Dictionary:ikke

Nynorn

Etymology

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

*ikke [ɩkə], adv., not, preserved in a small fragment of conversation, partly in Norn, from Norwick, Uⁿ.; see Introd. (Fragments of Norn). O.N. ekki, prop. nothing, = eigi, adv., not; No. ikkje, Da. ikke.

Another Nursery-rhyme (same source):

Bis bis byo
Bulva reeka tyo^[1]
Tak laigen
Slogan veggin
Bulva reeka tyo.

Variant form:

Bøn vɩl ɩkkə ti̇̄æ
tak an læggən
slōgan væggən
bøn vɩl ɩkkə ti̇̄æ.

(J. I.)

↑ “Bulva reeka” is evidently a corruption of: Boᶇ(ə) vɩl ɩkə, = the child will not (be quiet). Cf. a Færoese rigmarole (Antikvarisk tidsskrift, 1851, p.322), beginning: “Rura, rura barnið” — and containing the lines: “vil ikki barnið tiga, so tak um legg og slá í vegg — so skal barnið tiga”: If the bairn will not be quiet, take it by the leg, and hit it against the wall — that will make it be quiet.

Pronunciation

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Alternate Forms

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Adverb

ikke

not

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[1] “Bulva reeka” is evidently a corruption of: Boᶇ(ə) vɩl ɩkə, = the child will not (be quiet). Cf. a Færoese rigmarole (Antikvarisk tidsskrift, 1851, p.322), beginning: “Rura, rura barnið” — and containing the lines: “vil ikki barnið tiga, so tak um legg og slá í vegg — so skal barnið tiga”: If the bairn will not be quiet, take it by the leg, and hit it against the wall — that will make it be quiet.

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