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Rh bobs up and down, a diver. ,, a diver, the name for an eider-duck.

heel [hɩl],, the heel on the handle of a spade; de h. o’ de spade. In the same sense hælur,  hæll,, a) a wooden stake; b) the heel on the handle of a scythe. In the word has been anglicised to.

heel-kapp [hi̇̄lkap],, the heel-lining inside in a leathern shoe. and hælkappe,

hefert [hɛfərt],, a suspicion of something, only reported in the negative “no [‘not’] a h.”, not a trace; not the least bit. a of an old *-;   ev, , eve,, and eva, (the last in : evur), a trace, a suspicion of something.

heft [hæft],, a handle; grip; the handle of any implement, = hepti, hefti,  Also , : heft besides haft.

heft [hæft],, to fix, to fix a grip or handle on anything. hepta,, to tie, to tether, and hefta.

†heftet [hæftət],, provided; well supplied, also in a good situation; well off; he is h., a) he is well provided; b) he is well off. . an older from hefð,, claim, prescriptive right;  hævd,, in sense of prosperity, and hævdung, , a wealthy, powerful man. Note, however, heft,, weight, hefty,, heavy; weighty, also used (influential, ).
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heg,, see ,

hegel$1$ [hēgəl, hɛgəl (hægəl)], , a tang, the part of a knife or other implement which is inserted into the handle; de h. o’ de knife. Also [hækəl]:  In the same sense hekil,,  to Svabo: the lower end of the sharp edge of a knife; also cock’s spur. hekel,, a small flap; edge, haki and hækill,, the outside edge of a thing.  heckle.

hegel$2$ [hēgəl],, thin, lean corn, a h. o’ corn. See, $2$,

hegl, hegel,, see $2$,

heglabister [hɛg··labɩs·tər, heg··labɩs·tər], , a bony, tall, spare-grown fellow.. The first part of the, , may be hekel,, a) a small flap; b) a tall, spare chap.

hegri$n$ [hɛgri, hēgri],, 1) the heron. 2) a tall, thin person; a tall, half-witted and somewhat rude person; a great h. o’ a fellow. In sense 2 also [hāgri]. — hegri,, a heron. hegre,,  a) a heron,  b) a person with a long neck, wide mouth and distended eyes, also an inconsiderate, noisy person.

hegri$1$ [hēgri],, very thin, loose worsted; in the  “-worsed [‘worsted’]”. , to be referred to  higr,, something very insignificant, hikra, , to deal out in small portions. — ,

hei [hæi],, ''ho! aha!'' as a term of surprise. hej, , is found, used in a similar sense.

hek [hɛk, hæk],, a crutch. Also with : [hækəl]. hœkja,, a crutch.

hek [hɛk, hæk],, 1) to walk jerkily, also to jump or hop on one leg; to geng . . 2) to halt, to geng [hækɩn]. Doubtless to walk with a crutch . $2$,