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148 ern [ērn, ē$ə$rn, ɛrn],, an eagle. ǫrn (örn),, ern, , eagle. In the so-called “’s song” (the eagle’s song) from, the eagle is called “de [ɛdnin]”: ǫrninn, form.

erp (irp) [ə‘rp],, to turn up one’s nose, to be prudish, cross, touchy ; to be constantly grumbling and complaining, to e. ower or aboot somet’in’ ; to harp upon the same subject, to e. aboot somet’in’ ; to be always asking for or demanding the same thing, to e. upon a ting [‘thing’] ; to keep on asserting, something wrong, to e. at (upon) a ting. Also: a) [ɩ‘rp (e‘rp)], to i. at a ting, to keep on asserting something incorrect; b)  by change of e or i to : α)  [ja‘rp], to j. upon a ting , to repeat the same questions or demands; β) , to j. aboot or upo somet’in’, to harp upon one subject, continually insist on something; c) In  [ə‘rp] sometimes is used in a  sense, : to walk falteringly, slowly, to e. aboot. — The root-meaning is  to make (slight) jerks, (slight) twitches.  erpa, e. sær, really, to turn up one’s nose, now usually in a sense  from the  word: to affect importance; give oneself airs; erp,, to be constantly grumbling on one topic.  forms with initial h are found in the Northern languages; thus:  harpa, herpa, , to pinch up; clench; reprimand; herpa, ,  herpe, hærpe, to have a twitch or stitch in one’s limbs (of aching sensations), to shrink;  and  hyrpa, , to draw together in wrinkles, to shrink. — Though the  , , in the senses first given, assimilates to  erp, the word itself is hardly borrowed from  The changed forms ,  (the latter with a  chaugechange [sic] of p to b) point to an old Northern origin, and in the sense of to walk falteringly, slowly, the comes close to and herpa, herpe (see ). “ɩ‘rp” originates from *(h)yrpa ( and hyrpa); “ə‘rp” may originate either from *erpa or *(h)yrpa.

erskäi [ēr··skäi·],, on the old wooden plough: really mould-board, but later on, denoting a small board fixed in a slanting position behind (to the right), directly above the mould-board (de ). Also — *arð(r)-skíð or -skíða. arðr ( r),, a plough; skíð, , and skíða,, a piece of wood; ski; skida,, also board; plank; -tree and ,

ert [æ‘rt],, to irritate; tease; incite; provoke; to e. fornenst [ foreanent, fornent = opposite to] anidder [‘another’] ane, to threaten to strike someone, to make threatening movements with the hand, as if to strike; de kye is wi’ ane anidder, the cows are threatening to butt each other. erta, , to irritate; incite; ert (e. up), , In sense of to strive onward and upward , “ert” is another word: airt, ert, , to urge forward,


 * ervhus,, see *,

es [ēs, ē$n$s],, fiercely blazing fire, flaming fire, a o’ a fire, a o’ fire. eisa,, (intense) fire. — ,

es [ēs, ē$n$s],, to blaze fiercely, to flame, of fire; comm. in : a  fire, a flaming fire. eisa,, to rush on violently ( of fire).

esins [ēsɩns and : ēᶊɩns, ē$ə$ᶊɩns],, the lower, interior part of a roof. Things, kept on the top of the broad stone wall in the angular space formed by the upper part of the wall and the lower part