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First published 1960 (SND Vol. V). Includes material from the 1976 supplement.
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‡JUBE, n. Also joob, d(z)jub, djup. A very deep place; applied to a bog, morass or valley, a deep part of the sea ((Sh. 1814 Irvine MSS), Sh. 1908 Jak. (1928), djub, djup, 1914 Angus Gl., dzjub, Sh.¹³ 1950), now only of deep mud (Sh. 1959).[tʃub]Sh. 1897 Shetland News (16 Oct.):
Snippered up lek' simmit clews In odious jube.Sh. 1899 J. Spence Folk-Lore 118:
No doubt the belief lingered that the ancient gods of the Norsemen still exercised power over the mysteries of the jube (the depths of the ocean).Sh. 1952 J. Hunter Taen wi da Trow 206:
By muldy blett an rivic deep, Green joob an mossy hollow.