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ing, sulky and malicious. Uⁿ. See godet, adj.

ill-gru [ɩl·grū·], vb., to suspect, to have a suspicion of something; I ill-grued [ɩl·grū·əd] at dat would be de case. Uⁿ. Cf. O.N. illgruna, vb., to suspect of evil (gruna, vb., to suppose, partly = illgruna), and Shetl. gronin, sb.

ill-hagerd [ɩl·hag·ərd, -hā·gərd, -ərt], adj., unattractive, clumsy and slatternly, having a bad deportment and gait (Nm., Ai., Fo.); having repulsive and awkward manners, esp. in consequence of bad treatment (Nmⁿ.); also mishandled, of a poor, sickly appearance owing to bad treatment (Nmⁿ.). With short a [hag·ərd, hag·ərt]: Nm^s., Fo. With long a [hā·gərd, hā·gərt]: Nmⁿ. (N.Roe). — For the second part of the compd. see hagerd, adj. ill-hagerd, in sense of ill-treated, might have arisen from an *illa hagreiddr; cf. Fær. hagreiða, vb., to treat, ilia hagreiddur, ill-treated, and Shetl. hagri², sb. Cf. ill-høgert, adj.

ill-haverd [ɩl·hā·vərd], ill-häiverd [ɩl·häi·vərd], ill-heverd [ɩl·hē·vərd], adj., 1) a) ill-grown; clumsily built; unattractive; ugly; ill-haverd: Fe., Y. occas., Nm. ill-häiverd: U. occas. (Uⁿ.), Wests., S.Sh. occas. (Conn.); b) clumsy and awkward in behaviour; having repulsive manners; ill-haverd and ill-heverd: Y. occas.; c) slatternly and untidy in appearance, repulsive; ill-haverd: Fe^w.; d) of poor, sickly appearance, neglected, esp. applied to an animal; a i.-h. baess [‘beast’, here esp. a cow], a i.-h. coo; ill-haverd: Nmⁿ. occas. (N.Roe); ill-häiverd: Nm^n.-w. (Øja), Y. occas. 2) a) of a piece of work: badly and carelessly executed; ill-häiverd: Sa.; b) of worsted: poor, loose and thin; “ill-häiverd” worsed [‘worsted’]: Sa. — Other forms are: a) ill-haverst [ɩl·hā·vərst] (Yⁿ.); b) ill-haverli [ɩl·hā··-

vərli·] (Fe.), both reported in sense 1 a. — For the second part of the compd. see haivers, sb.

ill-hjumset (-hjungset), adj., see ill-humset (-hungset), adj.

ill-hotted, -hoited [ɩl·hɔi·təd, -håi·təd], adj., ill-grown or deformed, clumsy; of bad carriage and awkward demeanour. N.I. *illa háttaðr. See *hotted, hoited, adj.

ill-humset [ɩl·ho‘m·sət], ill-hungset (-hunkset) [ɩl·ho‘ŋ·sət, -ho‘ŋk·sət], adj., ill-shaped, having a bad deportment; a i.-h. bein’ (craeter’). ill-humset and -hungset: U. ill-hunkset: Sa. (and Yⁿ.). ill-hjumset [-hjo‘msət]: Uⁿ. occas. ill-hjunkset [-hjo‘ŋksət]: Yⁿ. — See further humset¹, adj. — ill-kjumset has a different origin; see kjumset, adj.

ill-høgert [ɩl·hø̄·gərt, -hø̄·gərd] and ill-høgeret [ɩl·hø̄··gərət·], adj., 1) having a bad deportment, slouching. 2) cunning; sly; a i.-h body. Wests. (Sa.). For the second part of the compd. see høgert, adj.

ill-kint [ɩl·ᶄe‘nt·], adj., wicked by nature; of ill repute. Barclay: ill-kent, adj., of notoriously bad character. No. illkyndt, adj., of a bad disposition; hot-tempered; cross (Aa.); Icel. illa kyntr, adj., of ill repute (B.H.). No. kynd, f., kind, and kynde, n., nature.

illlek [ɩllək, əllək], adj., of an ugly, sickly appearance, esp. having an unhealthy complexion. Y^h. O.N. illiligr, adj., frightful; abominable; Icel. illilegur, adj., evil and ugly of appearance (“cruel-looking”: B.H.).

ill-lukket [ɩl·lok·ət], adj., unfortunate. N.I. See lukk, sb., fortune; good luck, and lukket, adj.

ill-menget, -minget [ɩl·meŋ·gət], adj., applied to wool: not well mixed (Da. mænget, mingled), esp. of wool of various shades. Conn. See further under menget, adj.

ill-minnet or -minjet [ɩl·m^eɩᶇ·ət, -m^æɩᶇ·ət, -mäᶇ·ət], ill-minget [ɩl·-

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