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Rh joglitt [(joglet) joglət],, applied to a sheep: white (having a white head) and with black circles round the eyes, or conversely; a j. yowe [‘ewe’]. *auglit(t)r, , “eye-coloured”. eyglittur [æ$n$glɩttȯr], , = . See

jognakessi,, see the word.

jognakoddi [joŋ··nakȯd·i],, a small basket in which horse mussels are gathered (to be used as bait for fishing). *aðnakoddi or -kuddi. aðna,  of  aða,, mytilus modiolus. See $i$,, and , In the same sense as is used (also in ) [joŋ··nakɛᶊ·ɩ]; see ,

John’smass-girs [‘-grass’], , ribwort plantain. Also called “John’smass-flooers [‘-flowers’]” and “John’smass-pairs”. An old superstitious custom is attached to this plant in connection with St. John’s Eve, since an omen of the future is taken (at any rate, was formerly taken) from the jutting stamens of the plant, whether one was to marry one’s true-love. In “Jóansøkugras” denotes the same plant, and the same custom is (was) attached to it on St. John’s Eve, and Midsummer-Night. Jó(a)nsmessa and Jó(a)nsvaka, , Midsummer Day, the 24th of June, Jóansøka, , John’smass. In Jonsokeblom, , denotes a plant, different from “John’smass-girs” and “Jóansøkugras”, Sankt Hans urta,
 * “arnica montana”,

jok [jɔk (jok)],, wooden doorlatch; generally to a wooden door-hinge: the bolt with a vertical pin at its head, de -pin, fixed to the door-post, together with the hook on the door fitting over the pin. Sometimes in, , applied to the hook as well as the pin on which the door turns. — oki,, a wooden crosspiece, on the inside of a door; thus also and  oki,  and oke. — Though prefixed j before an initial vowel is fairly common in Norn, here is doubtless an influence from another word, : [jɔk],, yoke. In the latter ,  ok, , a yoke, and “yoke”, may have been merged.

jokel [jokəl],, an icicle. jǫkull,, a) an icicle; b) a glacier.

jokl, jokkel [jɔkəl],, properly shoulder, now 1) the upper part of the shoulder of a human being or animal, de j. o’ de shooder [‘shoulder’]. 2) a crag; also the steep end of a ridge, the place where a mountain or hill of some extent turns at an angle, the corner of a mountain; de j. o’ de hill. As a place-name: de o’ de = de Nose o’ de “Kuml” : jutting ledge in a hill, de J. o’ de [skrø̄], de J. o’ Tungafell [toŋ··(g)afel·] : the uppermost part of “de ” and “Tungafell” respectively, two large hills (*$1$ — a spot where a mountain-slide, skriða,, has taken place). — In place-names appear beside also older forms, such as (under, ) and , without prefixed j; — ǫxl,, a) the shoulder; b) a crag. For the change xl (ksl) > kl in Norn, see Introd. V (also N.Spr. VII), § 38 g, and $w$, — For a form, arisen from, , by adding h to the prefixed j, see and , See also the remarks under ,

man! the word being regarded as a of, , yes, and *$1$,
 * jokol, affirmative: yes, prop. yes,