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310 like a head. For the form of   heued, heved, , the head.

hevel [hēvəl, hɛvəl, hævəl], , a handle, a curved handle across the mouth of a vessel ( of a bucket); de h. o’ de or “dafek”. Also [hevlək]. hēvəl, hevlək:  hēvəl:  Elsewhere -dafek, a bucket with a hevel. — hevel,, a handle; ear, a handle of an open vessel (bucket); hefill,, a loop; a halyard.
 * hɛvəl (hævəl). a

heverd [hēvərd],, in the , clumsy; ill-shaped; badly behaved;

hever-less [hē··vərlɛs·, -ləs·], , of bad behaviour and repulsive manners. Barclay: haeverless. See the word.

hevers [hēvərs],, (clumsy, awkward) behaviour, (bad) conduct; ill h., puir [‘poor’] h. Barclay: “haivers” and “haivins”. For the of the word, see ,

hevl, hevel,, see , ,

hevlet,, see ,

hibb,, see ,

hibbedor,, see ,

hifs [hɩfs],, to walk heavily, making swinging and plunging movements, applied to a clumsy, unwieldy person with a bad carriage; to geng aboot. , *hyfsa. hufsa and hyfsa,, to push; swing; shake; plunge.

hifsek [hɩfsək (hifsək)],, a clumsy, slovenly person, a woman. [hɩfsək]. [hɩfsək, hifsək]. hyfsa,, a slattern, heavily-moving woman. See , , and, , and $n$,

hig [hɩg, heg, hi̇̄g, hɩ̄g], something thin, insignificant, poor, of grass and corn; a tin [‘thin’] h.; a mere h. o’ girs [‘grass’]; a h. o’ corn, thin, scant corn; a h. alangst [‘along’] de edge o’ de “rig” (the cultivated patch). Also [hē$1$g], tin [‘thin’] h.: — higr,, a particle; trifle; something extremely insignificant.

hikr, hiker [hɩkər],, to delay; hesitate; he would no h. aboot it, no h. at døin’ [‘doing’] so, he would not hesitate in doing so; to dø onyting [‘do something’] withoot , to do something without delay or hesitation. . *hikra from *hika. and hika,, to delay; linger; hesitate.

hiks [hɩks, həks],, to hiccough, to catch one’s breath. For . Also [hɩksi, həksi]. More rarely. — hixta, , to hiccough. — The corresponding substantive is more common in See the word.

hiksti [hɩksti, həksti] and hoksti [hꜵ̈ksti],, hiccough, hiccoughing, catching one’s breath; to ha’e de h. = to ; to get de h. From (ōSa.) the forms , [hɩksi] are reported, and as words: [hɩksəs], [hꜵ̈ksəs]; from :. Elsewhere more :. — hixti, , hiccough, hiccoughing. With to, , hik,, hiccough.

tabn-nametabu-name [sic] in fishermen’s ; de h. *ildinn = eldinn, form of eldr,, fire. See $ə$, ,
 * hildin [hɩldin],, fire, sea-term,

hilek [hɩlək],, a hollow in a flat rock.. ? hyl, , a deep hollow in the bed of a brook or river; also a puddle, a deep collection of water, = hylr, ; hylr,, gulf; depth.

hilgin [h$1$ɩlgɩn, h$ə$ɩᶅgɩn],, a tall, overgrown lad; a tall imposing fellow ; a boy or girl growing