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Rh “naet’in’ [‘nothing’] but j.”. , — drift, something drifting, and to be classed with jaga,, to hunt, drive; possibly a of this word, as the $w$, , and, [from  jaga], are usually pronounced with long a.

jag$2$ [jāg],, 1) a shoal,  of small fry; de(r) wer (there was) just a j. o’ it ; naet’in’ but j., nothing but small fry . 2) a tiny fish, a small codling. and a -codlin. Meaning 1 is the original one, and may be referred to jaga,, to hunt, drive, ; jaga,, inter alia to tumble or loll about (B.H.), jaga,, inter alia to go at a great speed. See the word and $2$,

jag [jāg],, 1) in fishing: to pull up the line (with long and short jerks alternately) and lower it again, with also a backward and forward movement, in order to get the fish to take the bait, in catching coalfish, sometimes also in cod-fishing. to j. for  (coalfish), to j. : with quick movements of the line. to j. for cod: with slower movements of the line, to j. i’ de (the thole); to “j. in” de line, to haul in the line (with long and short jerks alternately, and then let it run out again): Mostly used as , but also as  , : j. de fish to dee! ; to j.  = to j. for . 2) a) to be talkative ; b) to keep on asking for something, troubling one with repeated requests or inquiries, to j. at ane. 3) to quarrel, wrangle; to j. de ane [‘the one’] i’ de face o’ de tidder [‘the other’]. . 4) to appropriate something to oneself in a sly or dishonest way, to j. aff. 5) a) to sell small wares, to hawk pedlar’s wares; b) to buy up ( fish) secretly; see,  —  jaga, , a) to drive, hunt; b) to harp on one subject; jaga and jagast,, a) to repeat constantly; b) to quarrel; dispute.

jaga [jāga],, a species of cuttle-fish, see ,

jager [jāgər],, a pedlar, also one who buys in an underhand way,  to a buyer-up of fish, one who forestalls the market. See, 5. Differing in the , ; Edm. gives a form with short a: “yagger”.

jagg [jag],, 1) continual scolding and reprimanding. 2) a wrangle; dispute.,  jagg, , continual grumbling. jagg,, war of words (B.H.).

jagg [jag],, 1) to scold and reprimand continually; to j. at onybody [‘somebody’]. 2) to argue; wrangle; dispute; to stand in ane’s face. ,  jagga, , to grumble and reprimand continually, to nag.

jagi [jāgi],, small, applied to fry ( young cod), fish in a shoal; a j. mite, a small codling . Formed from $h$, ;

jagi-ho [jag··ihō·],, a young, small (shark, a small kind of porbeagle, lamna cornubica). . The name is doubtless due to the fact of its moving in shoals. See $n$,

jagl, jaggel [jagəl],, 1) to chew with difficulty; to j. upon onyting [‘something’]. 2) a) to dispute, contend (continually); b) to grumble, scold; what is du op i’ my face for? c) to swine: to grunt continually; de swine is  at de door.   and  jagla,, to chew with difficulty; in also to tattle, gossip.

jakkel$wg$, jakl [jakəl],, a molar. Also  jaxl, , For the change ksl (xl) > kl in