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370 man” = the devil ; illi maður, ill man, the devil. a i.  [vɩk], a bad tendency or inclination , a i. [vam, vām]: a) a repulsive impression, caused by a person’s manners and behaviour, “der’r a i. wi’ him (her)”, see, ; b) unpleasantly strong in taste, “der’r a i. wi’ it”. der’r a i. i’ de sea , there is a bad commotion, tide, in the sea (preventing the catching of fish). i. wadder, hard weather, thunder-storm; der’r i. wadder gaun [‘going’], the thunder rolls ; see, he is i. to dø [‘do’] till, he is hard to get on with or to please. Proverbial phrase: hit is a i. wind, at blaws naebody guid, it is an ill wind that blows nobody good. Often in expletives, oaths, such as: ! ( honour)! ! (moment)! ! ! ! see the respective substantives. — Two obsolete forms, * [ɩdla] and the expletive term *! ! [*ill heilsa] = ill healt’! see under *, — illr, íllr,, bad, ill, evil, wicked; hostile, unkind; harmful; unpleasant; difficult; trifling, of little value, ; in and (ill), and  (illur), as well as (ill), also, inter alia, angry; hot-tempered. — Nowadays is also used commonly in sense of sick, indisposed, through influence.
 * [jɩldər], are found in

ill-berin [ɩl·bē$ə$·rɩn],, unable to bear illness or fatigue; a i.-b. body. "that bears badly”.

ill-best [ɩl·bæst·],, de i.-b.: a) the best of a bad race or family, and even then not particularly good; b) the best of a poor collection of things from which to choose. ill-bestur. Also

ill-birstet [ɩl·bə‘r·stət], ill-borstet [ɩl·bȯ‘r‘stət],, angry; cross; malicious. Also with dropped r in the second part of the : [ɩl·bəs·tət (-bɩs·tət)], [ɩl·bȯs·tət], [ɩl·bȯs·tən]; the last form noted down only in — *ill-byrstinn. a) bysten,, hasty ( bristly, that raises the bristles), busta and bysta seg,  borsta sig, borstas, reflexive verb, to raise the bristles, to become angry or cross; b)  and  illbyste, , a hot-tempered and cross being, malicious person or animal. See further under ,

ill-bist [ɩl·bɩst·],, to threaten to do harm; he (was ) for him, he threatened to do him harm. See the preceding word.

ill-fen, -fain [ɩl·fē$ə$n·],, to show unkindness to someone, to repulse one by unfriendly demeanour; as : to i.-f. a body (person). Also as : to look unfriendly, to have an unkind look. As an, properly : , -fainin’ [il·fē$ə$·nɩn], unkind; unpleasant, applied to appearance, has a very unpleasant look. — *ill-(fagna). See, ,
 * he is awfu’ “ill-fenin”, he

ill-gi’in’ [ɩl·gi·ən, ɩl·ꬶɩ̄·ən, -ꬶɩ̄$ə$n·, -ꬶē$ə$n·], and, continually grumbling and complaining, discontented; a i.-g. body. ill-gi’en, The forms “-gɩ̄$ə$n” and “-ꬶē$ə$n” are noted down in Unst.

ill-ginket [ɩl·ꬶi‘ŋ·kət, -ꬶɩ‘ŋ·kət (-gi‘ŋ·kət)], , wicked by nature; deceitful; aa [sic] i.-g. coo [‘cow’]. See ,

ill-glum [ɩl·glūm·, -glô$n$m],, to have a suspicion; “he at so and so was ta’en [‘had taken’] it”, he had a suspicion that so and so had taken it. See ,

ill-godet [ɩl·gō·dət, -gō$n$·dət], ill-gudet [ɩl·gū·dət],, in a bad temper, discontented and