Dictionary:dvars imut

Nynorn

Etymology

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Shetland use

An Etymological Dictionary of the Norn Language in Shetland (1928–1932): Jakobsen, Jakob

dwars [dwa‘rs], vb., prop. to place (oneself) crosswise or to go crosswise; to take, or give something, a crosswise direction; noted down in the foll. applications: 1) vb. a., in the expr. “to d. de grund [grȯnd, grønd]”, to set the long-line across the fishing-ground (Nm.; De.), really, to go athwart the ground. 2) vb. n., to idle aimlessly about, to geng dwarsin aboot. Nmⁿ. (N.Roe). — Probably a deriv. of O.N. þverr, adj., crosswise; athwart; cf. O.N. (Icel.) þvera, vb., to give something a crosswise direction, O.N. þverask, vb., to turn athwart, and No. tvera, vb., a) to get oneself in a cross temper; b) to walk aimlessly,first to one side then to the other (R.). — The Shetl. form, ending in s, is most prob. formed on the analogy of the adverb; see dwars, adv. — Fær. tvassa, to go plashing in mud, given under dwog, sb., doubtless differs from the Shetl. dwars, vb. 2.

dwars [dwa‘rs], adv., across; athwart, in a slanting direction or position; de nail is driven in d. (Nm^w.). O.N. þvers, adv., across, in the opposite direction, prop. gen. of the adj. þverr, crosswise.

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Adverb

dvars imut

opposite
on the contrary

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