An Etymological Dictionary of Scotland's Norse: Difference between revisions

{{l|snon|-a}}, [ə], aff.; used in the formation of adverbs, originally only from adjectives but expanded to everything; From {{mn|non|-a}}; the preservation of this suffix is entirely unexpected, as it would have been lost had sound changes applied regularly.

{{l|snon|-adh-}}, [ə(ɣ)], aff.; used in the formation of the past and conditional of verbs; Probably from {{mn|non|-að-}}

{{l|snon|a}}, [ə], n. m.; fragrance, that which smells good; From {{mn|non|ang}}

{{l|snon|aer}}, [ˈəɾ], n. f.; mind, ability to reason; Of Gaelic origin, possibly {{mn|sga|aire}}

{{l|snon|Aghar}}, [ˈəːɾ], n. m. pl.; ''Agðir'', a name for the Hebrides; Probably means “Land of storms” or “Land of rain”; From {{mn|non|Agðir}}

{{l|snon|-adhir}}, [əjɾ], aff.; forms the past of verbs; From {{mn|non|-aðir}}

{{l|snon|-adhist}}, [əjʃː], aff.; forms the cobditional of verbs; From {{mn|non|-aðisk}}

{{l|snon|ald}}, SW. [əɫd] NW. [əwd], adj.; old; n. m.; age; v. è; to age; Probably from {{mn|ang|ald}}, Anglian variant of {{mn|ang|eald}}

{{l|snon|alm}}, SW. [ˈəɫm] NW. [ˈəwm], n. m/f; elm tree; From {{mn|non|almr}}

{{l|snon|Anghun}}, [ˈə.ɣɤn], n. m.; a male name, corresponding to Faroese Øgmundur; From {{mn|non|Ǫgmundr}}

{{l|snon|-ar}}, [əɾ], aff.; forms the regular plural of masculine nouns; From {{mn|non|-ar}} and {{mn|non|-ir}}

{{l|snon|arv}}, [əɾv], n. f.; heiress; From {{mn|non|arfa}}

{{l|snon|asc}}, [əsk], n. m.; ash tree; From {{mn|non|askr}}

{{l|snon|at}}, [ət], prep.; 1) at, to; 2) according to; 3) from (when recieving something); From {{mn|non|at}}

{{l|snon|av}}, [əv] or [əu], prep.; of, from, off, by; From {{mn|non|af}}

{{l|snon|av-}}, [əv] or [əu], aff.; 1) away, off, from, away from; 2) excessively, negatively; From {{mn|non|af-}}

{{l|snon|avhar}}(-), [əːɾ], adv. or aff.; a rare intensifier for adjectives; From {{mn|non|afar}}