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Rh ; hallr,, sloping; þáttr,, a single strand of a rope. høllur [hödlȯr],, unevenness; lump in worsted.

hals, haws [has, hās],, the neck. form: hawse = hals. hals, Some  in , prefixed by “hals”, and the form [hasɩn (hāsɩn)], probably originate from, of which further below. — A) in : 1) [hasbānd, -bənd, hās-],, a collar, a band around a calf’s neck for tying it up in the stall; hās-],, a band around a cow’s neck for tying it up in the stall; halsgjǫrð,, a necklace. 3) [haslåk, -lɔk, hās-], , “neck-lock”, the wool taken off the throat of a sheep before killing it; also [håslɔk, -lək] . a) short bottom-board nearest the keel fore or aft in a boat, ¹⁄₃ of the boat’s length; de fore- or aft-. From is noted down “de gabord-stroke and de ” as the name of the lowest side-board in a boat, “de gabord-stroke” is the middle-board, and “de ” the added end-boards; b) side-board in a boat, curved towards the stem; de lower and upper . Common as a  word,, denoting the two curvatures of the boards, towards the stem and stern respectively,  is doubtless “halsinn”, and  is an of “halsarnir” (with a later added  -s), definite forms in and  respectively, from hals,, neck, which seems also to have been used of the planks between the stem and the forehold in a ship, or the planks enclosing the forehold (hals 4 in Fr.); otherwise to the space in a ship nearest the stem (hals 5 in Fr.). —  The dropping of l in the of  shows that the word is by  “hawse”. — The forms and *  in  are developed phonetically from  “hals”.
 * halsband, 2)  [hasgə‘rt,
 * halslokkr. — B) [hasɩn], ,
 * (now only as a place-name)

halt [ha‘lt, hä‘ᶅt],, a halting, limping gait; to geng [‘go’] wi’ a h.

halt [ha‘lt, hä‘ᶅt],, to halt, limp; to h. or to geng. Also (more rarely) [hä‘ᶅk], to geng ., ,  halta, halte, A form of “hā‘lt”, with long vowel-sound, most springs from halt,

haltadans [(ha‘l··tada‘ns·) hä‘ᶅ··tada‘ns·], , halting dance, limping dance, denoting fairies’ dance; to old  legends, the fairies limp in dancing. Now certainly only in meanings and applications: 1) to had [‘hold’] a h., to run about, scolding and making a noise. ; Also [hä‘ᶅ··kada‘ns·] and  [h$n$ɩ‘ᶅ··kada‘ns·] ; “shø [‘she’]’s dansin’ a ”, reported of a tethered cow, trying to break loose. 2) gossamer, motion in a cobweb, quivering in the atmosphere near the ground. [hä‘ᶅ··tada‘ns·]. Regarded as the fairies’ dance? — *haltr dans or ( form) *halti dans (: halta dans), “halting dance”.

and *haltagongi [ha‘l·tagɔŋ·gi], in the imperative, belonging to fishermen’s tabu- at sea: stop ''your gait! stop your speed!'' a kind of spell by which fishermen formerly thought to be able to check a halibut or other large fish, when hooked, and threatening to run out the whole length of line and break it. Also with dropped initial h: [a‘l·tagɔŋ·gi]. Reported by Edm. in the form “haltugonga”. — *halt gǫngu! “stop (your) 19*
 * haltagonga [(ha‘l·tagɔŋ·ga) hä‘ᶅ·tagɔŋ·ga]