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| + | {{Jakobsen/s}}'''kerlin''' [kērlɩn, kē{{sup|ə}}rlɩn] and '''kerl''' [kē{{sup|ə}}rl], {{nornabr|sb.}}, properly ''a crone,'' but now generally in sense of ''a big woman,'' and commonly used in the form {{nornsp|kerl}}, {{nornabr|prob.}} by mingling with {{nornabr|L.Sc.}} cairl(e) = carl, {{nornabr|sb.}}, ''a man.'' — In {{nornabr|Shetl.}} place-names the word is applied to detached rocks, mostly by the water-side or in the sea, and then often in the form {{nornsp|kellin}} [kelin, keᶅɩn, (kælən) käᶅən], in which word the development rl > ll is more in accordance with the rules of {{nornabr|Shetl.}} phonology. Thus in several places in Fetlar, {{nornabr|e.g.}} de {{nornsp|mukkel}} and de piri {{nornsp|Kellin}} [keᶅɩn, käᶅən] (Hammersness, {{nornabr|Fe{{sup|w}}.}}), ''the big and the'' ''small “crone”;'' de {{nornsp|Kellin}}: a) in “de Gjo o’ Litleland”, {{nornabr|Fe{{sup|e}}.}} [käᶅən]; b) in Ramnagio, {{nornabr|U{{sup|mo}}}}. [käᶅən]; c) by the isle of Uyea, “Øja”, {{nornabr|U{{sup|s}}.}} [kelin]. Sometimes also in the form {{nornsp|kerl}} as a place-name,thus: “de {{nornsp|Kerl}}”, detached rock near “de Loch o’ Skellister”, {{nornabr|N.}} — {{nornabr|O.N.}} kerling, {{nornabr|f.}}, ''(old) woman.''{{Jakobsen/e}} | ||
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Latest revision as of 22:45, 31 July 2021
Nynorn
Etymology
Shetland use
- An Etymological Dictionary of the Norn Language in Shetland (1928–1932)
- Jakobsen, Jakob
kerlin [kērlɩn, kēərlɩn] and kerl [kēərl], sb., properly a crone, but now generally in sense of a big woman, and commonly used in the form kerl, prob. by mingling with L.Sc. cairl(e) = carl, sb., a man. — In Shetl. place-names the word is applied to detached rocks, mostly by the water-side or in the sea, and then often in the form kellin [kelin, keᶅɩn, (kælən) käᶅən], in which word the development rl > ll is more in accordance with the rules of Shetl. phonology. Thus in several places in Fetlar, e.g. de mukkel and de piri Kellin [keᶅɩn, käᶅən] (Hammersness, Few.), the big and the small “crone”; de Kellin: a) in “de Gjo o’ Litleland”, Fee. [käᶅən]; b) in Ramnagio, Umo. [käᶅən]; c) by the isle of Uyea, “Øja”, Us. [kelin]. Sometimes also in the form kerl as a place-name,thus: “de Kerl”, detached rock near “de Loch o’ Skellister”, N. — O.N. kerling, f., (old) woman.
Pronunciation
IPA:
Alternate Forms
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Noun
- kerling
- old woman
Inflection
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Synonyms
(none known)