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afaran, aifrin, aifteran, aifterhaan, aifterhen, aifterhend, aifterhin, aiftern, aivrin, efter_haund, efterhaan, efterhand, efterhaund, efterhen, efterhen, efterhend, efterhin, efterhins, efterhint, efterin, eftirhaun, eftirhint,
efterhaund [ˈɛftərˈhɑːn(d), -ˈhɔːn(d), -(h)ɪn, -ˈhɛn, -ən, N. -haːn(d)]
adv. Afterwards.
prep. After. Over and above, in addition to.
conj. After.
adj. MN. [ˈevɪn, ˈɛftɛrn, ˈafərən] The port side of a boat.
aig, aigg, aiggs, aigs, aigs, eeg, eegs, egg, egg-bed, eggs, eig, eigg, eiggs, eigs, hegg, heggs, igg, iggs,
egg [ɛg, eg]
n. An egg.
pl. eggs
 
Compounds and phrases etc.
 
egg-bed: The ovary of a bird.
eggshell: Eggshell.
peelt egg: A rich inheritance, a stroke of good fortune, a windfall.
rummelt eggs: Scrambled eggs.
agg, aig, egg, eggit, eggle, eig, igg, iggle,
egg [ɛg, eg]
v. To urge on.
pt. pp. eggit
 
eggle [ɛgl, egl]
v. To urge on.
Egyp, Egypt,
Egypt [ˈidʒɪp]
pn. Egypt.
n. An Egyptian. The call of the the spotted flycatcher Muscicapa striata.
ae, aih, ay, e, eh, eih,
eh [ɛ, e]
int. Usually employed to indicate affirmation, surprise, or dismay.
aid, aith, aithe, ed, eid,
eid [ed, ɛd]
Also aith [eð]
n. In placenames: a narrow neck of land jutting out into the sea, a sandbank cast up by the sea across the head of a wick having a lagoon inside it.
eek, eik, eke,
eik [ik, jik]
n. The natural grease which is secreted into the wool of a sheep.
eeck, eeckie, eek, eekie, eekies, eekin, eekit, eekle, eik, eiked, eikel, eikie, eikin, eikit, eikle, eke, ekeit, ekel, eyk,
eik [ɪk, eik, əɪk]
n. An addition, extension or increase of any kind. A board used to heighten the sides of a cart, a wooden mouthpiece to a clay pipe. An addition or extension to a garment, a patch, a gusset. A lean-to, an addition to a building. leg. an addition to a formal document, such as a codicil to a will, an addition made to the inventory by an executor, so as to include additional property.
dim. eikie
v. To increase, add to, to supplement in general. To add to by way of repair, to lengthen, patch.
pt. pp. eikit
 
eikle [ikl, eikl, əɪkl]
v. To stir up, incite.
 
Compounds and phrases etc.
 
eikin: Adding to.
eik oot: To supplement.
eiks and ends: Odds and ends.
eik tae: Add to, increase, supplement.
eik up: Fill up, top up, egg on.
ealins, eelans, eeld, eelins, eild, eilded, eildins, eildit, eilings, eld, eyld, yealings, yealins, yeeld,
eild [iːld]
n. Age in general, a period of life. Old age.
v. To grow old.
pt. pp. eildit adj. Aged.
adj. Old, aged.
 
Compounds and phrases etc.
 
eildins [iːldɪnz]: pl. Equals in age, contemporaries, persons born in the same year.
 
within eild: Under age.
Eeldon, Eildon,
Eildon [ˈildən]
pn. Eildon (Borders)

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