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made on a string after an eagle had flown away, to get it to let go its prey), aba [āba]-knot (U. occas., Fe.), ava [āva]-knot (Fe.) and abi [ābi]-knot (Du.) = “aber-knot”. Acc. to a statement from Fe. an “aba (ava)-knot” tied on a sick cow consisted of 9 hitches (3 knots, each consisting of 3 hitches). — O.N. apr, adj., sharp; hard; bad; Fær. apur, adj., severe; great; that has a great effect (apur ótti, very great fear); Sw. dial. aber, adj., strong; pungent (mostly of smell).

aber [ābər, abər], vb., (prop. to sharpen), to liven up; to get to blaze, in the expr. “to a. up de birtek”; to get the fire to blaze by poking it, nautical phrase, tabu-phrase, used by fishermen at sea, the colloq. “to burt op [‘up’] de fire”. Nm^w. [ābər]. From De. has been reported in the same sense, likewise a nautical phrase: to a. [abər] op i’ de birki. *apra, to sharpen, from apr, adj., see above aber, adj. Sw. dial. abra or appra (på), Da. dial. (Jut., Vends.) abre (på), set to work energetically, to make haste. Cf. agl¹, vb.

aboot-geng [abut·geŋ, -gæŋ, -ꬶeŋ] (-ꬶæŋ)], sb., border, band which forms the rim of a mesi (a net-work basket; open straw-work basket), = abootgaan [“aboutgoing”] støri, omgordin støri, gordastøri. O.N. umgangr, m., a circuit; border. In “abootgeng” and “abootgaan”, an ancient “um” has been anglicised to “aboot” [‘about’], but has been preserved in “omgordin”, q.v.

aboot-gaan [abut·gān, -gjān, -ꬶān], pres. part. and adj., going about; running round, esp. in the comb. “a.-g. støri”, see aboot-geng, and “a.g. wind”, a wind that shifts about, — No. umgangsveder.

aboot-kast [abut·kast], sb., change; alternation; esp.: a) in agriculture: rotation of seed or crops; Fe.; abbr.: ’boot-kast [butkast] and uncompounded: kast; b) the change of the seasons; time of the equinox, when the days begin to be longer than the nights or conversely; he will be hame at a.-k. again (Yⁿ); c) change; exchange (Sa). Orig. doubtless from an old “*umkast” with anglicising of “um-” to “aboot” [‘about’]. O.N. umkast, n., turning round; change; No. “umkast” also: change; exchange. Cf. kast (k. aboot), vb.

a-brodd(a), adv., see brodda (brodd), sb.

abunavara, adv., see *avunavara.

adber [äᶁbər], adbert [äᶁbə‘rt], sb., strange or clumsy behaviour; awkward deportment. Nm. More comm. in the form. odbert [äᶁbə‘rt, ȯᶁ-, ɔ̇ᶁ-] (N.Sh., esp. N.I.; Wests.), which is occas. used in a diff. sense; q.v. In Conn. the word is found in the form atbørd [atbø̄rd]; to mak’ ill or puir [‘poor’] atbørds (pl.), to do something in an awkward and wrong manner. O.N. atburðr, m., inter alia: gesture; deportment; manner, (atb. 6 in Fr.); Fær. atburður, No. aatburd, m., behaviour; mode of proceeding. Cf. atferd, sb.

adna(n)kwi [ad··na(n)kwi·, ad··nə(n)kwi·, -kwl·], sb., intermittent breakers (series of billows) and calm sea near the coast; series of high breakers followed by calmer sea, = adnasjur; he’s a a.-k. i’ de sea. Fo. Prob. *ǫnnur-hviða (from O.N. annarr, pron., other, and O.N. hviða, f., onfall, traditionally handed down in the sense of blast of wind, gust of wind; but in Icel. of onfall in a wider sense), thus intermittent rush of waves,