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306 heimrost and heimrast,, = .

hems(e)t,, see ,

hemsket [hɛ‘mskət (hæ‘mskət)], , foolish; silly. heimskr, , foolish (like a stay-at-home). — The word is easily mingled with ,, in sense 4 of that word. A form [hə‘mskət] = is reported from

hemskor [hem··skȯr·],, a fishing-ground, $2$, near the land, = .

hemvag,, see ,

hengs, hings [hɛ‘ŋs, he‘ŋs (hɩ‘ŋs)] and henks, hinks [hɛ‘ŋks, he‘ŋks (hɩ‘ŋks)],, to get to fit better; to place in a better position, by drawing or pulling higher up; to h. de troosers, to pull up the trousers; to h. a burden (a ) on ane’s back, to push a burden (basket) higher up on the back in order to make it rest better. is to be referred to hamsa,, inter alia to put to rights, get a thing to fit, and hemsa, , inter alia to gather quickly, catch loosely; to grasp; snatch; fumble; hemsa seg, to tidy oneself; collect oneself; recover (hemsa seg upp). For the common change ms > ngs, nks in Norn see Introd. V (also N.Spr. VII), § 38 c, and moreover,, , = from *fums, and ,, from *flumsa, as well as, , tromfrom [sic] *humsa. ,, is found in the same sense as,. “ms” is preserved in = ,, — Or might not, rather be a mutated form, *hymsa, parallel to from *humsa? , in that case, is developed from. In support of this deduction can be cited and, , to limp, = (*),

hengset, hingset [hɛ‘ŋsət, he‘ŋsət], , clumsy; ill-shaped. Edm.: hengsit. for *, as,  is often used in the same sense as , = . — *illa hamsaðr? or
 * hymsóttr? See ,

hengsi, hingsi [hɛ‘ŋsi, he‘ŋsi], , a clumsy, ill-shaped person. Edm.: hengsie. See , , and ,

henk (hink) [hɛ‘ŋk, he‘ŋk], , partly to cut, partly to tear up the thin, poor corn difficult to reap, = and $2$, ; to op corn. [hɛ‘ŋk]. [he‘ŋk (hɛ‘ŋk)]. [hɛ‘ŋkəl, he‘ŋkəl] and [hje‘ŋkəl]: , hanka,, in sense of to drag forward in jerks.

henki,, see ,

henkl, henkel (hinkl, hinkel) [hɛ‘ŋkəl, he‘ŋkəl],, something thin, weak and loose,, a) thin, unevenly spun worsted; ; ; b) slender, sparse corn on the field, t’in [‘thin’] h. o’ corn. ; ; In the latter sense also [hɛ‘ŋklɩns, he‘ŋklɩns], , reported from Doubtless to be classed with  hengla,, just barely to hold together, “henglande grannt”, so thin that it scarcely binds together (R.).

henkl$1$, henkel [hɛ‘ŋkəl (hæ‘ŋkəl)], , a) to saunter, to geng aboot; b) to hang on, to be at one’s heels, to geng efter a lass. . From an older *. the same word as $2$, ; For b  and “hangla” in the same sense.

henkl$2$, henkel [hɛ‘ŋkəl, hæ‘ŋkəl], , to coil; wind up; to form into loops or bights, a tether, a