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|Is||vb||Third person singular present of be, Old English is, from Germanic stem *es- Old English lost the final -t-. See be. Until 1500s, pronounced to rhyme with kiss.
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|Is||vb||Third person singular present of be, Old English is, from Germanic stem *es- Old English lost the final -t-. See be. Until 1500s, pronounced to rhyme with kiss.
 
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|Is ||phr||"He's Dead But Won't Lie Down" - a person who continues to exist, exert some influence, or demand some attention, but as outlived any real usefulness or role.
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|Is ||phr||"It is what it is." - indicating resigned acceptance of an unpleasant but inevitable situation or circumstance about which nothing positive really can be said.
  
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|Is ||phr||"Isn't It So?" - is that true? 2. isn't that the way?
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|Is ||phr||"It Is What It Is." - indicating resigned acceptance of an unpleasant but inevitable situation or circumstance about which nothing positive really can be said.
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|I-same ||adv||Together, in company.
 
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|I-say-so||n||An assertion, ipse dixit; "Heed I-say-so even of authority.""
  
|I-say-so||n||An assertion, ipse dixit; "Heed I-say-so even of authority.""
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|I-schappe||vb||To create, form, shape
  
|I-schappe||vb||To create, form, shape
 
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|I-schield||vb||to shield, to protect
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|I-schield||vb||To shield, to protect
 
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|I-schirre||vb||To make clear, declare, make known, tell, say, speak
  
|I-schirre||vb||To make clear, declare, make known, tell, say, speak
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|I-seche||vb||to seek, seek after
  
|I-seche||vb||to seek, seek after
 
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|I-see||vb||To see, behold
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|I-see||vb||To see, behold.
 
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|I-seggen||vb||To say, relate, confess, declare
  
|I-seggen||vb||To say, relate, confess, declare
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|I-setnesse||n||Institution, ordinance, statue, law
  
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|Ish||prf||A suffix used to form adjectives from nouns, with the sense of “belonging to”; “after the manner of,” “having the characteristics of,” “like” (childish, hillish ); “addicted to,” “inclined or tending to” ( bookish; ); “near or about” ( fiftyish; sevenish ). 2. a suffix used to form adjectives from other adjectives, with the sense of “somewhat,” “rather” (oldish; reddish; sweetish ). origin: Old English -isc.
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|Ish||sfx||A suffix used to form adjectives from nouns, with the sense of “belonging to”; “after the manner of,” “having the characteristics of,” “like” (childish, hillish ); “addicted to,” “inclined or tending to” ( bookish; ); “near or about” ( fiftyish; sevenish ). 2. a suffix used to form adjectives from other adjectives, with the sense of “somewhat,” “rather” (oldish; reddish; sweetish ). origin: Old English -'isc'.
 
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|I-ship ||n||The state of one's own self and identity; one's conscious personality. 2. i-hood.
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|I-sib||pp||Related, kin
  
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|I-sibsum ||adj||Peaceful.
 
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|I-sight||n||Vision, sight
  
|I-sight||n||Vision, sight
 
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|Island||n||Old English īegland, from īeg ‘island’ (from a base meaning ‘watery, watered’) + land. The change in the spelling of the first syllable in the 16th century was due to association with the unrelated word isle. A contiguous area of land, smaller than a continent, totally surrounded by water.  2. an entity surrounded by other entities that are very different from itself.  3. an island of tranquility (a calm place surrounded by a noisy environment) an island of color on a butterfly's wing. 4. superstructure on an aircraft carrier's deck. 5. a traffic island; the island in the middle of a roundabout. 6. (land surrounded by water): ait, holm; an entity surrounded by other very different entities): oasis; insular; isle; islet.
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|Island ||vb||To surround with water; make into an island.  2. to set, dot (as if) with islands. 3. to make into, or as an island. 4. to place as an island; to make, settle or enclose as an island. 5. to insulate; to isolate.
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|Island ||phr||"Island of the Blessed" - In Greek mythology, islands in the western ocean, where the favorites of the gods lived after death.
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|Island ||phr||"No Man Is an I(s)land" - human being do not thrive when isolated from others.
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|Island ||phr||"Stand in I(s)land" - to be detached or isolated.
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|Island-born ||adj||Born on and native to an island.
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|Islanded ||adj||Made into or as an island; insulated. 2. furnished or studded with islands.
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|Islandful ||adj||As much or as many as an island can hold.
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|Island-hop ||vb||To move from one island to another, esp. as a tourist, migratory folk, from one small island in an area of small island.
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|Island-hopping ||n||The act of moving from one island to another, esp. as a tourist, migratory folk, from one small island in an area of small island.
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|Islandish ||adj||Pertaining to or characteristic of an island; insular.
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|Island-strewn ||adj||An ocean or sea strewn with islands. 2. a country of strewn island such as the Indonesian archipelgo; on the island-strewn waters of Scandinavia.
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|Islandy ||adj||Full of islands; insular.
 
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|Isness||n||The fact that a thing is. 2. that which a thing is in itself, essence
  
|Isness||n||The fact that a thing is. 2. that which a thing is in itself, essence
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|I-still||vb||To restrain, still, calm, stay
  
|I-still||vb||To restrain, still, calm, stay
 
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|Is-to-be ||adj||Prospective, as 'A life of my is-to-be ...'
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|I-stink||vb||To smell, to percieve by smell
  
 
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|I-streon||n||Gain, acquisition, wealth. 2. begetting, procreation. 3. Off-spring, progeny
 
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|I-stretche||vb||To stretch, spread
  
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|I-sunding ||n||Salvation, healing.
 
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|I_swinke||vb||Swinch. 2. to toil, to labour, to swink
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Latest revision as of 08:29, 23 October 2017

Old English sp English
Is vb Third person singular present of be, Old English is, from Germanic stem *es- Old English lost the final -t-. See be. Until 1500s, pronounced to rhyme with kiss.
Is phr "He's Dead But Won't Lie Down" - a person who continues to exist, exert some influence, or demand some attention, but as outlived any real usefulness or role.
Is phr "Isn't It So?" - is that true? 2. isn't that the way?
Is phr "It Is What It Is." - indicating resigned acceptance of an unpleasant but inevitable situation or circumstance about which nothing positive really can be said.
I-same adv Together, in company.
I-say-so n An assertion, ipse dixit; "Heed I-say-so even of authority.""
I-schappe vb To create, form, shape
I-schield vb To shield, to protect
I-schirre vb To make clear, declare, make known, tell, say, speak
I-scole n A troop, host, shoal, band
I-seche vb to seek, seek after
I-see vb To see, behold.
I-seggen vb To say, relate, confess, declare
Isel n Izle, sparks, embers, ashes. 2. floating sparks from a fire or conflagation. 3. extinct sparks, particles of soot, smuts.
I-sele adj Happy, silly
I-seli adj Happy, fortunate, prosperous, isele.
I-selth n Happiness, felicity, fortune
I-seme vb To bring to agreement, to settle. 2. to reconcile, settle, to suit, beseem
I-semeliche adj In a seemingly or becoming manner
I-setnesse n Institution, ordinance, statue, law
Ish sfx A suffix used to form adjectives from nouns, with the sense of “belonging to”; “after the manner of,” “having the characteristics of,” “like” (childish, hillish ); “addicted to,” “inclined or tending to” ( bookish; ); “near or about” ( fiftyish; sevenish ). 2. a suffix used to form adjectives from other adjectives, with the sense of “somewhat,” “rather” (oldish; reddish; sweetish ). origin: Old English -'isc'.
I-ship n The state of one's own self and identity; one's conscious personality. 2. i-hood.
I-sib pp Related, akin
I-sibsum adj Peaceful.
I-sight n Vision, sight
Island n Old English īegland, from īeg ‘island’ (from a base meaning ‘watery, watered’) + land. The change in the spelling of the first syllable in the 16th century was due to association with the unrelated word isle. A contiguous area of land, smaller than a continent, totally surrounded by water.  2. an entity surrounded by other entities that are very different from itself.  3. an island of tranquility (a calm place surrounded by a noisy environment) an island of color on a butterfly's wing. 4. superstructure on an aircraft carrier's deck. 5. a traffic island; the island in the middle of a roundabout. 6. (land surrounded by water): ait, holm; an entity surrounded by other very different entities): oasis; insular; isle; islet.
Island vb To surround with water; make into an island.  2. to set, dot (as if) with islands. 3. to make into, or as an island. 4. to place as an island; to make, settle or enclose as an island. 5. to insulate; to isolate.
Island phr "Island of the Blessed" - In Greek mythology, islands in the western ocean, where the favorites of the gods lived after death.
Island phr "No Man Is an I(s)land" - human being do not thrive when isolated from others.
Island phr "Stand in I(s)land" - to be detached or isolated.
Island-born adj Born on and native to an island.
Islanded adj Made into or as an island; insulated. 2. furnished or studded with islands.
Islander n One who lives on a island.
Islandful adj As much or as many as an island can hold.
Island-hood n Insularity, the condition of being an island.
Island-hop vb To move from one island to another, esp. as a tourist, migratory folk, from one small island in an area of small island.
Island-hopping n The act of moving from one island to another, esp. as a tourist, migratory folk, from one small island in an area of small island.
Islandish adj Pertaining to or characteristic of an island; insular.
Island-less adj Devoid or without islands.
Island-like adj Resembling, characteristic or of the nature of an island.
Island-strewn adj An ocean or sea strewn with islands. 2. a country of strewn island such as the Indonesian archipelgo; on the island-strewn waters of Scandinavia.
Island-wide adj Extending through out an island.
Islandy adj Full of islands; insular.
Isness n The fact that a thing is. 2. that which a thing is in itself, essence
I-sound adj Sound, sound in health, well, safe
I-spile n Isepile. 2. Var. of Ilspile, Isespil
I-stand vb To stand firm
I-still vb To restrain, still, calm, stay
Is-to-be adj Prospective, as 'A life of my is-to-be ...'
I-stink vb To smell, to perceive by smell
I-streon n Gain, acquisition, wealth. 2. begetting, procreation. 3. Off-spring, progeny
I-stretche vb To stretch, spread
I-sunde n Wholeness, soundness. 2. safety
I-sundful n Quite sound, well, prosperous, happy
I-sunding n Salvation, healing.
I-sundlen vb To heal, save, to sundle
I-swike vb To fail, to cease, to cease from an act.
I_swinke vb Swinch. 2. to toil, to labour, to swink
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