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in the same manner as adnasjur may be explained: *annarsjór (intermittent sea or series of billows). We might also think of an old *ǫnnur-hvíld (intermittent state of rest), prop. expressing the calmer intervals between the rows of breakers — for the dropping of one or more consonants at the end of the words, see Introd. V (also N. Spr. VII) § 35, but the deriv. of “hviða” suits better both as regards form and use. For the above-mentioned use of “annarr” cf. annehwart and atrahola of unsteady wind, blast. The change nn > dn is esp. characteristic of Foula.

adnaset, sb., see annaset, annester.

adnasjur [ad··naᶊūr·], sb., series of high breakers followed by calmer sea; he’s comin’ on a a. again; a a. sea. Fo. prob.: *annarr sjór, *annarsjór, m., intermittent sea or wave (series of waves). Cf. above adna(n)kwi.

a-døms, adv., see døm, sb.

af, aff [af(f)], adv. (prop. prep.), of; O.N. af, L.Sc. aff. As prep. the old “af” is now entirely superseded by Eng. dial. and L.Sc. “o’” (=of). In conjunction with a number of verbs, “af, aff” is used in a sense handed down from the old Norn language, thus: “ber (bear) aff, had aff, geng aff, kom (com’) aff, lay aff, set aff, tak’ aff, winn aff”; — see under the respective verbs. An old form: av is found in avbregget, adj., and avnet, sb. (No. and Fær. av).

af(a)linns [af··(a)lı‘ns·], adv., at sea-fishing, prop. of a boat: off (hauling off) the runners, i. e. the pieces of wood laid down at a landing-place over which a boat is drawn. Shetl. linn, sb., piece of wood laid underneath a boat for it to rest on, O.N. hlunnr. For afa- cf. afaskod

= afskod, sb.; afalinns might poss. mean “aff o’ de linns”.

afaskod, sb., see afskod.

afatag [af··atag·], apateg [ap··atɛg·], sb., mitten, sea-mitten, tabu-word at sea. Fe^f. (afatag). Yⁿ. (apateg). Uncertain origin.

afbend [af·bænd·], vb., to take off the pack (de bend) of a pack-horse, to a. a horse. *afbenda. de afbendin gang or geng, see gang, sb.

afberin [af·bē^ə·rın], pres. part. and adj., having desire to decline or withdraw; also: diverting, endeavouring to stop or to turn the subject of conversation (= berin oot o’ mooth). Uⁿ. See ber (b. aff and ut), vb.

afbiddin [af·bıd·ın], adj. (prop. pres. part.), distasteful, of a repulsive appearance. N.Roe. Cf. Fær. bjóða ímóti, No. bjoda mot, Icel. bjóða við, arouse dislike, repugnance.

afbled [af·blɛd·], vb., to strip off leaves, esp. to pluck the outer leaves from a cabbage-stalk, to a. a kail-stock. *afbleðja; Da. afblade, vb. Cf. bled, vb.

afbreg(d), afbrig(d) [af·breg(d)·, af·brıg(d)·], sb., altered sheep-mark (brag(d), breg), additional ear-mark (sheep-mark), or one which is added to the old one, e.g. when a sheep-flock has changed owners; S.Sh. *afbregði, *afbrigði, from “bragð” in the sense of sheep-mark. See bragd and breg, obreg, utbrag, sbs.

afbreg(d), afbrig(d) [af·breg(d)·, af·brıg(d)·], vb., to change a sheep-mark, to add a new ear-mark to the old one (or ones), e.g. when a sheep-flock changes owners; to a. a mark. S.Sh. *afbregða, *afbrigða. See further afbreg(d), sb., and cf. avbregget, adj.

affljogins [af·(f)ᶅō·gıns], sb. pl., husks which are shaken from the corn after it has been dried. *affløygi(ngar). See fljog, vb.