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Rh of the roof, are said to lie “under de ”, perhaps really “under the roof-beams and the rafters”. æsing,, inter alia, beams and rafters in a building, also beams or stocks forming the inside breast-beams (from áss,, ridge; beam).  easing, eisin, , eaves. A form [ēsɩn, ēᶊɩn] occurs in the “-head”, , one of the flat stones laid along the eaves to prevent the rain-water entering, —, -; but in that case, is certainly easing.

esmel [æᶊməl],, heavy, dense rain. In “a e. o’ rain” is less violent than a “tømelt”, but contains finer and closer drops than the latter. In a few places in denotes a violent downpour of rain, almost = and , . The word is  cognate with ; For the suffix -  asm,, and aasme, , in Ross under “osna”, , = asna,, to rush along.

Essi [æssiæsi [sic]],, ash-coloured cow, as a proper name. (not ). Shetland Fire-side Tales by G. Stewart, second edition, p. 244 (Mansie Mudjick’s courtships): Essie. Eskja as the name for a cow in a cow. In that case, for *, troughthrough [sic] of “aess” [æssæs [sic]], the form of as, ass,, ashes.
 * doubtless an ash-coloured

esten [ɛstən, estən], estin [ɛstɩn, estɩn],, but commonly used as a and : a), “de e.”, the eastside, the eastern part or neighbourhood; a man f(r)ae de e., a man whose home lies east of a certain place;  in Unst, the eastern part, south of Baltasound, being called “de e.”, while the northern part is called “de , ”, the western part “de , ”,  and the southern part “de ”. b) , a e. man, a man living east of a certain place. [est-]. and (under ).— , -in from austan,, from the east, east of (= fyrir austan), towards the east; austanmaðr, a man whose home lies east of a certain place. The form - replaces an older *øst through of  “east”. The suffix -, -, corresponds to , -an. Otherwise, -, -, suffixed to words (names), must sometimes be accepted as þing,, council; district; see *, While “”, similar to “, ”, must be supposed to be an old “vestan”, , without, seems to be an old *vest(r)-þing, all the more so, as , , written “Westing”, is used as the name of a much more limited district than “(de), , ”.

ester [æstər],, of wind: to become easterly, to shift to the east; de wind  The final r points towards an older *, arisen from austr,, east, with radical r. A change ø > e can be proved in various words in Norn, but has, in this case, certainly taken place through of east,, to shift to the east, become easterly. — [est],, east, with close e, is most east, ;, however, is also pronounced with an open e or æ [ɛst, æst, æ$i$st].

†esterli [ē··stərli·, æs··tərli·], , easterly, e. wind. Differs from “easterly” in the of the main vowel. Now, however, often with a short, close e in the first syllable, like, See further ,

et$1$ [et],, doubtless eating, noted down in the phrases: 1) der’r a  upo de fish, de fish is in a ,