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prop. drawing towards oneself, is handed down in a diff. sense.

atersom [ā··tərsȯm·], adj., see etersom, etri, adj.

atferd [atfɛrd, atfərd], sb., behaviour; conduct; manners, he has nae a., he does not understand how to behave himself; now esp. queer conduct; ludicrous deportment. Often in pl.: atferds [atfɛrds, -fərds, atfərs], wheer (queer) atferds; he has nae [‘no’] atferds = he has nae a. (see above). Occas. also atwerd, atwerds [atwərd(s)]. S.Sh. (atferd, atwerd). N. and L. (atferd). atifer [at··ifər·, äi··tifər·], a wheer [‘queer’] a.: Wh. [at··ifər·], N.Roe [äi··tifər·]; he had a wheer a. aboot him. In Wh. also etifer [et··ifər·]. Ork.: atfares, sb. pl. (Dennison). O.N. atferð, f., behaviour; manner of proceeding. Cf. adber, odbert, sb.

†atkins [atkıns], sb. pl., a kind of short trousers. Conn. Etym. uncertain.

atkomin [at··kɔm·ın], sb., prop. appearance; arrival, now rare and only in certain collocations; thus: de (first) a. o’ de grund, impression formed of the fishing-ground, on running out the first line from the boat after arriving at the fishing-ground (Burra), = at-draw. O.N. atkoma, f., arrival. “komin” in “atkomin” = Eng. coming.

atl, attel [aƫəl, äƫəl], sb., small portion of food, a a. o’ meat. Fe. aƫəl points back to an *atl; äƫəl might originate either from *ætl (etl) or *atl. Cf. No. etla and atla, vb., inter alia, to deal out food (Aa.), also to cook food (etla, R.); etlavord, m., portion of food (Aa.); O.N. ætlan, f., (thought; design; plan; determination) inter alia also: arrangement; entertainment (æ. 6. Fr.).

at [at]-lay, sb., a taking hold vigorously, exertion of strength whilst performing some task. See “lay (l. at)”,

vb. Cf. O.N. atlaga, f., a laying alongside (of a ship in battle); attack; onset.

atrahola [at·rahō·la, aⁱt·rahō·la (äi·tra-)], adj., prop. pron., chopping; intermittent; unsteady, occas. of wind with intermittent calm, occas. of alternating drizzling rain and dry weather (in dull weather); a. wadder [‘weather’]: hit [‘it’] is a. wi’ him, a) it varies between wind and calm, = he’s blawin’ annehwart (see annehwart); b) it drizzles and is dry at intervals, it is neither rainy nor dry weather. Yⁿ. *aðrahvára, acc. f. sing. from O.N. annarhvárr, pron. every other; after “aðrahvára” a feminine noun is understood (ferð, f., a time; a turn). The change from r to l in -hola can be explained as dissimilation on acc. of the preceding r in atra-.

atri [atri, äƫ(ə)ri, äitri], adj., see etersom and etri, adj.

atset [atsɛt, -sæt], sb., the beginning of the tide at the setting in of the ebb. See set (s. at), vb. Cf. O.N. setja, vb., setja at: set or press towards.

attafeld, attifeld, sb., see attavelta, sb.

atta-lay [aⁱt·alɛ̄·], sb., fallow-land; fallow-field in its second year. U. *aptr-(lega); O.N. aptr, adv., once more; again. No. atterlega, f., fallow-land; field laid down to grass.

*attaljos [at··aljos·], sb., daybreak in summer; Fo. From Nm^w. has been reported, attalos [a‘t··alȯs·] in the sense: a) daybreak; dawn, de a. o’ de mornin’; and by fusion; b) dusk; twilight, de a. o’ de eenin’ [‘evening’], = hømin. *aptr-ljós. Cf. a) the Shetl. expr.: he’s lightnin’ again (comm.), it is dawning (after the short midsummer-night), and b) No. atterlysa, vb., to dawn; atterlysing, f., early dawn.

*attaslu [aⁱt··aslū], sb., weight, attached to the back of a harrow and dragged after it to smooth the