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146 ; : ; : the word is only noted down as used of something tiny; elsewhere with implied sense of frailty, feebleness: sometimes this implied sense has changed and become the chief sense. In  denotes an impertinent child. In Edm.’s Glossary the word is found in three places, spelt and defined in each place ( regarded as three words): “: diminutive, small for one’s age”; “: a defeated cock driven away and kept at a distance by the ruler of the dunghill”; “: a dwarfish person or animal”. — The last syllable pi is an  of [pi̇̄g], denoting a small creature or thing, little cabbage-stalk, = , is pit,, or pita, , a small, slender thing (R. suppl.), pita, a tiny fish (R.). The first part of the doubtless intensifies the second part, so that the root-meaning of, is something diminutive and insignificant, though in a few places the diminutive idea has been forced back and that of frailty, feebleness, has come to the front: a weakling,, thus, in :. - (-), -, -, - and - may originate from an *agn-; agn,, a grain; particle, in such as: agneliten, diminutive, and in derivatives: egnende (ægnande) liten, ognende (øgnande) liten = agneliten (R.).— [eᶇ··api·-nakət], a little, obstinate fellow. The last part of this word is doubtless nachet, nacket, , an insignificant person, also an obstinate fellow.
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 * and, [æᶇa-]:
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a steep projection, steep slope. [ædni, ædnɩ] and [ɩdni]: Now only in place-names, commonly preceded by the Examples: de Enni [ɛᶇɩ] (Skaw, ), a steep, rocky stretch of coast; de Enni [ɛni] ; de Enni-knowe (Catfirth, ), a hill, the one side of which forms a very steep slope; de Enni [äᶇɩ, äini] (South Gluss, ), a steep hill-side; de Enni (Inni) [ɩᶇɩ] (de Nort’ Nips, ), projecting, steep coast, promontory. de Ennins, [ɛᶇɩns] (Sulem, ), and de Innins,  [ɩᶇɩns] (Futabrough, ), steep plots of arable land, “de Edni” and “de Idni” (Tun o’ Ham, ), a steep stretch of cultivated land. — enni,, forehead; enni,, a) forehead; b) a brow-shaped mountain-formation (F.A. II, suppl.). Ennins, Innins, is  “enni-n” with the added -s.
 * enni [ɛni, ɛᶇɩ (ɩᶇɩ, äᶇɩ, äini)], ,

enni [eᶇɩ],, of sheep: to yean. önna, öna, åina.

enniste,, see , ,

ensper,, see.

ent [æ‘nt],, to heed; care for something, to e. onyting; he never it; also to obey; fairly Other forms are and, ; enta,, to heed; care for.

entible [æ‘n··tɩb·əl],, obedient, a e. dog. of , ible,

er$w$ [ēr, ē$n$r],, a small particle or morsel of something, a (piri) o’ onyting, =. In the “a o’ wind” = “a  o’ wind”,   is merged into “air”. erc,, a small particle; morsel. See ,

er$s$ [ēr, ē$n$r],, honour; glory, only noted down in the : a’ [‘all’] be to dee! may all be honour to you; glory be to you! = a’ be honour [honər] to dee! evasive answer, given in order not to spoil