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a’ [â], adj., is the L.Sc. form of Eng. all, but is sometimes used in Shetl. in a sense diff. from Eng. (and L.Sc.) and answering to the O.N. allr; e.g.: hit [‘it’] is a’, it is finished; at an end; de tale or story is a’, the story is ended, complete. Cf. O.N. allr in sense of ended; finished; complete; Fær. sögan er öll, the tale is ended. — for a’, beyond recall; for good, = No. fyre ollu, Sw. dial. för allo, Fær. fyri alla; he’s gane [‘gone’] for a’. — a’-fe(r)-jens, just this minute, see *fer, prep. — O.N. all- is found in Shetl. in the compd. almark and the neuter-form “alt” in *altasenn.

*annehwart [äᶇꞏꞏəhwa‘rtꞏ], adj. and adv., a) as adj.: irregular; changeable, of wind, alternating with calm, a a. wind; b) as adv.: in the expr. “to blaw [‘blow’] a.”; he blaws or is blawin’ a., it blows unsteadily; it is alternately wind and calm. Y^h. Prop.: (coming) every other time. *annathvart, -hvárt, neut. from O.N. pron. annarhvarr, -hvárr, every second one. Cf. atrahola.

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*annehwart [äᶇꞏꞏəhwa‘rtꞏ], adj. and adv., a) as adj.: irregular; changeable, of wind, alternating with calm, a a. wind; b) as adv.: in the expr. “to blaw [‘blow’] a.”; he blaws or is blawin’ a., it blows unsteadily; it is alternately wind and calm. Y^h. Prop.: (coming) every other time. *annathvart, -hvárt, neut. from O.N. pron. annarhvarr, -hvárr, every second one. Cf. atrahola.

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*bonn [bȯᶇ], sb., child; only preserved in some old rigmaroles: a) a cradle-song from N.Roe, that begins: Baw waw bonna [bā wā bȯᶇa], lullaby baby! -a in bonna is the def. art. (barn-it); L.Sc. baw, vb., to lull, lull asleep (bawaw, sb., is a jocular name for a child); b) an obs. cradle-song from Uⁿ.: Bis bis bio, bonn(e) vil ikke tio [bɩs b. biꞏə, bȯᶇ(ə) vɩl ɩkə tiꞏə], etc., lullaby! the child will not hush, etc.; c) a verse from Fe., used in an old troll-tale (fairy tale): Geng hame to Fivla [fɩvla] and tell Divla [dɩvla] at de honnins [hȯᶇɩns] wis lopen [lopən] in a “tuilly” [tøli] and brunt [‘burnt’] de bonnins [bȯᶇɩns] = Go home to Fivla and tell Divla (Tivla) that the dogs were fighting and had “burnt the children”, i.e. had killed the children by pushing them into the fire on the hearth. bonnins is the def. form in pl. (bǫrnin) with added Eng. pl. “s.” From Foula come the forms bjadna, bjadni: *barn-it; see bjadna. bonnis also found in two compds.: bonnhoga, bonsvamm. O.N. barn, n., child; No. bann, badn, baan, pl.: bonn, bodn, boon. Mod. Shetl. bairn, from L.Sc.

*bjadna [bjadna], *bjadni [bjadni], sb., child; mader (food) to de b. Fo. Prop. def. form: *barnit. dadna for *badna in “jarta dadna”, is still used occas. as an endearing term or when speaking kindly: “child of my heart”. Fo. Cf. bonn- in bonna, bonnins, bonnhoga, bonsvamm.

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dokka [dɔka] and comm.: dokki [dɔki (dȯki)], sb., 1) a young girl; now mostly as a term of endearment to a child, esp. a girl: my dokki! From Norwick, Uⁿ., an original form is reported, ending in -a: (my) piri (little) dokka! Sometimes in the sense of a) a good-looking girl, “shø [‘she’] is a regular dokki” (Uⁿ.), and b) sweetheart, “Ola’s dokki” (Uⁿ.). 2) doll, imitation of a doll, esp. a rag-doll. O.N. dokka, f., girl; vertical support in a windlass; a skein. No. dokka, Sw. docka, = Da. dukke, a doll; skein; endaring term to a girl.

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førd² [fø̄rd], vb. n., 1) to wander; in a fisherman’s verse from U.:. . . de ali grontjels wis [‘was’ — were] førdin aboot de fire, the sucking pigs wandered about the fire (the fire-place) (U^b.). 2) a) to get on or along in a certain manner, esp. in conjunction with “weel” [‘well’], more rarely with “ill” [‘badly’]; he førded weel, he was well received. Occas. passively: he was weel førded, he was well treated and entertained. Fe. b) to thrive; to f. weel, to thrive well. Fe. — førd 1 springs from O.N. ferðask, vb., to travel, førd 2 from O.N. fara, vb., to fare, fara vel, to fare well, to be successful in one’s expedition. For the mingling of the forms see ford², fori and førd, sbs., as well as førd¹, vb.