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the ripe corn, green i. — The form “^eɩᶅᶊka” is reported from Conn. in sense 5 b. “i‘lᶊka, ^eilᶊka” from Sa^e. and Ai^w.; elsewhere most comm. “ɩ‘lska, ɩ‘lᶊka” (ɩ‘lska, ɩ‘lᶊka, i‘lska and i‘lᶊka: Uⁿ.). — Other forms are: a) ilsku, ilsko [i‘lskô (i‘lsku), ^ei‘lᶊkô, ^eilᶊkô], reported from Lunn. in sense 5 c: “green i.”; b) ilsksæ [ɩl·skǣ·], ilske [ɩl‘skē·], reported from Fe. in sense of malice; defiance: “he did it t’rough i.” (in sheer defiance); c) ilsker [ɩ‘lskər] (Uⁿ. beside ilska), in sense 1: “he did it t’rough i. against me”; d) äilska [ä‘ᶅᶊka] (N.I. occas. beside ilska), in sense 5 (esp. 5 c). — O.N. illska, f., a) ill-will; malice; b) enmity; hatred; c) mischief; misfortune; in Fær. and No. the word is also used in sense of indisposition, illness, and of exasperation, anger. — The form ilsku, ilsko, springs from the acc. (gen., dat.) form “illsku” from “illska”. ilskæ, ilske, with equally stressed stem and ending, has been regarded as two words (ill skæ or ske), but is actually the word “illska”. Several examples of such stressing are given in Introd. V (also N.Spr. VII), § 41: Stress. Cf. ilskod under ilsket, adj., as well as e.g. bjintar (under binder, sb.), grinsku, greensku (under grønska, sb.), horro and hurro, sb., klovandi (under klovi, klova, sb.), stongari, sb., and wostu, sb.

ilska² [ɩ‘lska], sb., flippancy; exuberant mirth; “he had a i. upon him” or “de(r) wer (there was) a i. on (upon) him”, he was very flippant or exuberant. U. *ǫlska? œrska? Prob. the same word as helska, sb.; q.v.

ilsket [ɩ‘lskət, i‘lskət, ɩ‘lᶊkət, i‘lᶊkət, ^eilᶊkət], adj., 1) a) malicious; ill-humoured; irritable; b) feigning gaiety, hiding bad humour or discontent. i. fun: a) malicious fun;

b) fun with which ill nature is combined. N.I. Reported from Uⁿ. and Yⁿ. in all the above-mentioned forms of pronunciation. 2) of corn (growing in the field): unripe at harvest time, occas. of green corn among the ripe; i. corn; a piece o’ i. green (Ai. occas., Ai^w. and Sa^e.: i‘lᶊkət, ^eilᶊkət). — Other forms are: a) elsket [æ‘lskət, æ‘lᶊkət], N.Roe in sense 1; b) äilsket [ä‘ᶅᶊkət], N.I. occas. in senses 1 and 2; from Nm^{n. and w}. only in sense 1; c) ilskod [il·skȯd· (i̇̄l·skȯd·)], reported from Y^h. in sense 2, and used as a substantive: new, green corn growing among the ripe, in the field. — Prob.: *illskóttr, malicious; hostile; see ilska¹, sb. The form ilskod seems to have arisen from a form in the neuter: “illskótt”; with regard to the stress, see the concluding remarks under ilska¹, sb. No. illsken (ilskjen), adj., cross; angry (O.N. illr, íllr, adj., evil; hostile, etc.).

ilskod [il·skȯd· (i̇̄l·skȯd·)], sb., see the preceding word.

ilta [ɩ‘lta, e‘lta, ʌ‘lta], sb., 1) spite; enmity; (great) ill-will; to ha’e i. (a i.) at somebody; to tak’ i. (to take a dislike) at or to a person. 2) malice; done t’rough i.; fu’ [‘full’] o’ i. U., Conn., Wests. The form “ʌ‘lta” is reported from Uⁿ. Sometimes with prefixed h; hilta [hɩ‘lta] and ilta [ɩ‘lta, e‘lta]: Fo. — Acc. to Edm. ilta is found also in sense of anger (U.?). — Prob. the neut. form “illt” of O.N. illr, adj., bad; evil; hostile; unkind; harmful, etc., this form in Shetl. Norn then changing to a substantive, when the adjectives had lost their inflexion of gender. For the supporting final vowel, see e.g. doma, jema, lama (= lem), skalv², skalve, stomna, sbs. — ilta-fu’, full of mischief, desirous to do damage or harm; also ilte-fu’ [ɩ‘l··təfu·, e‘l··tə-] (U^wg.), Occas. as a sub-