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Nynorn
Etymology
Shetland use
- A Glossary of the Shetland Dialect (1914)
- Angus, James Stout
NEV, n. the clenched hand, the fist. The part of an oar that is held in the hand in rowing.
- [613] njafa, sb., the fist, see nev, sb. [sic!]
- [615] njava, sb., the fist, see nev2, sb.
- [599] nev2, [nev, n..v], sb., 1) the fist, clenched fist; to knepp (hnepp, snepp) de nev, to clench the fist, now more commonly: to "steik" [st..k] de nev (L.Sc. steik, vb., to close); he "steiked" his nev. 2) a fistful, handful; a nev o' bursten (corn dried in a pot), o' meal, o' tea. -- In an old fairy rhyme from Kwarf, S.Sh., reported by J.l. (Skjere, skjere skulma...; see Introd., Fragments of Norn), neva [n..va], and in a variant by breaking of e to ja: njava [..., ... (..., ...)], partly also with preserved old f: njafa [..., ... (..., ...) are found in sense of fist. With preserved f: njafatag = nevatag, nevatog; see the foll. word. -- [600] O.N. hnefi, m., the fist, also a fistful, handful, Icel. hnefi, Fær. nevi, No. neve, m., Sw. näve, Da. næve, id. L.Sc. neive.
Pronunciation
IPA:
Alternate Forms
Noun
- njavi
- fist
Inflection
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Synonyms
(none known)