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Rh his luck, by one going out or returning from fishing, when questioned regarding his doings (where he was going or how much fish he had caught, ). æra,, honour. Similar evasive answers were (are): A’ be dee ! may all your wishes be fulfilled! a’ be du blide [‘blithe’]! the use of “honour”, in in address or exclamations such as: (guid) honour be to dee ! [‘bad’] honour be to dat creature (shame to that fellow)!

er$3$ [ēr, ē$ə$r],, “ør”, a flat sand- or gravel-bank, jutting out into the water; a sandy or gravel-covered stretch of shore, — øyrr (eyrr), for *. In place-names are found: a) [ø̄r]  and  [ø̄ri] ; b) as the first part of  -, - and before a vowel: - [ø̄r- and shortened: ør-], Ørafirt’ , Ørasund, Ørigjo , Ørarengs : øyrar, — see Sh. Stedn. p. 173; c) as the second part: - [(ør) ər] and -, - [əri],  [lɩtlər] and [moklər] : *lítla øyrr and *mikla øyrr;  [hwāl··əri·] : ): *skip-øyrr. — oyri,, and  eyri, , with the form. —  [ēr] denotes a bank between two waters.
 * hval-øyrr; [skɩb··əri’] (Uyeasound,

erdros [ærdrȯs, -əs],, on the old wooden plough: a piece of wood nailed down in the front of the plough-beam, to which the traces are fastened. denoting the plough-beam itself. Is called, [ōr··dəros·, -us·] in. *arðr-áss ( arðr,, with r, a plough; áss, , a beam).

erend-less, errand-less [ɛr··əndlɛs·, ær··əndlɛs·],, “errandless”, without errand, mostly used negatively in the phrase, “no [‘not’] e.-l.”; he is no e.-l., he is not without errand, i.e., he has an important errand. “Weel [‘well’], dat is a stranger; hit [‘it’] is surely no [‘not’] e.-l., at [‘that’] has sent dee here”: you have surely not come here except onon [sic] an important errand. — ørindisleysur,, “errandless”, is used in a similar sense to the word; erend(is)lauss,, is handed down in a  sense: fruitless, not having accomplished one’s errand.

erg [ɛrg, erg, and more : ərg],, desirous; eager; very bent on getting something, e. upo’ somet’in’. ərg: Parallel form to, ;

erg [ɛrg, erg, ərg],, to vex; irritate; tease. erga,, = arga, to vex; irritate.  and ,

erik [ɛrɩk (erɩk), ærɩk, -ək],, a yearling; used in some places of a one-year-old horse, but mostly of a one-year-old goose, a e. goose. a horse (R.); eirack, er(r)ack, -ock,, a hen of the first year.
 * æringr. æring,, a yearling,

erin [ærɩn] and herin [hærɩn], , a boat rowed by means of a certain number of oars. -æringr; only as the last part in some : , ;

erli1 [erli],, in the : “ e. [tərli erli]'{'}}, bunting (bird). ? Reported by J.I. In and respectively, “erla”,, and “erle” denote a wagtail, ertla,  The first part “tirli (terli)” may be referred either to tirla,, to sing; trill, or to tirla,, a small, thin, weak figure ( derla,, a) a small, brisk figure; b) wagtail).

erli$w$ [ē$w$rli],, a breath of wind, a e. o’ wind. (Cl.). Uncertain form. If correct, the word must doubtless be regarded as a of $n$, 10*