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sog, n., sweep of the sea towards the shore; see under afsuk, sb. Cf. O.N. “sog” and “útsog”, n., the backwash of the breakers (Fr.).

inntak [ɩntak], sb., taking in; bringing home. inntakins [ɩn··tak·ins, -ɩns], pl., comm.: reducing the number of stitches in knitting, esp. in knitting stockings = L.Sc. intaks. — inntak, in sense of a piece of out-field taken in for cultivation, corresponds to L.Sc. intak, intack, as also to Sw. intaga, (dial.) intaka, O.Sw. intaka, f.

in-shot [ɩnᶊɔt, -ᶊåt], sb., tide setting in shorewards, = innsog, sb. Prob. an anglicised form of an old *innskot, n.; cf. the use of the word skod in af(a)skod, otterskod, appl. to the backwash of the breakers.

ir [i̇̄r], sb., a (piercing) cry, shriek; hear de irs o’ her! (Yⁿ.). See the foll. word.

ir [i̇̄r], vb., to cry, shriek, squeal, esp. appl. to swine. Syn. with O.N. íra, vb., to hint, to say?

irast [i̇̄·rast·], vb., to flay, scourge; chastise. Also used as an expletive: irast! Sa. rast may poss. be No. rasa, vb. a., to scratch the skin, = hudrasa (R.). For the final t in rast, might be compared, e.g. fust, vb. The first part of the compd., i-, may stand for *hi- from O.Eng. hýd, híd, f., hide (A.S. hýd, M.Eng. and Mod.Eng. hide), or may be the intensive prefix, mentioned under ifetlek, ifudien, sbs.

iraster [i̇̄·ras·tər], sb., a flayer, a scourge (metaph. of a person); a i. o’ de puir [‘poor’], a scourge to the poor. Sa. See the preceding word.

irek [irək, i̇̄rək], sb., see the foll. word.

irepi [i̇̄··rəpi·], irep [(irəp) i̇̄rəp], a) diminutive creature; b) a small, ill-thriven, stunted thing; a little (piri) i. o’ a thing (bairn). Du. Also irek [irək, i̇̄rək] (Du.). — ir-: prop.

diminutive-particle; cf. No. “ør, er, ir-” in a) ørliten, erliten; b) ørande, irende, irande (irrande) liten, diminutive (irande: R., Suppl.). See urek¹, sb., syn. with irek, irepi, prob. arisen from another form of the same particle. The last part (pi) in irepi, irep, may be an abbreviation of pig [pi̇̄g], sb., a small creature or thing, a small cabbage-stalk; cf. pi and pig in ennapi, ennepig, sb., a small creature, etc.

irp, vb., see erp.

is, iz [(i̇̄s) i̇̄z], vb., applied to sleet; cold rain: to fall; also to snow or rain slightly; to begin to snow or rain. “he is isin, izin” or “he is isin (izin) ut o’ him”, sleet is falling, it is snowing or raining slightly. Nm. (Nm^w.). Otherwise more comm. in the derived form isk [isk]; he is iskin (iskin ut o’ him); thus, e.g. in the N.I., Wh., etc. O.N. ísa, vb., to freeze over, ísing, f. (No. ising, m.), thin sheet of ice (cold rain). No. isa, vb., appl. to sleet: to fall. Shetl. is, iz, isk, used of fine, incipient rain, possibly also contains No. hysja, vb., to sprinkle; with regard to the form, cf. iset (isket), adj., which prob. may be referred to No. hysjutt, hyskjutt, adj. See istek, adj. and sb.

isbensi? ismonsi? [(ɩs··bɛnse·) ɩz··bɛnse·, (äis··mɔnsi·) äiz··mɔnsi·], sb., bitter, sleety weather. De. Formed from the preceding word. The explanation of -bensi or -monsi is uncertain.

isd, izd? [ɩzd? ezd?], sb., empty, lean, thinly-growing corn; reported in writing in the foll. collocation: a “ezde” o’ corn upo de eart’. Not further confirmed. — Is prob. (given the correctness of the word) an original *his-; cf. No. his, n., immature grains of corn, hisen, adj., of a field: dried up, withering, hisk, n.,