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376 =, : to tak’ i.-f. to a person = to tak’ i. (spite); “he did it ut o’ [$æ$ɩᶅ··tɩvu·]” , he did it out of sheer spite; iltevu [sic] doubtless for “-fu’.”

ilta-fa’? [ɩ‘l··tafā·, e‘l··ta- (ɩ‘ᶅta-, e‘ᶅ··ta-)],, in the phrase “to tak’ i.-f. at or to ony ane [‘any one’], at or to a person”, to take a dislike to one; see the preceding word.

im [i̇̄m, ɩm],, soot, a layer of soot, on the under side of a pot. Now much more common in the form [äim], in which the original long i has changed to äi through of  —  ím, , dust, a coat of dust; dirt; ím [oim, ȯim],, soot (on pots). See ,

im [i̇̄m (ɩ̄m)],, to swarm; teem; swarm with small, crawling things; de ebb (the foreshore) is wi’ whelks (shell-fish). Doubtless the same word as ima,, (to reek, steam) to gleam; ripple; move; smoulder; to make a thin sheet of ice, See ,

imet [i̇̄mət, ɩ̄mət],, of colour, to cattle: having a dirty tinge, dirty-grey; ashen; yellowish-grey; reddish-grey, or grey with a reddish-brown tinge; also bluish; bluish-grey; a i. colour; a i. coo [‘cow’]. *ímóttr. imutt,, of animals: having dark-greyish stripes. See, , and  (for
 * ) and ,

imper [(e‘mpər) ə‘mpər],, a low sound, a cursory remark, murmur; negatively: no [‘not’] a i., not a sound (disturbing remark), not a murmur. *impr or *ympr. See the word as well as ,

imper [(e‘mpər) ə‘mpər],, to make a slight, cursory remark, to hint at something, to murmur; only used negatively, as in: du dares no [‘not’] i.; never i.! like the now more common “never leet!” ( leit, leet, ). Also in sense of to venture, to attempt; “if du to say”; “dey never could i. to geng to the (to deep-sea fishing) on sicc [‘such’] a bad day” . — impra (ympre),, to touch upon, hint at; ympra, , to touch upon, mention., in sense of to venture, to attempt, approaches impa,, to set in motion. — See, , which is another form of the same word.

imsket [ɩ‘mskət, e‘mskət],, of colour: having a dark, dirty tinge; mixed, and partly indeterminable, dirty-grey, blackish or bluish.. of, , to which essentially assimilates.

in [ɩn, en],, in, commonly abbreviated to “i’” [e, ɛ, ə] when preceding a consonant; the word is mostly used as in English, sometimes differing, however, in certain phrases, originating from Norn, thus by periphrasis for the genitive or the possessive pronoun: de een [‘eyes’] i’ de boy or lass, the boy’s or girl’s eyes; de een in him, his eyes, = : eyguni í honun. See i, i’,

in-draught [ɩndrāχt, ɩndraχt (en-, ɛn-)] and in-draw [ɩndrā, endrā, ɛndrā (ændrā)],, 1) inclination, (favourable) mood, “favourable eye” on someone; to ha’e a guid [‘good’] i.-d. till (to) ane; he had no guid i.-d. to me, he did not look with favourable eyes on me, he had an old grudge against me. 2) aim; purpose. — See further under “i-draught” (i.-d. 2),

inn [ɩn(n)],, a dwelling, haunt, = inni,, and  inn,

inn, in [ɩn],, = inn and in. Note the collocations, originating from Norn: a), inward, farther in, = inn eptir, inn etter; b)  [tø̄ = ‘to’], of wind: more in the direction of