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Scottish National Dictionary (1700–)

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First published 1934 (SND Vol. I).
This entry has not been updated since then but may contain minor corrections and revisions.

‡ASEL, n. [′ɑsəl (Jak.)]

1. A cold and keen wind.Sh. 1908 Jak. (1928):
A cauld asel.

2. A laborious battling against the wind.Sh. 1908 Jak. (1928):
I'm had a heavy asel. In phrase: Upo de asel = in uneasy movement; eagerly on the look-out for something (Jak.). Our correspondent Sh.2 reports that the word is now obs. in Fetlar.

[Cf. Norse asa, v., to storm, blow, move oneself (Jak.).]

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