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(Fe.). b) to allure fish (with bait), to ag op [‘up’] de fish (Fe.). 2) vb. n., of the sea, the waves: to be driven shorewards (by wind from the sea); to ripple against the shore, de sea is ag(g)in on (on de shore, upo de sten); of objects floating on the surface of the water: to be washed or driven shorewards; also of small fish driven shorewards in this way, e.g.: de pilteks (young coalfish) ag(g)ed upo de shore (Y^h.). 3) to irritate someone by continual teasing (joking remarks); to speak in an offensive, irritating manner, to agg ane, to keep aggin awa (Fo.). — ag(g) in all the above-mentioned senses, can be explained from a root-meaning: to force on; to set in motion, or state of unrest. Nevertheless ag(g) 1 + 2 and ag(g) 3 are possibly not one and the same word, as ag(g) 1 + 2 may be either *aga or *agga — see above ag, agg, sb., — on the other hand, ag(g) 3 certainly is an *agga; cf. Sw. dial. agga, vb., to incite; to irritate; disquiet; Icel. agg, n., quarrel; wrangling; No. (and Sw.) agg, n., inquietude; remorse; vexation (“agg”: root-word for “eggja”, vb., incite).

ag [ag], vb., to have feelings of sickness; to be obliged to vomit, e.g. of a sea-sick person. Du. No. aga, vb., to feel sick. Prob. to be classed along with the preceding words: ag, agg, sb. and vb.

aga [āga], ager [āgər] and aggek (agek) [agək], sb., a variety of eight-armed cuttle-fish; has a more rounded tail than the common so-called skitek and is of a lighter colour. Also (more rarely) ega [ēga] and jaga [jāga]. Nm^w. (Esh.): aga, ega. N.Roe: aga, jaga. Wests. occas.: ager. U.: aggek, agek. ager with the long main-vowel arises prob. from an older *akarr, m.; cf. Sw.

dial. aka, vb. (see Rietz under “aa”, vb.), to go to stool (of children), to dirty (äkä, see ekä), No. akkar, m., cuttle-fish, formed from “akka”, vb., to evacuate the bowels (R. Suppl.). aga, aggek is poss. the same word as (side-forms to) ager, but can also be explained from an older *agga; cf. No. skitagga, f., corpulent, dirty woman. Cf. amok (amek) and skitek. Acc. to Edm. “agguck” is a species of fish which can inflate its body (= awmuck); see further under amok.

agbond [agbȯnd], sb., care for and interest in something; to tak’ a great a. in onyting [‘something’]. N.Roe. *ag-band? Prob. from *ag or *agg in sense of drift or unrest; cf. Shet. ag, agg, sb. and vb., as well as agl¹, vb. 2.

aggek, sb., see aga, etc.

agglovan [ag·lȯvaⁱn·, ag·lə-, ag·la-, aglav·ən], sb., fire-tongs, tabu-name, used by fishermen at sea. Yⁿ., Nm^w., Sa. ag·lȯvaⁱn·, ag·lə-, ag·la-: Yⁿ., Nm^w.; aglav·ən: Sa. A compd. the second part of which (-glovan) is certainly *klofa-nn (def. form in acc.) from O.N. klofi, m., a cloven tool, tongs, Fær. klovi, m., fire-tongs. The first part is poss. *agga-, from *aggi; No. agge, m., notch; tooth; fork of a cleft tool, partly = “ange”. Cf. anklovan [*anga-klofann]. From M.Roe is reported a form agglavander [ag·lavan·dər].

agisom [ā··gisom·], adj., frightful; fear-inspiring, a.-lookin (Y^h.); also very repulsive (Fe.). O.N. agasamr, adj., handed down in sense of restless, but may also have meant fear-inspiring (O.N. agi, m., fear; fright, etc.); cf. No. agesam, Sw. dial. agasam, adj., fear-inspiring, etc. See agos, sb.