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Rh was, in a. , is a  form ( yerd, yird, older “erd”,, to bury). See ,

jerdfast [jerfast·],, = ,

jerdiswidl [jər··diswɩd·əl, jər·diswɩd·əl], , mud; mire; slush, applied to the sloppy state of the ground and roads after rain; “de eart’ is a’ [‘all’] in a perfect j.” is originally doubtless of jǫrð,, ground; the second part may be an old *skvitl; skvitla, skvitra (skvatla, skvatra), , to splash; dabble. See ,
 * jarðar-skvitl? The first part of the

jern(i)skäi,, see ,

jetel [jɛtəl, jætəl],, a gland; knot, a) a gland in the body ; b) induration in a stone, quartz; “as hard as j.”. In sense of light-coloured or white quartz there is also found a form [jætlɩn], reported from As. — eitill,  eitil, eitel, ettel,, a gland; hard lump. most  arises from the old, form: *eitillinn. — See and, , ,
 * [jætli], a white

jetlin,, see the preceding word.

jigel [jɩgəl] and jigelti [jɩg··əlti·], , j.- (white) quartz (hard species of stone). [jɩg··əlsten·]: As : [jɩgli], a j. : See further under ,, [ hégeitill].

jigl, jiggel [jɩgəl],, 1) to chew with difficulty, to munch; to try to loosen, a knot with the teeth; to j. on or at a ting. 2) to attempt to cut with a blunt knife, only to do it badly. 3) to try to carry out a task beyond one’s power, but making a poor job of it, to j. at a ting . — Parallel form to, ;   ,

jiker, jikker [jɩkər (jekər)], , a furious (but brief) quarrel; to ha’e a j. wi’ onybody. . See the word.

jiker, jikker [jɩkər (jekər)], , to quarrel, wrangle, applied to a furious and brief quarrel. ., (*?) has most arisen by metathesis from an older *, * or *, *. “järga” and “järk(a)”, , to fret, grumble; to raise objections, as well as, , with regard to the metathesis of r, =,  = $h$,

jilmet from ,

jink, and, see.

jipper [jɩpər (jepər)],, to pipe; jabber; to talk monotonously (and noisily); also to yelp continuously. . Is to be classed with , ;

†jird,, see †,

jirnskäi [jərn··skäi·] and jirniskäi [jər··niskäi·],, on the old wooden plough: a small board fixed in a slanting position behind (to the right), directly above the mouldboard (de, de ). Besides is also found the form [jȯr··nɩnskäi·]. from an older *- or *. In that case, the first part of the is a, with i-mutation, of  horn, (a horn; corner; angle, ); hyrni,, and hyrna, , a corner, as well as hyrning, , cross-beam; cross-bar in a sledge. Dropping of h before a later developed j often takes place in Norn, and alternation of the forms - and - may indicate y as being the fundamental vowel in this case; see and  from hyrn-. is skíð, ,