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 * I, 80, 81, thin vowel sound of; final light i is -ie
 * Ick-er, 20, ear of corn. See akran
 * Iddja, 34, Go., Sc. gaed, O.E. yode
 * Id-weitjan, 206. Go. See white (v.)
 * Ier-oe, jeroy, 63, Orc. Gael. iar after, and ogha grandchild
 * †Iets, 12, 138, 209, 215, C. Du. anything; neg. niets. Perh. cog. -with Ger. jetzt, itself obsc., but its older form ietz.—Kl.
 * I-fallé, 84, Chaucer. See ge-fallen
 * Ik, 38, 169, 197, Go. and C. Du. I. In O.E. ik and I were in use tog. till 14th c.; I alone in N. and Mid. after 1400; in S. ich remained till, in 16th c, reduced to ch, as cham, chave, chill, with auxl. verbs. See "che vor ye"
 * Ik-ei, 39, Go. I who
 * -ila, 2, Go. dim. ending
 * Ill-laits, 184, Angus; ill-aits, Fi.; ill-gait, syn. Bu.—"A thocht he wiz gain t' dee weel, bit he's back till a's ill-gaits."—Gregor
 * Ill-set, 70, 137.—Not in N.E.D.


 * Implemented, 72, law, made good.
 * Income, 139, an on-come, morbid affection, or tumour
 * Inconvene, 92, inconvenience, malapr.
 * Infeft, 72, Sc. law; cf. en-feoff, to invest with heritable property, a fief
 * Ingaan-ee, ingaun-ee, 180, 188; "not given, but ingaan, ingain and ingaand mouth are." (J. B. F.)
 * Ingle-lowe, 68, the fireside; prob. Gael. aingeal, fire, light.—N.E.D.
 * Inkle, 173, early form of linen tape, from Holland. Du. enkel, single is conjectured as origin.—N.E.D. Not in Jam.
 * Inlichten, en-lighten. Go. inliuhtjan
 * In, 89, as prep, in Sc.—in his offer, in life, in a present
 * Inspan, 203, C. Du. See spang.
 * In-tack, 92, a fraud, deception
 * Interlocutor, 72, Sc. law, decision
 * Inversion of the subject, 168, Sc. and Ger.
 * Iol-air, 20, Gael. iol, yellow, and air, bird. See gool and earn, erne
 * I'se quite agreeable, I'se warrant, 167, 169; archaic Sc. Cf. Du. ik is
 * I' the noo, 172, just now
 * Ither, 48, other; pl. ither for older ithere. Sc. antarin, Go. anthar, Ger. ander
 * Iver-sell, 147, Mor., var. of over-sells. See sells, sile. Not in N.E.D.


 * Ja, -ya, -ie, 28, dim. suff. This diminutive, so characteristic of the N.E. counties, is very rare in Elgin Kirk Records of 17th c.
 * Jag, 174, Cu. and Bord.
 * Jing-a-ring, 127. Not in Jam. or N.E.D.
 * Jink, 174, Cu. and Bord.
 * Jinka, 34, 48, Go. strife; jukan. Go. to contend. See yoke, yokin
 * Joabing, 122. Jam. job, a prickle, jobbie. "App. onomat. as sound of an abruptly arrested stab."—N.E.D. Cf. Bu. dob, a prick, Perth, drob
 * Jobbings, 94, repairs
 * Jookery-packery, 82, 85, for jookrie-pawkrie, Fi. N.E.D. doubts if jouk, conn, with duck, Sc. djuk, to bend or swerve quickly, dodge; packery, for pawkery; cf. pawky
 * Jots, jotterie, 152, Mor.—jobs. Jam. "Jotterie, odd or dirty work."—Ettrick
 * Ju, je, 56, Go. now, already, Ger. ja, A.S. jes, E. yes
 * Jugg-o, 248, Go. young, Ger. jung
 * Just noo, 172, Cu. for "i' the noo"


 * K, 14, 152, 178, initial, sounded k, hard, sound of. Nursery rhyme in which k is always sounded—"John Knox fell over a knowe an' cut his knee on a knife." (J. B. F.) It sounds strange to hear, in a German school, of K-nox, the Reformer