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388, a venomous, malicious person; also a very angry, cross person. eitrpadda,, venomous toad.

jefl, jeffel [(jɛfəl) jæfəl] and jevl, jevvel [(jɛvəl) jævəl],, to falter in one’s speech, hesitate for words; he or  it, he spoke in a hesitating manner, was not able to get the words out. b) to jabber (Aa.); c) to falter in speech (R.). The word is hardly from geifla,, to munch, as, in this case, the g, to phonology, ought to have been preserved; see, , and , ,
 * jafla. javla,, a) to chew;

jegel, jigel [jegəl, jɩgəl] and jegilsten [jeg··ɩlstēn·, -sten·],, quartz, a hard stone in a soft species of stone ; see further, ,

jelin [jɛlɩn (jælɩn)],, 1) a slight shower, usually with light wind, a j. o’ a shooer [‘shower’]. 2) a frosty-looking cloud, a dark cloud in frosty or very cold weather, a frosty j., frosty. — shower; in  a snow-squall, hail-storm; in Danish also of a cloud (without rain). eling,, a shower, iling, , a passing shower, in  to Molbeck also: eel, eling,
 * élingr. of  él,, a

jema [jɛma (jema, jæma)],, 1) mist lying on the surface of the water , close to the shore ; also mist lying in the valleys (Papa), = , . 2) small, whitish clouds, flying before larger, dark clouds. — The with close e is reported from  [jema and jɛma], with ɛ and æ from and [jɛma, jæma]. — From eimr,, steam, (whitish) smoke. ,, (tabu-name for) fire, which is another form of the same word.

†jemelt [jeməlt, jɛməlt],, tabu-name, sea-term for woman or girl ; see * and † ,

jenk (jink) [je‘ŋk (jɩ‘ŋk), jə‘ŋk, jꜵ̈‘ŋk, jʌ‘ŋk],, really property, possession, eign,  (in  from * by metathesis of and in the  senses: 1) sweetheart (a person to whom one is engaged). 2) dedication or making over a) of a thing of minor significance, a trifle; b) of something in merely nominal ownership and not as a real possession, such as a young domestic animal that a child is allowed to call his own: to gi’e ane (to get) de j. o’ onyting [‘something’]. For the use of the word in sentences, and for the distribution of the different forms of pronunciation in the various localities, see further under  ,
 * ), but now only used ,

jenk (jink) [je‘ŋk (jɩ‘ŋk), (jə‘ŋk), jʌ‘ŋk],, 1) to dedicate or make over to someone ( a child) something, as a nominal possession. 2) applied to children: to be allowed to call something ( a young domestic animal) one’s own, and let it go by one’s name. ( and ). For * by metathesis of *. eigna,, to attribute to one. See further under ,

jennapi [jɛn··api·],, a tiny, fragile being (person or animal), a small, frail wretch.  See further under ,

†jerd, jird [jerd, jɩrd],, 1) to bury. 2) to hide, to put aside secretly, to j. awaa [‘away’]. 3) to press down, to squeeze; to j. anesell [‘oneself’], to settle oneself down firmly, = to anesell. de coo was in a, the cow stuck fast in a slough , = de coo