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298 grief; distress.  Not harmr,, grief; sorrow. In a sense which is now more extended, “harm” assimilates to harm,  — For  in the  “harms and wallowa” see .

harpi [ha‘rpi],, harp-shell, a species of large mussel. Also [ha‘rpək]. and hǫrpuskel (harpa), harpeskjel,

harrabel [har··abəl·],, 1) a kind of hard wood, timber, imported from Norway in former times. 2) a miserable, bony animal, also an utterly emaciated, ragged person, a puir [‘poor’] h., a h. o’, a living skeleton.. Sometimes also used as an : bony, like a skeleton; a h. craeter’ [‘creature’]. to Jam. Suppl., “harroble” is found in Orkney in sense of harrow-beam, cross-bar in a harrow. “harroble” must be the same word as harvebul, , harrow-beam, harvböle, , the wood-work forming the frame of a harrow. In deeds “souples, birks and harrables” are mentioned, sometimes used for flails. Meaning 1 of  suggests that it is the same as the word. Meaning 2 has arisen through a metaphorical use of the word.

harri [(harri) härri],, to drive away by shouting, to chase away geese or swine by shouting “harri, harri!”; to h. at geese and swine. Also, [hərri (hʌrri)]. harja, harrja,, to make a loud, piercing outcry.

harri [(harri) härri],, a shout by which geese and swine are chased away. See the preceding word and, , ,

harsk [ha‘rsk],, unpleasant; disagreeable; coarse ; h. wadder, unpleasant, rough weather. Also [ha‘rski], and more commonly with dropped r: [haski]. harsk,, somewhat gruff, harsh; harsk,, = harsh.

harvistokk [har··viståk·],, lumbering thing, something useless lying in one’s way. , cross-bar, harrow-beam; see ,

haser [hāsər],, a very large fish, a large ling. , Intensive in the ; uncertain. hase,, a large piece, may be compared. is found in the same sense as.

has-,, see -,

hasj$mo$ (hass) [haᶊ],, commotion in the sea, usually with strong wind; a h. i’ de sea; der’r a h. o’ sea on. , .  the same word as, , and from the.

†hasj$n$ (hass?) [haᶊ],, drizzle; used in Unst of drizzle with light wind, in  and of somewhat rougher weather, =, , drizzle. May be classed with hysja, , to drizzle; to pour down (Aa.), or hås,, a light shower (Ri.), though the vowel-sound a points towards “hash”, dirt, used partly of showery weather. otherwise, with to the vowel-sound, the verb $h$ [ hysja].

†hasj$w$ (hass?) [haᶊ],, to drizzle. See further under $1$,

†hasj$2$ [haᶊ],, to scamp work, to go from one task to another without finishing anything, to geng aboot. ( hash). Corresponds to hysja,, inter alia to work carelessly; to scamp (R.).

haski$n$ [haski],, of weather: hazy, with wind or (more rarely) drizzle; h. wadder, hazy weather; cloudy weather, with wind (or drizzle).