lg18 Posted January 26, 2017 Report Share Posted January 26, 2017 Can anyone tell me: does putting "-lie" on the end of a word mean "-like"? So If "Maa" means gull does "Maalie" (fulmar) originally mean gull-like bird? If so, if "Aalie" is an animal (lamb) that is tame or being fattened does that mean that the tame/fat/pet lamb is LIKE an "Aa", and if so, what was an "Aa"? Presumably something else that was tame/fat? There are two Aa stacks on the west side of Yell, and 2 Aa skerries off Mainland (one S of Skeld, one off S Havera). So presumably an Aa was something that lived or hung out on stacks and skerries - does anyone know what? Thank you for any help! Lucy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ghostrider Posted January 26, 2017 Report Share Posted January 26, 2017 ^ Probably not. Maalie is generally thought to come from the Dutch "Mollemok", said to mean "foolish gull". Can't really comment on the rest, we don't use the word 'aalie', and someone asked about the "Aa" stacks on here before not all that long ago, speculating that possibly they were Great Auk locations at one time, but I can't remember if that discussion every came to anything. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MuckleJoannie Posted January 26, 2017 Report Share Posted January 26, 2017 According to Jakobsen's dictionary alie for a pet comes from old Norse word alidýr. http://skaldic.abdn.ac.uk/m.php?p=onwword&i=3309 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wheelsup Posted March 15, 2017 Report Share Posted March 15, 2017 In Sandwick, the locals use the word Pellak/Pellick for the neesik. onyeen idder ose dis? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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