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(esp. N.I.); ennepi: Conn.; ennepig: Du.; jennapi and ennapi, ennepi: U.; äinapiti and ennapi, [æᶇa-]: N.Roe; annapi: Fo. (occas.) and P.; onnapi: Fo. (occas.). In Fo. and P. the word is only noted down as used of something tiny; elsewhere comm. with implied sense of frailty, feebleness: sometimes this implied sense has changed and become the chief sense. In Conn. ennepi comm. denotes an impertinent child. In Edm.’s Glossary the word is found in three places, diff. spelt and defined in each place (poss. regarded as three diff. words): “eenabie: diminutive, small for one’s age”; “inyaby: a defeated cock driven away and kept at a distance by the ruler of the dunghill”; “jennapie: a dwarfish person or animal”. — The last syllable pi is prob. an abbr. of pig [pi̇̄g], denoting a small creature or thing, little cabbage-stalk, = peg, pegi. piti is No. pit, m., or pita, f., a small, slender thing (R. suppl.), pita, a tiny fish (R.). The first part of the compd. doubtless intensifies the second part, so that the root-meaning of ennapi, etc. is something diminutive and insignificant, though in a few places the diminutive idea has been forced back and that of frailty, feebleness, has come to the front: a weakling, etc., thus, esp. in Du.: ennepig. enna- (jenna-), enne-, anna-, äina- and onna- may originate from an *agn-; cf. No. agn, n., a grain; particle, in compds. such as: agneliten, diminutive, and in derivatives: egnende (ægnande) liten, ognende (øgnande) liten = agneliten (R.).— ennapinakket [eᶇ··api·-nakət], a little, obstinate fellow (U^w.). The last part of this word is doubtless L.Sc. nachet, nacket, sb., an insignificant person, also an obstinate fellow.

*enni [ɛni, ɛᶇɩ (ɩᶇɩ, äᶇɩ, äini)], sb.,

a steep projection, steep slope. edni [ædni, ædnɩ] and idni [ɩdni]: Fo. Now only in place-names, commonly preceded by the def. art. Examples: de Enni [ɛᶇɩ] (Skaw, Uⁿ.), a steep, rocky stretch of coast; de Enni [ɛni] (Sandw., Du.); de Enni-knowe (Catfirth, N.), a hill, the one side of which forms a very steep slope; de Enni [äᶇɩ, äini] (South Gluss, Nm^s.), a steep hill-side; de Enni (Inni) [ɩᶇɩ] (de Nort’ Nips, Yⁿ.), projecting, steep coast, promontory. de Ennins, pl. [ɛᶇɩns] (Sulem, Nm^s.), and de Innins, pl. [ɩᶇɩns] (Futabrough, W.), steep plots of arable land, “de Edni” and “de Idni” (Tun o’ Ham, Fo.), a steep stretch of cultivated land. — O.N. enni, n., forehead; Fær. enni, n., a) forehead; b) a brow-shaped mountain-formation (F.A. II, suppl.). Ennins, Innins, is O.N. def. pl. “enni-n” with the added Eng. pl. -s.

enni [eᶇɩ], vb., of sheep: to yean. Conn. Sw. dial. önna, öna, åina.

enniste, sb., see annaset, annister, sb.

ensper, sb., see ansperr.

ent [æ‘nt], vb., to heed; care for something, to e. onyting; he never ented it; also to obey; fairly comm. Other forms are ant and ans, vb.; q.v. O.N. enta, vb., to heed; care for.

entible [æ‘n··tɩb·əl], adj., obedient, a e. dog. Nm^w. Deriv. of ent, vb. Cf. ansible, adj.

er¹ [ēr, ē^ər], sb., a small particle or morsel of something, a (piri) er o’ onyting, = ar. comm. In the expr. “a er o’ wind” = “a ar o’ wind”, er (ar) is merged into Eng. “air”. Cf. Ork. erc, sb., a small particle; morsel. See ar, sb.

er² [ēr, ē^ər], sb., honour; glory, only noted down in the expr.: a’ [‘all’] be er to dee! may all be honour to you; glory be to you! = a’ be honour [honər] to dee! evasive answer, given in order not to spoil