"ithand" meaning in English

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Adjective

IPA: /ˈaɪðənd/ Forms: more ithand [comparative], most ithand [superlative]
Etymology: From Middle English ithand, an alteration (due to assimilation to suffix -and) of ithen, from Old Norse iðinn (“assiduous, diligent”), from iðja, iðna (“to do, perform”), from ið (“a restless motion”), equivalent to ithe + -and and/or ithe + -en. Cognate with Icelandic iðinn (“diligent”), Norwegian idig (“busy”), Danish idelig (“continual”), and perhaps to English eddy. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|ithand}} Middle English ithand, {{m|en|-and}} -and, {{m|enm|ithen}} ithen, {{der|en|non|iðinn||assiduous, diligent}} Old Norse iðinn (“assiduous, diligent”), {{m|non|iðja}} iðja, {{m|non|iðna||to do, perform}} iðna (“to do, perform”), {{m|non|ið||a restless motion}} ið (“a restless motion”), {{suffix|en|ithe|and}} ithe + -and, {{suffix|en|ithe|en}} ithe + -en, {{cog|is|iðinn||diligent}} Icelandic iðinn (“diligent”), {{cog|no|idig||busy}} Norwegian idig (“busy”), {{cog|da|idelig||continual}} Danish idelig (“continual”), {{cog|en|eddy}} English eddy Head templates: {{en-adj}} ithand (comparative more ithand, superlative most ithand)
  1. (obsolete, Northern England, Scotland) Industrious; assiduous; continually busy; diligent. Tags: Northern-England, Scotland, obsolete
    Sense id: en-ithand-en-adj-s-pOWhvx Categories (other): Northern England English, Scottish English, English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup, English terms suffixed with -and, English terms suffixed with -en Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 26 24 21 28 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 24 25 22 29 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -and: 24 27 24 25 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -en: 24 27 24 25
  2. (obsolete, Northern England, Scotland) Plodding; constant; continual. Tags: Northern-England, Scotland, obsolete
    Sense id: en-ithand-en-adj-1ktDi7PX Categories (other): Northern England English, Scottish English, English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup, English terms suffixed with -and, English terms suffixed with -en Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 26 24 21 28 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 24 25 22 29 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -and: 24 27 24 25 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -en: 24 27 24 25
  3. (obsolete, Northern England, Scotland, of mental or moral qualities) Conscientious; considerate; watchful; careful; attentive. Tags: Northern-England, Scotland, obsolete
    Sense id: en-ithand-en-adj-QoWKjYB2 Categories (other): Northern England English, Scottish English, English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup, English terms suffixed with -and, English terms suffixed with -en Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 26 24 21 28 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 24 25 22 29 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -and: 24 27 24 25 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -en: 24 27 24 25
  4. (obsolete, Northern England, Scotland, usually of weather) Continuous; persistent. Tags: Northern-England, Scotland, obsolete, usually
    Sense id: en-ithand-en-adj-WcECAaS- Categories (other): Northern England English, Scottish English, English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup, English terms suffixed with -and, English terms suffixed with -en Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 26 24 21 28 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 24 25 22 29 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -and: 24 27 24 25 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -en: 24 27 24 25
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: ident, ydant, iden, ydan, eident, idand, ydand [Scotland] Derived forms: ithandly

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If you use this data in academic research, please cite Tatu Ylonen: Wiktextract: Wiktionary as Machine-Readable Structured Data, Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC), pp. 1317-1325, Marseille, 20-25 June 2022. Linking to the relevant page(s) under https://kaikki.org would also be greatly appreciated.