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afgeng [afgɛŋ, -gæŋ, -gⁱɛŋ, -ꬶɛŋ], sb., 1) accomplishment, conclusion, esp. a) the finishing of some piece of heavier work, e.g. de vor (the field labour in spring), as well as the feast held on this occasion, Nm^w. (Esh.). b) the last trip to the hill when bringing the peats home by pack-horse = afbendin geng (gang), Conn.; cf. hottin (hoittin) gang. 2) breakfast given by the bridegroom on the morning of the wedding-day, before going to fetch the bride; Wests. *afgangr, departure. O.N. afgangr, m., and afganga, f., have been handed down in diff. senses.

*afhent, vb., to assign; transfer; hand over, in older Shetl. deeds, often on sale of property, in connection with the verbs “sell” and “analie” (sellis analies and afhentis, see G. Goudie in Proc. S. S. A., April 10, 1882). Also written “ofhent” (sawld or sellit, analeit and ofhentit). O.N. afhenda, vb., to assign; hand over.

af-hide, vb., to flay, to get a bit of skin torn off (by accident); to a.-h. a finger; a bit of skin; to get a bit of skin af-hidet. A word seldom used, Barclay. Da. afhude, vb., to flay, O.N. afhýða, vb., to scourge.

afkled [af·klɛd·], vb., to undress; to a. anesell, to undress oneself, = O.N. afklæðask.

afkom [afkɔm], sb., offspring; mostly in pl.: afkoms, offspring; descendants. Barclay. O.N. afkvæmi, afkœmi, n. id.

afkom [af·kɔm·], vb., 1) to exhaust; to weaken; 2) to make amazed; to surprise completely. Mostly in participial forms: a) afkomin, pres. part., exhausting; quite surprising; and b) afkom, perf. part. and adj., exhausted; weakened; amazed. Wests. (Sa). *afkoma, vb.,

perf. part. and adj.: *afkominn. Cf. No. avkomen, adj., reduced; enfeebled; emaciated.

af-lay [af·lē·], sb., volubility; fluency of speech; he has a great a.-l. Y^b. *af-(lag). Cf. “lay (l. aff)”, vb., and lag, sb. and vb.

afled [af·lɛd·], vb., to unload; to take off a burden, esp. to take a load of peat off a pack-horse; to a. a horse. *af-(hlaða). O.N. hlað, n., pile; load, etc.: L.Sc. lade, laid, sb., = Eng. load. Cf. afloden, vb.

afljud [af·ᶅūd·], vb., to make ugly; deface; to suit badly; disfigure; dat afljuds dee. N.I. Ork.: afflude, vb. (Jam. Suppl.). *af-lýta (O.N. lýta, vb., to deface; disfigure, etc.). See ljud, adj. and sb.

afljudin [af·ᶅū·din], sb., defacing; disfiguring mark. Y^h. *aflýting. See afljud, vb.

afloden [af·lō·dən], vb., to unload; discharge; esp. to discharge or unload a boat; to a. a boat. With this goes another form aflodnin [af·lōd·nin], unloading; discharging of a boat. Fe. O.N. afhlaðning, f., taking out and laying by. The compd. with “af” is certainly old in Shetl.; but it may be noted that a form “lodnin”, sb., is found in L.Sc. (under “laden”, vb., to load, Jam. refers to a “lodnin”, which, however, does not appear in its own proper place; cf. *“lodnit”, perf. part., ladet). Cf. above afled, vb.

afluva [af·ᶅū·va], sb., back-sweep of breakers, backwash of waves breaking against the shore, de a. fae (frae) [‘from’] de shore. Fe. *aflǫ́va; O.N. laǫ́, lá, f., Mod. Icel. lá, f., wave; water; liquid; esp. a wave on the beach; sea which washes against the shore. Cf. Shetl. lovi and levi (wave, wave-motion).

aflød, vb., see afro(d).

afmark [afma‘rk], sb., altered sheep-mark, = afbregd, sb. S.Sh. *afmark.