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Rh the ripe corn, green i. — The form “$e$ɩᶅᶊka” is reported from in sense 5 b. “i‘lᶊka, $e$ilᶊka” from and ; elsewhere most “ɩ‘lska, ɩ‘lᶊka” (ɩ‘lska, ɩ‘lᶊka, i‘lska and i‘lᶊka: ). — Other forms are: a), [i‘lskô (i‘lsku), $e$i‘lᶊkô, $w$ilᶊkô], reported from  in sense 5 c: “green i.”; b)  [ɩl·skǣ·], [ɩl‘skē·], reported from in sense of malice; defiance: “he did it t’rough i.” (in sheer defiance); c) [ɩ‘lskər] ( beside ), in sense 1: “he did it t’rough i. against me”; d)  [ä‘ᶅᶊka] ( beside ), in sense 5 ( 5 c). — illska,, a) ill-will; malice; b) enmity; hatred; c) mischief; misfortune; in  and the word is also used in sense of indisposition, illness, and of exasperation, anger. — The form , , springs from the  form “illsku” from “illska”. , , with equally stressed stem and ending, has been regarded as two words ( or ), but is actually the word “illska”. Several examples of such stressing are given in Introd. V (also N.Spr. VII), § 41: Stress. under, , as well as   (under , ), , green (under , ), and, , (under , , ), , , and ,

ilska$n$ [ɩ‘lska],, flippancy; exuberant mirth; “he had a i. upon him” or “de(r) wer (there was) a i. on (upon) him”, he was very flippant or exuberant. *ǫlska? œrska? the same word as ,

ilsket [ɩ‘lskət, i‘lskət, ɩ‘lᶊkət, i‘lᶊkət, $e$ilᶊkət],, 1) a) malicious; ill-humoured; irritable; b) feigning gaiety, hiding bad humour or discontent. i. fun: a) malicious fun; b) fun with which ill nature is combined. Reported from and in all the above-mentioned forms of pronunciation. 2) of corn (growing in the field): unripe at harvest time, of green corn among the ripe; i. corn; a piece o’ i. green (, and : i‘lᶊkət, $e$ilᶊkət). — Other forms are: a) [æ‘lskət, æ‘lᶊkət], in sense 1; b)  [ä‘ᶅᶊkət], in senses 1 and 2; from only in sense 1; c) [il·skȯd· (i̇̄l·skȯd·)], reported from  in sense 2, and used as a substantive: new, green corn growing among the ripe, in the field. — : *illskóttr, malicious; hostile; see $n$, The form  seems to have arisen from a form in the neuter: “illskótt”; with regard to the stress, see the concluding remarks under $2$,   illsken (ilskjen),, cross; angry ( illr, íllr, , evil; hostile, ).

ilskod [il·skȯd· (i̇̄l·skȯd·)],, see the preceding word.

ilta [ɩ‘lta, e‘lta, ʌ‘lta],, 1) spite; enmity; (great) ill-will; to ha’e i. (a i.) at somebody; to tak’ i. (to take a dislike) at or to a person. 2) malice; done t’rough i.; fu’ [‘full’] o’ i. , , The form “ʌ‘lta” is reported from  Sometimes with prefixed h; [hɩ‘lta] and [ɩ‘lta, e‘lta]: —  to Edm. is found also in sense of anger (?). — the  form “illt” of illr,, bad; evil; hostile; unkind; harmful,, this form in Norn then changing to a substantive, when the adjectives had lost their inflexion of gender. For the supporting final vowel, see ,, (= ), $e$, , ,  — -fu’, full of mischief, desirous to do damage or harm; also -fu’ [ɩ‘l··təfu·, e‘l··tə-], as a