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vol] in Clumlie, Du., also called “Bokis’ brae” (Shetl. boki, sb., hill-man or hill-lady); see Sh. Stedn., pp. 59 and 112. L.Sc. and Shetl. elf-shot, sb. and adj. Da. elverskud, sb., elleskudt, adj., No. alvskot, sb., denote diff. diseases considered to be caused by the elves.

*elin [ɛlɩn], sb., a shower; dark cloud (in frosty weather), O.N. él and *élingr — see jelin, sb., which is now the current form.

elis, eles? [ēlɩs, ɛ̄^ələs], a strong current of air; strong draught, a e. o’ wind. Du. compd.? el- is doubtless O.N. él, n., a shower, No. eling, m., a) a shower; b) jerk; attack, Sw. il, m. (in dialect also n.), a violent gust of wind. elis, eles is poss. only a gen. form “éls” or “*élings” with the second part of the compd. dropped.

ell, sb., a stripe. See il, sb.

*elsk, vb., to love, acc. to Edm. O.N. elska, vb., to love. Cf. the foll. word.

*elsket¹ [æ‘lskət], an exclamation; saying, used by an old woman in Fedeland (N.Roe), in the phrase “e. I! wearied I!” From O.N. elska, vb., to love?

elsket², adj., see ilsket, adj.

elt [æ‘lt], sb., 1) a kneaded mass, No. and Fær. elta, f. 2) mud; mire, Fær. elta, f. 3) fig. a jumble; bungled work; to mak’ a e. o’ onyting (N.Roe). See elt¹, vb.

elt¹ [æ‘lt], vb., 1) to squeeze; handle too roughly; pull about; du’s eltin dat creature (ketlin, kitten, or whelp) to death, boy! (Sa.). 2) to knead (prop. and esp. dough; butter), to e. dough, butter; in a fig. sense: to be very long about doing something, to e. on a ting (Uⁿ.). 3) to dig and rake up the ground for something; to rake in dirt, to lie eltin; (Conn.); dey’re eltin at de taatis [‘potatoes’], they are eagerly occupied

in taking up the potatoes (Conn.); de hands is eltet [æ‘ltət] wi’ dirt, your hands are soiled with dirt (Y.; Fe.). 4) to chase; pursue eagerly, to e. efter a sheep (Conn.). 5) to keep close at another person’s heels, to geng eltin efter ane (Sa.). O.N. elta, vb., a) to squeeze; press; knead; b) to drive; chase; Fær. elta, vb., a) to knead; b) to keep close at the heels of someone, elta ein.

elt² [æ‘lt], vb., to spew; vomit. Conn. Connected with the preceding elt¹, vb.?

em [ē^əm], vb., of meat and esp. of fish: to swarm with small, crawling maggots; de fish (flesh) is emin, the fish (meat) is full of small, moving maggots. Also æm [ǣ^əm]. Y., Fe. Prob. to be classed with No. eima, ema, æma, vb., to steam; reek; smoulder, and with ima, vb. (cognate with eima), to show a slight indication of something; to gleam; ripple; move; smoulder; warm; stream. Cf. orm, vb.

emek [emək], sb., sea-term, tabu-name in fishermen’s lang. for fire. Nmⁿ. O.N. eimr, m., steam, in poetry also fire (Eg.). — For other tabu-names in Shetl. for fire, see birtek, brenner (brenna), fona, *furin, ilder (ildin) and eld.

emers [ēmərs], sb. pl., and em(m)er [ɛmər, æmər], sb. sing., embers; red-hot ashes. N.Roe. The form emmers [ɛmərs, æmərs] is more widespread. The long e.-sound in emers indicates that the word arises from O.N. eimyrja, f., embers, with addition of plural -s from Eng. embers, L.Sc. ameris, emmers. From “eimyrja” arises also the sing. form em(m)er (N.I.?). The Norse, Eng. and L.Sc. forms are merged together in emmers, pl.

emerswakk [em··ərswak·], sb., = amerswakk, sb.

emikin [em··ɩkɩn·], sb., commonly