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was jardet, jaderd in a jarf. jerd, jird is prop. a L.Sc. form (L.Sc. yerd, yird, older “erd”, vb., to bury). See jard, vb.

jerdfast [jerfast·], vb., = jardfast, vb.

jerdiswidl [jər··diswɩd·əl, jər·diswɩd·əl], sb., mud; mire; slush, esp. applied to the sloppy state of the ground and roads after rain; “de eart’ is a’ [‘all’] in a perfect j.” Sa. *jarðar-skvitl? The first part of the compd. is originally doubtless gen. of O.N. jǫrð, f., ground; the second part may be an old *skvitl; cf. No. skvitla, skvitra (skvatla, skvatra), vb., to splash; dabble. See swidl, sb.

jern(i)skäi, sb., see jirn(i)skäi, sb.

jetel [jɛtəl, jætəl], sb., a gland; knot, esp. a) a gland in the body (U.); b) induration in a stone, esp. quartz; “as hard as j.” (U.). In sense of light-coloured or white quartz there is also found a form jetlin [jætlɩn], reported from Conn. As adj.: jetli [jætli], a white jetli sten (Conn.). — Icel. eitill, Fær. eitil, No. eitel, Sw. dial. ettel, m., a gland; hard lump. jetlin most prob. arises from the old, def. form: *eitillinn. — See getel and hjegel, hjigel, hjigelti, sbs.

jetlin, sb., see the preceding word.

jigel [jɩgəl] and jigelti [jɩg··əlti·], sb., j.-sten (white) quartz (hard species of stone). Y^h. jigelsten [jɩg··əlsten·]: Fe. As adj.: jigli [jɩgli], a j. sten: Y^b. See further under hjegel, hjigel, hjigelti [O.N. hégeitill].

jigl, jiggel [jɩgəl], vb., 1) to chew with difficulty, to munch; to try to loosen, e.g. a knot with the teeth; to j. on or at a ting. 2) to attempt to cut with a blunt knife, only to do it badly. 3) to try to carry out a task beyond one’s power, but making a poor job of it,

to j. at a ting (Nmⁿ.). — Parallel form to jagl, vb.; q.v. Cf. sjagl, vb.

jiker, jikker [jɩkər (jekər)], sb., a furious (but brief) quarrel; to ha’e a j. wi’ onybody. Nmⁿ. (N.Roe). See the foll. word.

jiker, jikker [jɩkər (jekər)], vb., to quarrel, wrangle, esp. applied to a furious and brief quarrel. Nmⁿ. (N.Roe). jiker, jikr (*jigr?) has most prob. arisen by metathesis from an older *jerk, *jirk or *jerg, *jirg. Cf. Sw. dial. “järga” and “järk(a)”, vb., to fret, grumble; to raise objections, as well as jarg, vb. Cf., with regard to the metathesis of r, e.g. fjamer = fjarm, slord = slodder¹, vb.

jilmet (De.) from ilmet, adj.

jink, sb. and vb., see jenk.

jipper [jɩpər (jepər)], vb., to pipe; jabber; to talk monotonously (and noisily); also to yelp continuously. N.I. (Y.; Fe.). Is to be classed with japp, vb.; q.v.

†jird, vb., see †jerd, vb.

jirnskäi [jərn··skäi·] and jirniskäi [jər··niskäi·], sb., on the old Shetl. wooden plough: a small board fixed in a slanting position behind (to the right), directly above the mouldboard (de skäi, de mukkel skäi). Besides jirn(i)skäi is also found the form jorninskäi [jȯr··nɩnskäi·]. Conn. Poss. from an older *hjirni(n)- or *hjorninskäi. In that case, the first part of the compd. is a deriv., with i-mutation, of O.N. horn, n. (a horn; corner; angle, etc.); cf. O.N. hyrni, n., and hyrna, f., a corner, as well as No. hyrning, m., cross-beam; cross-bar in a sledge. Dropping of h before a later developed j often takes place in Shetl. Norn, and alternation of the forms jirn- and jorn- may indicate y as being the fundamental vowel in this case; see hirnek and horni from O.N. hyrn-. skäi is O.N. skíð, n.,