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Rh ; enmity, — See $1$, , and ,

etersom [et··ərsȯm·], and etri [ɛtri, ætri, äƫ(ə)ri, äitri],, bitterly cold, bitter, of cold; a e. cauld [‘cold’]; freezing cold, e. wadder [‘weather’]. of eitr,, venom; from *eitrsamr, ;  eitrkaldr, , freezing cold. The form ending in - is now rare. assimilates to “eterie, etrie”, bitter, cold, More common than the forms given is [atri, ātri], “a. wadder”, from “atry, attrie”, , a) festering; b) stern; grim; c) irritable; peevish. The modes of “äƫ(ə)ri, äitri” may spring from both  and . [ā··tərsȯm], “a. wadder”, noted down in Unst, is a mingling of and .   and ,

Eti [ēti],, in the phrase: “ [gȯni] E.”, name of a goblin, male or female, with which children are threatened. “Goni E. will tak’ dee!” Perhaps really the eating one, he who eats children?

etiferetifer [sic],, see ,

etl, ettel,, see , ,

ettri [ɛtri, ætri], , , “de e. o’ de ”, the latter half of the midsummer-night, from midnight (de head o’ de, de o’ ) till dawn; the first daylight, in midsummer. Also in the forms [atri, äƫri], [at··əri·, äƫ··əri·] and [äitri]. The äƫ-, äit- may, however, spring from - as well as from -. Is doubtless  eptri and aptari,, farther back; following; latter (from aptr,, back, backward).

ev [ēv, ē$ə$v],, doubt; irresolution; to ha’e a aboot onyting [‘something’], to have one’s doubts about something, to be in a, to be in doubt.  ef (if), , doubt; efi,  ivi,  eve, , doubt.

ev [ēv, ē$n$v],, to doubt; to be doubtful; he was (aboot it). efa (efask), = ifa (ifask), , to doubt. In the verse about the crow and the crab we find [ǣvə] with a variant [āvə] in sense of: (I) am doubtful; I am afraid that; , I am afraid that you will tear my back (the crab to the crow). In the variant from Unst the same line reads: “I’m feared, du ‘’ me”. “ifask” in sense of to hesitate about something.

evalos [ē··valȯs·, ē$ə$··va-], , doubtful, not to be relied upon, of weather: e. wadder [‘weather’], weather not promising fair. In the word has, by mingling, obtained a meaning opposite to the one; efalauss,, undoubted; sure. The second part of the, - ( lauss, , less), in has not been regarded as -less, but has been reduced to a mere suffix and treated like the adjectival ending “-ous”, and thereby the meaning of the word has been changed. See, and

evel [ɛval],, to master; be able to do; I canno (canna) e. onyting [‘anything’] at it, I cannot manage it, the work is too much for me. efla,, a) to strengthen; b) to master; be able to do.

, matter; material; means; in : (*), material; means; he ’s done it ut o’ [‘out of’] sma’ [‘small’] (*), he has carried out (that work) with little material or few resources at his disposal.  efni,, material; matter; means (at one’s disposal). Owing to, the “i̇̄vən” has superseded the older “*ēvən” ( even, ).
 * even [ēvən] and now iven [i̇̄vən],