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Rh jamer,, to whimper; bleat; mew, see ,

jams [ja‘ms],, greedy; desirous; eager to get something; to be j. for a ting. The word indicates an association in meaning with jafsa,, to snap at something with the mouth; in its form the word assimilates to jamsa, , to chew; munch.

japl, jappel [japəl],, to jabber; to be talkative.  japla, , = jappa,, to jabber, ; japla,, to turn the food about in the mouth, to chew (B.H.). See ,

japp [jap],, 1) a piping, a cheeping sound, generally to chickens: de j. o’ a chicken. 2) whimpering, crying; a bairn’s j.. 3) babble, nonsense. 4) continuous, tiresome repetition of the same thing, of something insignificant; also quarrel about a trifle.
 * japp. See the word.

japp [jap],, 1) to pipe, to cheep; generally to chickens; de chicken . Also  to persons: he’s been dat [‘that’] way (interferin’), f(r)ae he was able to j., he has been that way (interfering) ever since he could “cheep”. . 2) to whimper, cry; de bairn (is ). , 3) to babble, to talk nonsense. 4) to repeat the same thing, something trifling; also constantly to raise senseless objections, quarrel about a trifle; to j. aboot a ting (reported from in the last meaning). — *jappa. jappa,, to jabber, to talk with tiresome repetitions, ; jappa, , to repeat constantly (B.H.), hjappe, a) to bawl; b) to jabber.

jappek [japək],, a cheeping or piping creature (see, ); reported in sense of a piping, whimpering or crying creature, a child; a j. o’ a ting. *japp. See, 1 and 2.

jappel,, see ,

japper [japər],, to whimper, to speak in a whimpering or tearful voice.  of ,

jappi [japi],, sea-term, tabu-name in fishermen’s for hen. a cheeping or jabbering creature; see ,

jar [jār],, a border; edge, : 1) selvage of wadmal or woven stuff; de j. o’ de, wub [‘web’] or claith [‘cloth’]. , 2) a layer of green turf in a fence, the uppermost layer. ; see further, 3) a) a narrow or incipient current, appearing as a streak on the surface of the water; a slight current; a j. o’ tide. b) a current rippling with sharp edges, but calm in the centre. In sense 2 b the word is reported from in the form [jard], a o’ tide. A verb,, corresponding to the latter, is reported from and ; see below. 4) applied to a boat: to tak’ a j., to take a slanting course, in order to catch the wind or to avoid skerries. — jaðarr,, edge; selvage; border. The form has arisen by dropping of ð, by metathesis of ; see , 4 is due to a mingling with yaw,

jar [jār] and jard [jard, jārd], , 1), to place (build) in layers, to build up a fence of green turf; reported in the form  from 2)  , applied to current: a) to appear as a streak; b) to ripple with sharp edges (while the tide is running gently in the centre); de tide is [jārɩn]: de tide is : and : jārd. : jard, jārd ( in sense
 * to a dyke; see ,