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> rt and the occas. interchange between rt and rk in Shetl. Norn. — No. ilia vor(d)en, adj. (prop. perf. part.), poor; slight; bad; Fær. illa vorðin, adj., ugly; repulsive; Sw. dial. illa vuren, illvuren, adj., unserviceable; poor-looking.

ill-virket [ɩl·vɩ‘r·kət, -və‘r·kət], adj., malicious; bent on mischief; tricky; a i.-v. body; partly = ill-vik(k)et 1. a ill-virket craeter’ [‘creature’] or body (De.). a ill-virket coo, a cow in the habit of attacking other cows. (N.Roe). — From O.N. illverk, ill-virki, n., an evil deed, a crime.

ill-visket [ɩl·vɩs·kət (ɩl·vis·kət)], adj., evil-minded; ill-tempered; very irritable. Yⁿ. No. illvisen and ill-viskjen, adj., evil-minded; ill-tempered; angrily and crossly repellent (R.).

ill-vistet [ɩl·vəs·tət], adj., enraged; angry; ill-humoured. U^mo. Cf. No. illvisten, adj., peevish; biting, and illvistug, adj., mischievous; malicious. The word might, however, be regarded as an alteration of ill-bistet; see ill-birstet, adj.

ill-vitret, -vitteret [ɩl·vet··ərət·], adj. malicious; ill-natured; always inclined for mischief. Nmⁿ. (N.Roe). a i.-v. coo = a ill-virket coo. Cf. Icel. illviti, m., an evil-minded person (E.J.), vita á ilt, bent on mischief. For the form vitret cf. O.N. vitr, adj., with radical r, wise, and vitra, f., sense, insight, = vitska, vizka.

ill-voksen [ɩl·vɔk·sən (-våk·sən), -vok·sən], adj., ill-shaped; clumsy of shape. Conn. *illa vaxinn, ill-shaped. See voksen, adj., and vokster, vukster, sb.

ilmet [i̇̄lmət, ɩ̄lmət, ilmət, ɩlmət], adj., applied to animals (cows, sheep): somewhat dark in colour, esp. a) striped, having variegated stripes (Conn.: i̇̄lmət); b) having a reddish-brown back, a i. coo (Nm^n.-w.: ɩ̄l-

mət). From Ai. is reported “ilmət”, appl. to colour of sheep, but without further definition of meaning; in Conn. and Nm. mostly appl. to cows. — For *imlet by metathesis of l; cf. O.N. (Icel.) ímleitr, adj., greyish, dark of appearance (from O.N. ím, n., dust), No. imutt, adj., striped. — See further imet and imsket, adjs.

ilset [ɩ‘lsət], adj., of an animal, esp. sheep: having a stripe of another colour round the neck; dark-coloured (black) with a white ring round the neck; a i. sheep. Uⁿ. Stands for an older *helset from *helsóttr, adj., supplied with a necklace, collar; cf. Fær. hölsutur, adj., of sheep: having a stripe of another colour round the neck, and see bjelset, adj. (*bi-helset).

ilska¹ [ɩ‘lska, i‘lska (i‘lᶊka, ^eilᶊka), ɩ‘lᶊka, ^eɩ‘lᶊka, ^eɩᶅᶊka], sb., 1) malice; bad disposition; hatred; enmity; he did it ut t’rough ill, ut t’rough evil i., he did it out of mischief or hatred (Uⁿ.). N.I. (U.). 2) anger; bad temper; defiance; partly simulated cheerfulness, hiding a bad humour (see the foll. ilska); de(r) wer (there was) a i. upon him; i.-laughter, laughter produced by an irritated frame of mind. N.I. 3) a severe or painful illness; “to cry a i.-cry”, of very sick or dying animals: to emit a cry of pain, a death-cry. Uⁿ. 4) damage; misfortune; in this sense only noted down in the exclamation “evil i.!” expressing a wish that evil may overtake one (a plague upon you, him, etc.); also merely a strong outburst of anger (for shame! Oh! the devil!). U. 5) a) weeds (grass) among the corn on the field; b) thin, empty corn, fin i.; c) new corn among the old, sprouting higher than that which has been laid by the rain or damp; green corn growing among