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374 > rt and the interchange between rt and rk in Norn. — ilia vor(d)en, , poor; slight; bad; illa vorðin,, ugly; repulsive; illa vuren, illvuren,, unserviceable; poor-looking.

ill-virket [ɩl·vɩ‘r·kət, -və‘r·kət], , malicious; bent on mischief; tricky; a i.-v. body; partly = 1. a craeter’ [‘creature’] or body. a coo, a cow in the habit of attacking other cows. . — From illverk, ill-virki, , an evil deed, a crime.

ill-visket [ɩl·vɩs·kət (ɩl·vis·kət)], , evil-minded; ill-tempered; very irritable. illvisen and ill-viskjen, , evil-minded; ill-tempered; angrily and crossly repellent (R.).

ill-vistet [ɩl·vəs·tət],, enraged; angry; ill-humoured. illvisten,, peevish; biting, and illvistug,, mischievous; malicious. The word might, however, be regarded as an alteration of ; see ,

ill-vitret, -vitteret [ɩl·vet··ərət·], malicious; ill-natured; always inclined for mischief.. a i.-v. coo = a coo. illviti,, an evil-minded person (E.J.), vita á ilt, bent on mischief. For the form vitr,, with radical r, wise, and vitra,, sense, insight, = vitska, vizka.

ill-voksen [ɩl·vɔk·sən (-våk·sən), -vok·sən],, ill-shaped; clumsy of shape. *illa vaxinn, ill-shaped. See, , and , ,

ilmet [i̇̄lmət, ɩ̄lmət, ilmət, ɩlmət], , applied to animals (cows, sheep): somewhat dark in colour, a) striped, having variegated stripes (: i̇̄lmət); b) having a reddish-brown back, a i. coo (: ɩ̄lmət). ɩ̄l- mət). From is reported “ilmət”, to colour of sheep, but without further definition of meaning; in  and  mostly  to cows. — For * by metathesis of l;    ímleitr,, greyish, dark of appearance (from ím,, dust), imutt, , striped. — See further  and ,

ilset [ɩ‘lsət],, of an animal, sheep: having a stripe of another colour round the neck; dark-coloured (black) with a white ring round the neck; a i. sheep. Stands for an older * from collar;  hölsutur, , of sheep: having a stripe of another colour round the neck, and see, (*).
 * helsóttr,, supplied with a necklace,

ilska$n$ [ɩ‘lska, i‘lska (i‘lᶊka, $mo$ilᶊka), ɩ‘lᶊka, $n$ɩ‘lᶊka, $n.-w$ɩᶅᶊka],, 1) malice; bad disposition; hatred; enmity; he did it ut t’rough , ut t’rough evil i., he did it out of mischief or hatred . . 2) anger; bad temper; defiance; partly simulated cheerfulness, hiding a bad humour (see the ); de(r) wer (there was) a i. upon him; i.-laughter, laughter produced by an irritated frame of mind. 3) a severe or painful illness; “to cry a i.-cry”, of very sick or dying animals: to emit a cry of pain, a death-cry.  4) damage; misfortune; in this sense only noted down in the exclamation “evil i.!” expressing a wish that evil may overtake one (a plague upon you, him, ); also merely a strong outburst of anger (for shame! Oh! the devil!). 5) a) weeds (grass) among the corn on the field; b) thin, empty corn, fin i.; c) new corn among the old, sprouting higher than that which has been laid by the rain or damp; green corn growing among