Shetland Words:I

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  • i = in (pit a paet i da fire)
  • Iceland scorie = (n) glaucous gull (Larus glaucus)
  • idda swidders = in uncompleted limbo for an excessive period of time (Yun Bressa brig idee is been hingin idda swidders noo furr yeers)
  • idder = other (Nae idder een wid tak her place)
  • igg = (v) encourage
  • iggit = encouraged. (I iggit him on)
  • igyen = again
  • ilget = (adj) sheep markings, white with darker spots
  • ill = (adj) evil, harm (I widna wiss him nae ill)
  • ill aff = skint, poor.
  • ill-ansin = (adj) disobedient
  • ill-gristed = in a bad and/or angry mood
  • ill helt = angry remark, (whit ta ill helt's wrang wi dee
  • ill-hivered = misbehaved, with the insinuation that the so accused is incapable of doing better. ('hivered' poss. derived from '(be)havoured') (Dis neeber bairns ir juist a bawnd a ill-hivered peerie eerips)
  • ill-leak = (adj) ugly
  • ill-naitered = (adj) bad tempered, irritable
  • ill-pairted = (adj) wrongly or badly divided
  • ill-spaekin = (adj) to speak badly of another person
  • ill-trikit = (adj) mischievious
  • ill-triven = (adj) skinny, undernourished
  • ill-tweeskered = cantankerous, in a bad mood
  • ill-willed = (adj) bad tempered
  • I nivir keen = I don't know
  • immense = (n) a lot, a great number (we catched an immense o piltocks dat nicht)
  • ime = (n) sooty deposit (his face wis black wi ime)
  • imdee = further in to, or the furthest in through/from the door/nearest the fireplace in a room/building
  • immer-gös = (n) Great Northern Diver (Gavia immer)
  • infield = (n) arable core of townland, usually manured and planted in bere
  • inndaeks = near to home, within croft dykes.
  • innadaeks = as 'inndaeks'
  • innepeegit = pale, pallid or generally unwell or unhealthy looking
  • intirls = insides, entrails
  • insipit = of inanimate objects, unimpressive, laclustre, a generally "washed out" look
  • ipo = (prep) on
  • irp = (v) grumble constantly
  • iset = (adj) sheep markings, dark with many white hairs producing a dusty effect
  • ithin = within
  • ithoot = without
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