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312 undertaking; to lose one’s way; to get into a scrape; he ’s made a bonie [ bonie, bonny, fine, pretty] h., a pair [‘poor’] h., that was a pretty (bad) journey he made, he has got nothing for his pains, ; b) to do work badly, to spoil the work; du ’s made a (bonie) h. o’ it, what a muddle you have made. . Joking application of  himinsferð,, an ascension to heaven. “to mak’ a h.”, “to make an ascension”. below ,

himmelsferd [hɩm··əlsfærd·] and hjimmelsferd [hjɩm··əlsfærd·, -fē$h., n.$rd·, -fǣrd·],, properly ascension, but now only used in  in which the original sense is obscured, thus: a) der ’r a upo dem, they are in a very great hurry. [-fē$ə$rd (-færd)]; b) to mak’ a h., to make a fruitless journey or expedition; to meet with a great disappointment, = to mak’ a , sense a; ; c) to mak’ or had a h., to make a tremendous hubbub, a “heaven house”. ( [-færd, -fǣrd]). See above, himill, , = himinn, , heaven.

himmeri,, see ,

himna [(hɩmna) həmna],, a slight covering of mist along the shore; a thin covering of clouds. . himna,, = hinna,, a coat; thin cover.

see, and
 * himp,, and *himp(et), ,

hims [hə‘ms],, 1) a swinging of the body with a sudden movement; now rarely used in this sense. 2) restless haste, with regard to bad, superficial carrying-out of a work; to be in a h. See further under the word as well as ,

hims$n$ [hə‘ms (he‘ms)],, 1) to make sudden, swinging movements of the body,  applied to a silly or confused person; he  [he‘mst, hə‘mst] him [‘himself’] awa, he disappeared abruptly, went away suddenly . 2) to hurry with something; to hasten over a job; to h. ower a job. [hə‘ms]. a [hə‘msət] job, a bad, hastily done work. —  himsa,, himsa seg, to behave with wild, foolish gestures, (R.).

hims$ə$ [he‘ms] and hings [he‘ŋs], , to raise one’s hips in walking, to limp, to geng or. . Mutated parallel form to (*), , from *humsa ( humsa,, to limp). is found also in sense of to shove, push up a little; see further under, ,

hims [hə‘ms], himset [hə‘msət], himst [hə‘mst (hə‘mpst)], and with inserted j: hjims [hje‘ms, hjə‘ms], hjimset [(hje‘msət) hjə‘msət], hjimst [hje‘mst, hjə‘mst (hje‘mpst)],, 1) that makes sudden, hasty and swinging movements of the body, of a queer or half-witted person; a body.  [hjə‘ms]. 2) hasty, with quick, flighty movements. forms [hə‘msət], [hjə‘msət] and. From is reported  [hjə‘msət] in sense of restless; changeable. 3) that talks abruptly or incoherently, in short and abrupt sentences; that gives short, broken and unsatisfactory answers; a body. [hje‘ms]. Also as : to speak [hje‘ms], to talk abruptly or incoherently . 4) that behaves in a foolish, silly manner, gesticulating wildly; a h. body; fairly in this group of meanings; in Mainland in the forms and [hə‘mst]. : . From is reported a form
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