Dictionary:I

Nynorn

Etymology

An Etymological Dictionary of the Norn Language in Shetland (1928–1932)

Jakobsen, Jakob

i, i’ [e, ə], prep., in, appears unstressed in conjunction with and after “in”, adv.: in i [ɩn e, ɩn ə], a) into (of motion); b) in (of being in a place), to geng in i de hus, in i de kirk, to go into the house, into the church; to be in i de hus (kirk), to be in the house (the church). O.N. inn í, into, and “inni í”, in. — For the rest, Shetl. “in i’”, prep., is often used indiscriminately with L.Sc. atill, corresponding to Eng. into. See further in, prep., and the applications of this word, originating from Norn.

in [ɩn, en], prep., in, commonly abbreviated to “i’” [e, ɛ, ə] when preceding a consonant; the word is mostly used as in English, sometimes differing, however, in certain phrases, originating from Norn, thus by periphrasis for the genitive or the possessive pronoun: de een [‘eyes’] i’ de boy or lass, the boy’s or girl’s eyes; de een in him, his eyes, = Fær.: eyguni í honun. See i, i’, prep.

inn, in [ɩn], adv., = O.N. inn and Eng. in. Note the foll. collocations, originating from Norn: a) in efter, inward, farther in, = O.N. inn eptir, No. inn etter; b) in tø [tø̄ = ‘to’], of wind: more in the direction of the land and northerly (Y^m., Fe.), prop. in an inward direction; de wind is gane [‘gone’] in tø; No. inn, adv., inter alia, in towards the land; c) op in under, hidden (Uⁿ.), see under, prep. and adv. — For the collocation “in i’”, see i., prep. — inn, in, is now also commonly used in sense of in; see below, *inne.

Pronunciation

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Alternate Forms

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Preposition

i

1. (with accusative) in, into; to (direction)
2. (with dative) in (location)

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