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adelfisk, adelravn); in No. a form “ale” is found (Sw. dial.: al), developed from “aðal”. Other Shetl. names for spider-crab are trolla-krabb or “trowy crab”, De’il’s (Sorrow’s, Ill-healt’s) lupek or lubi: “the devil’s spoon”, prop. designating the shell; further lulikrabb (hairy crab), rutsikrabb and spundikrabb or spønkrabb.

almark [alma‘rk, äᶅma‘rk], sb., an unruly animal, esp. a sheep which breaks through enclosures. Comm. Abbreviated form of “almark-sheep”. *almarka sauðr: sheep which breaks in on land which is common property. Cf. No. aalmark, f., a common.

*altagongi, see *haltagongi.

*altasenn [a‘l·tasæn(n)·], adverbial phrase.: 1) all at once, (hit guid = it went) a., everything was lost at one and the same time; a.! exclamation used by a fisherman at sea who lost fish and fishing-tackle (Uⁿ.); 2) at once; just now; quickly, hit was a., at [‘that’] dey came. Also *alkasenn [a‘l·kasæn(n)·]. Uⁿ. *alt (í) senn; alt, n. from O.N. allr, adj. (pron.), all; the whole; O.N. senn, í senn, adv., simultaneously, at the same time (Mod. Icel. “senn” and “í s.” Fær. “í s.”, No. “i s.”).

alter [a‘ltər, aⁱ‘ltər (ä‘ᶅtər)], vb., to hesitate; waver; to think twice before doing something, to a. to do a ting; he’ll no a. to dø [‘do’] it. Wests. (Sa.). Pronounced differently from Eng. alter, vb., in Shetl.: â‘ltər. — From O.N. haltra, vb., to halt? “haltra” also means to waver; cf. the expr. “haltr í trúnni”, wavering in faith.

ambel, sb. and vb., see aml, ammel.

amder, sb., see ander.

amek, sb., see amok.

amerswakk [ā··mərswak·], sb., unrest; irritation; noisy and feverish

haste, to be in a a. aboot somet’in’. Also emerswakk, hemerswakk [em··ər-, hem··ər-]. Ai. The first part of the word is prob.: *am- (No. ama, vb., to push on; to set in motion, Icel. ama, vb., to plague; disturb; O.N. amask, vb., to trouble oneself; to take pains); the second part prob.: *hvekkr (No. kvekk, m., Fær. kvökkur, m., a start; being startled; No. kvekka, Fær. kvökka, vb., to be startled; Icel. hvekkur, m. inter alia, irritation).

aml, ammel¹ [aməl] and ambel [ambəl], sb., fumbling attempt to carry out a task; dabbling in anything, to mak’ a a. at somet’in’ (Du.); fumbling attempt to walk, to mak’ a a., e.g. of little children; weak movement in general, de leastest [‘least’] ammel (Ai.). *aml; Icel. ambl, n., continuous effort without special dexterity or progress; dabbling.

aml, ammel [aməl] and ambel [ambəl], vb., to make fumbling attempts; make little progress; to dabble at a job, to ambel at or efter [‘after’] a ting; what is du [‘are you’] amblin at? (Du.); to walk feebly and totteringly, hit [‘it’] begins to ammel and geng [‘go’], of a child which is beginning to walk (Ai.); ambel: U.; ambeld, perf. part., hampered in one’s freedom of movement, U. *amla; No. amla, vb., to be engaged continually with; to slave; to toil without success; Icel. ambla, vb., to dabble. Diff. from Eng. amble, vb., to go at an ambling pace; to trip.

aml, ammel² [aməl], sb., 1) little wooden rod; short fishing-rod, used while fishing from boat near land; Ai. 2) splinter-bar; swingle-tree of a plough; cross-bar between the traces; Du.; mester [mæstər]-a., with team of four (oxen): long swingle-tree in front of two smaller ones on a plough (Du.); “ammel-