈‘ŋk]. — ,   through change of g and n, and the consequent hardening of g to k ( “honk” and “lunk$n$”, ). — In old deeds (in , partly mixed with Norn) the word is found written , (ayng), more rarely , in sense of possession,  in the  “eing  and owthell”:  eign ok óðal (Deeds rel. to Orkn. and Zetl. 1433—1581; see also G.Q., Ant. p. 139 ff.). A form is found in Balfour. —  eign,, possession.
 * if it was a little wort’ sweetheart,
 * [jʌ‘ŋk]; [je‘ŋk (jɩ‘ŋk),
 * , * from *, * by

enk (ink) [e‘ŋk (ɩ‘nk), ə‘ŋk, ʌ‘ŋk] and jenk (jink) [je‘ŋk (jɩ‘ŋk), (jə‘ŋk), jʌ‘ŋk],, 1) to dedicate or transfer something to one (only nominally), to allow a child to call something,  a young domestic animal, its property without real ownership; a) with “till”: to   a chicken till so-and-so ; I de lamb till her ; I  de lamb till [‘to’] Jamie ; b) with addition “upon ane’s name”: to a [‘an’] animal upon a body’s (some bairn’s) name ; we sould [‘should’]   it (de lamb) upo dy name . 2) of children: to be allowed to call something, a young domestic animal, one’s own, and let it go by one’s name; I’m [I have’] a chicken. — : [ə‘ŋk]; [e‘ŋk, ə‘ŋk]; , [ʌ‘ŋk]; [ə‘ŋk]; :  [jʌ‘ŋk: ]; [je‘ŋk (jɩ‘ŋk): ]; [je‘ŋk]. ,  through under, —  eigna, to transfer something to someone; eignask (eigna sér), to appropriate, to get possession of. ,
 * , * from *, *; see

ennapi [eᶇ··api·, æᶇ··api·], ennepi [eᶇ··əpi·], ennepig [ɛn··əpi̇̄g· (ɛn··i-), æn··əpi̇̄g·],, a tiny, fragile creature, used of lambs, chickens; often, however, also of people; more rarely of inanimate things, small objects. Other forms are: [äᶇ··api·], [jɛn··api·] [oᶇ··api·] and [äi·napit·i]. Sometimes with - for -: , [eᶇ··abi·, eᶇ··ə-] , or with dropped -i: [ä$n$nəp, äᶇəp]: [ä$n$nəp] and [äᶇəp]. —, : 10