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Rh verb, *jap-sa (*japp-sa) or *jabb-sa. jabba (jabba 2 in Aa.), , to trip, run (Aa.); to trip lightly (R.); also, inter alia to chew with difficulty ( of repeated, powerless, hacking movements).

†jatlin [jatlɩn],, that indicates noble descent and thoroughbred race, pure and strong, referring to blood: of a pure and strong, red colour; dark-red; j. bluid [blød]. “As red as j. bluid”, said of something having a strong, red colour . The word is found also in other forms, such as: [jat$ə$l], , [jat$ə$n, jatən], and : [jat]; more rarely with d: [jad$ə$l], and, [jad$ə$n]. —, in the first given sense, seems to point to aðal and eðli,, kind; nature; quality, “eðli” also: family; descent, pure descent, “aðal”, adel,, also nucleus, the best part of something. For a development ð (ðr, ðl) > t (tr, tl) in Norn, see Introd. V (also N.Spr. VII), § 29, the end. But the forms ending in dn, tn, and t (tt) do not correspond to “aðal, eðli”, and in the current use, in reference to fresh, strong red blood, the forms might be explained in another way, from “yat”,, = yet,, to pour. “yatlin” [jatlin] is found in in sense of a tallow-candle, formed by the repeated dipping of a wick into melted tallow, and must here be derived from “yat”,, in sense of to cast metal ( yet).

jatter [jatər],, to jabber; gossip; also to grumble, scold; to find fault unreasonably. Also “yatter”, in both senses. jadre, hjadre,, to jabber, tattle, jåtträ,, to lisp, babble.

je [(jē) jɛ̄] and jæ [jǣ],, a low-lying spit of land covered by water at flood-tide; a longish bank in the sea, which lies (or formerly has lain) dry at ebb, a sand-bank, forming an intertidal way at low water between two places. “ [tɩl··$m., n$ratæŋ·] (Mid-Yell), de Point o’ Saltnes [sa‘ltnɛs] is a .” As a place-name the word is also found a) in Unst: de [jɛ̄] or [jǣ] o’  [klūgən], also called “de   o’ [hūne, -ɩ]”, a sand-bank which forms an intertidal way between the village “Klugen”, south of Baltasund , and the islet “Hune”; b) in Northmavine : de [jɛ̄] or  [jǣ] o’  [øja], a sand-bank forming a way between the village “Øja”, and the opposite “Isle o’ Øja”. —  has arisen from *e [ē, ɛ̄] by prefixed j, and is eið,, neck of land, isthmus. eid,, a) neck of land between two waters; b) way of communication; cross-valley or depression, In sense of a neck of land, strip of land between two waters, are also found in forms without prefixed j: *, , e; mostly used as a place-name; see further under *.

jeder [jedər, jɛdər],, properly venom, poison, but now only used metaphorically as in: a) evil speaking; biting, spiteful words; to spit j. on ane, to vent venom, to give vent to one’s spleen on someone, to talk with biting malice to or about someone; his words was like j. (piercing, biting as venom); b) biting or bitter cold; a j. o’ cauld [‘cold’]; he is a j. o’ cauld f(r)ae de nort’; hit [‘it’] is as cauld as j. (biting cold).. — eitr, , a) venom, poison; b) bitterness; malice; enmity; c) bitter cold. See $ə$ and, , which are other forms of the word here treated.

jederpadd [jed··əpad·, jɛd··əpad·], 25*