Page:An Etymological Dictionary of the Norn Language in Shetland Part I.pdf/493

Rh northerly direction; “he is him [himself] op to de nor’wast” ; also of the sea: to become agitated; he is him op. — Comparison may be made, partly with “høva (“høve”), høvja, hyva”, as parallel forms to “hevja ( hefja)”,, a) to raise, lift; b) to throw, fling; partly with huve up,, to lift up, and hove, , to swell, inflate.

høvi [hø̄vi, høvi],, 1) a plaited basket. 2) a bow-net; see further ,

høvi-brigg [høv··ibrɩg·],, a bridge, across a burn, to which a (a net to catch trout in) is fastened.

  i, i’ [e, ə],, in, appears unstressed in conjunction with and after “in”, : in i [ɩn e, ɩn ə], a) into (of motion); b) in (of being in a place), to geng in i de , in i de, to go into the house, into the church; to be in i de hus (kirk), to be in the house (the church). inn í, into, and “inni í”, in. — For the rest, “in i’”, , is often used indiscriminately with atill, corresponding to into. See further, , and the applications of this word, originating from Norn.

ibit [i̇̄bɩt],, a bite, a small meal: a) a light meal in the morning, taken before the proper breakfast ; b) a snack between breakfast and dinner ; c) a light meal in the evening . — *í-bit, from í,, in, and  bit, , a biting, a bite.   aabit, , and aabite, , a meal in the morning, breakfast;  árbiti (Gísl.), , with the first part of the different.

idi [idi],, whirlpool, backward-running tide; also whirl on the surface of the water, eddy; I saw de i. o’ de (the swirl caused by the whale as it plunged).  — iða,, whirlpool. — A form i [i̇̄] with dropped ð is found as a place-name in (Øja, ): “de o’ de I”, a skerry around which a whirlpool seethes. For another form see [edᶎək].

idint [i̇̄dent, i̇̄dənt], idient [i̇̄··dient·], , diligent; persevering; assiduous in work; i. wark [‘work’]; a i. warker [‘worker’]; a i. rooth, constant pulling . ( eident, ident). Also [æidənt, æidə‘nt] and [äidənt, äidə‘nt], the latter form with anglicised pronunciation [äi] of original long i. : : Elsewhere more : and. — As are found, , , diligently; perseveringly; assiduously; to wark hard and , to work hard and assiduously . — iðinn,, assiduous; steady; persevering, íðin [oijɩn].

i-draught [i··drāχt·, i̇̄draχt], , 1) one of the bands (straw-bands) making the woof, de waft (weft), in an open, plaited net-basket, ; sometimes in a more restricted sense: a (thick, double) band forming the edge round the mouth of a (net-basket) or of a (coarser straw-basket). Applied to the edge of a “rivakessi”, noted down in Unst; elsewhere more of the edge of a “mesi”. 2) a) inclination, (favourable) mood; fondness; to ha’e [‘have’] a guid [‘good’] or no guid i-d. till ane; b) aim;