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Rh fishing-line; to h. de tedder [‘tether’], de line. Also, [ha‘ŋkəl, hä‘ŋkəl]. hanka,, inter alia to form into loops or bights; hankle,, on the other hand, means to entangle, to twist. and ,

henkl$3$, henkel,, see $1$,

henkl$4$, henkel,, see $2$,

henklet [hɛ‘ŋklət, hæ‘ŋklət], , ill-shaped and having a bad carriage, limping; a h. body [‘person’]. Poss,Poss. [sic] a of *hangl-; see , , $h$,, and , , and  hengslutt,, having a bad carriage. On the other hand, there may be an association with $2$,, , as well as, , and ; note the relation of meaning between a), , and , ,
 * b), , and

henkli [hɛ‘ŋkli], a long, ill-shaped fellow, a person with a bad carriage. Uyea, From *hangl- or
 * hengsl-? See the preceding word.

henklin [hɛ‘ŋklin],, braces, in :, braces. of ? Is, however, more the same word as hängsle, , band or strap by which something is suspended, also braces. s might easily be dropped in the collocation “ngsl” in Norn; dropped s in the collocations ksl (Introd. V — also N.Spr. VII — § 38 g) and tsl ( *watl, wattel from veitsla). nk frequently occurs as a development of ng; see ,, and $2$, EamplesExamples [sic] given in Introd. V (also N.Spr. VII), § 31.

henks (hinks),, see ,

hensperr [heᶇ·ᶊpær(r)··] and hensper [hæ‘nᶊpər, hæ‘ᶇᶊpər, henᶊpər], , stiffness in the limbs ( and see ,
 * hensperr; and : hensper);

hent [hɛ‘nt, hæ‘nt],, a fetching; collecting; gleaning; raking; I’m [‘I have’] had me a h., I have been out, raking the hay (the grass, spread outfor drying) together.
 * heimt-. See $n., m$,

hent$1$ [hɛ‘nt, hæ‘nt],, to fetch, gather up and bring home; to pick up (h. and h. ), to h. , to gather up and bring home tufts of wool,, found on the hill, when the sheep are shedding. to “h. ” peats, to fetch a small quantity of peats home from the peat-stacks. to h. (h. ) taatis [‘potatoes’], to dig up a small quantity of potatoes. to geng aboot, to go about gathering up trifles. to h. de girs [‘grass’] aff o’ de “rig”, to rake together the grass spread on the ground for drying. to h. de “rig”, a) to tear up weeds from a piece of field; b) to gather cow’s dung on a field. to h. ower or t’rough [‘through’] de taatis, to go through the potatoes, picking up the best among them . — heimta,, to fetch; bring home; hemta (heimta), , to gather; pluck; pick up.

hent$1$ [hɛ‘nt, hæ‘nt],, to walk with a jerking or plunging motion. not Edm.: hent. cognate with  hemte, hemtre, , to raise with difficulty, hemt(r)e sig, to get up from one’s seat. Or (?) hunt(ä),, to jump heavily (like a bear).

hentilaged [hɛ‘n··tilag·əd, hæ‘n··ti-], , a tuft of sheep’s wool found on the hill and brought home. Also [-lag·ət] and [-lag·]. *heimti-lagðr. See $1$, (to hent lageds), and ,

hentin [hɛ‘ntin, hæ‘ntin],, partly a) =, , partly b) something gleaned or raked together, raked 20*