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302 hekel$1$,, see $1$,

hekel$2$,, see ,

hekk [hæk],, a frame of wood; lamp, koli, is placed; b) a rack for horses and sheep (lambs), hay-. hekk,, a rack for horses, and hekka, , a wooden rack on the side of a hay-cart, hæk, hække, , häck, , heck, hay-rack.
 * a) a rack in which a train-oil

hekk [hɛk],, partly to cut, partly to tear up the thin, poor corn that cannot be reaped in the usual way; to h. op corn. to break, and the same word as older (?) hekkes,, to wrestle (Kalkar II, 196. to Moth).

hekl, hekkel$s$ [hækəl],, a species of yellowish coral, bastard coral, that often gets on to the fishing lines.. Is doubtless the same word as hekla, , stubble, in heklemo,, a stony plain covered with straggling stubs of withered brushwood.

hekl, hekkel$1$ [hɛkəl, hækəl], , thin, lean corn that cannot be reaped in the usual way, but must partly be torn up., The relation to the verbs and $2$ is uncertain. It is conceivable that there is association with hekla,, barely to hold together, as, , , poor, lean corn,, doubtless must be referred to hengla,, barely to get a thing to hold together.

hekl$w$, hekel [hɛkəl, hækəl] and hegl, hegel [hegəl],, 1) to walk bent and heavily, swaying the hips. and jerkily, as on crutches. : on one leg. : . — høkla, , a) to trip along; b) to walk with bent knees, lifting the feet carefully; c) to exert oneself in running without making much progress.
 * . 1) to walk unsteadily
 * to geng . 3) to hop

†hekl$2$, hekkel [hɛkəl, hækəl], , =, ; to h. (h. ) corn. . ; Is doubtless the word hackle, , hekla, heckle,  — is also used in sense of to hackle, to comb wool; to h. oo’ [‘wool’].

hekla [hækla, hɛ̄$1$kla (hēkla, hǣ$2$kla)], , sea-term, tabu-name in fishermen’s for the ray (fish). . Metaphoric application of hekla,, a cloak. The shape of the fish might indicate the latter. For the change in meaning a),  “*cockety-fan”, noted down in , denoting partly a high hood for women, partly a ray, and b)  bannet, partly a bonnet, partly a flounder, turbot. Edm. gives “heckla” in the sense of dog-fish; not further confirmed in this sense.

†heksi [hɛksi, hæksi],, a witch; also used as a disparaging term of a repulsive-looking, old woman. Barclay: hexie. heks, heksa, hexe,, a witch.

hel [hēl, hē$w$l, hel],, whole, = heill,,  hale. In a special sense strong, healthy = heill and hale, “ and weel [‘well’]”, quite well, corresponds to vel heill.

hel [hēl, hē$ə$l],, to become whole, to be healed; de sore (wound) , is again. From “heilask”, middle form from heila,, to make whole; to restore ( heila).

hella$ə$,, see ,

hella$n$ [(hɛla) hɛᶅa, heᶅa] and more hellek [(hɛlək, hælək) hɛᶅək, heᶅək],, a flat rock, partly in a special sense, a smooth, sloping rock. , a flat stone along the eaves of a house, also . a [heᶅək (hɛᶅək)] o’ frost, a sheet of ice on the ground; a film of ice.
 * , in the