fig. = figurative, -ly. foll. = following. Fr. = French. freq. = frequent, -ly. Fris. = Frisian. Gael. = Gaelic. gen. = genitive. Germ. = German. Goth. = Gothic. Gothl. = Gothland. gram. = grammar. H.G. = High German. Icel. = Iceland, -ic. id = idem (the same). i.e. = id est (that is). imp. = imperative. impers. = impersonal. impf. = imperfect. infl. = influence. interj. = interjection. introd. = introduction. Jut. = Jutlandic. L.G. = Low German. L.Sc. = Lowland Scottish. lang. = language. Lap. = Lapland. Lat. = Latin. lit. = literal, -ly. m., masc. = masculine. M.Eng. = Middle English. M.H.G. = Middle High German. M.L.G. = Middle Low German. metaph. = metaphorical, -ly. Mod.Eng. (etc.) = Modern English (etc.). Ndl. = Nederlandish (standard Dutch). neut. = neuter. No. (occas.: Norw.) = Norwegian. nom. = nominative. N.Eng. (etc.) = North English (etc.). N.Hl. = North Hordeland.
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N.Sh. = North Shetland. num. = numeral. obs. = obsolete. occas. = occasionally. O.Da. (etc.) = Old Danish (etc.). O.N. = Old Northern. O.Sax. = Old Saxon. opp. = opposite. orig. = original, -ly. Ork. = Orkneyan. perf. part. = perfect participle. pers. = person, personal, -ly. phr. = phrase. pl. = plural. poet. = poetic. poss. = possible, -ly. prec. = preceding. prep. = preposition. pres. part. = present participle. prob. = probable, -ly. pron. = pronoun. pronunc. = pronunciation. prop. = proper, -ly. q.v. = quod vide (which see). rad. = radical. ref. = reference. refl. = reflexive. reg. = regarding. sb. = substantive. Sc. = Scottish. Shetl. = Shetland, -ic. sing. = singular. S.Sh. = South Shetland. sup. = superlative. Sw. = Swedish. syn. = synonym, -ous. vb. = verb. vb. a. = verb, active voice. vb. n. = verb neuter or intransitive.
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