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314 hinkl, hinkel,, see , ,

hinkl$1$, hinkel [hɩ‘ŋkəl, he‘ŋkəl, hə‘ŋkəl],, to limp, to halt a little in walking; to geng. also [hɛ‘ŋkəl, hæ‘ŋkəl], in *hinkla or *hinkra? hinkra,, to limp, as well as “honka” and “honkla”, , to stump; limp; slouch.

hinkl$2$, hinkel [he‘ŋkəl],, to shove up, push up a little, a burden on one’s back, one’s trousers, =, ; to op de troosers [‘trousers’]. Parallel form to, , ;

hinks-, see.

hinnispott [hən··ispɔt· (hʌn··i-)], , a triangular piece of wood joining a boat’s gunwales fore or aft to the stem or stern. More rarely [hȯn··ispɔt·]. spotti,, a fragment; piece. The uppermost part of a boat’s stem or stern is called “de ” in, but the form of “həni” rather points back to an older *hyrn- with i-mutation;i-mutation; [sic] “hȯni” may spring from either “horn” or *hyrn-. The word “ennispónur” is found in in a similar sense to ; there is, however, scarcely any acceptable reason for deriving from enni,, the forehead. — From is reported a [hʌn··ispɔt·] in sense of birth-mark.
 * hyrni,, = horn, , (horn) corner;

restlessness? only given in the “to tak’ h.”, to become impatient, restless (nervous) or capricious, whimsical ( of women in childbed). ,  for * and to be classed with imsa or ymsa,, to become restless; imsken,, cross; capricious.
 * hinsin [hɩ‘nᶊɩn],, impatience;

hint [hɩ‘nt, hə‘nt],, a glimpse; moment. himt,, a glimpse; hint,, a moment. See the word.

hint [hɩ‘nt, hə‘nt (hʌ‘nt)],, 1) , to vanish suddenly. 2) , to snatch away. Now hardly used except in , [hɩ‘ntət, hə‘ntət (hʌ‘ntət), -əd]: a) vanished suddenly, become invisible all at once; hit is f(r)ae my very hand, it has disappeared right out of my hand (: hə‘ntət); $n., m$, ; b) taken away by fairies, spirited off into the mountains, by de “hill-folk” or fairies (: hɩ‘ntət). From is reported a form  [hȯ‘ntəd] in sense a. —   himta,, to glance; to brush past.

hintet [(hɩ‘ntəd) hə‘ntəd (hʌ‘ntəd)], , (of a person) peculiar, not right in the head, h.-like; [hə‘ntəd]. Also bewitched, hurt by witchcraft, of a cow. [hə‘ntəd]. spirited off into the mountains or "touched”, see b,, under the preceding word. May also be an adjective,  with ,

hintl, hintel [h$n$i‘ᶇtəl],, to stump, walk with a limping gait from one place to another, to geng [h$h$i‘ᶇtᶅɩn] aboot. Mutated parallel form to, ;

hint-lim,, see ,

hipp [hɩp, hep],, to earth, earth potatoes, to h. taatis. hypja, hyppe, ,

hipp [hep],, gee-up! cry to horses to set them going. ,, Norwick, A form  [heb] is reported from Haroldswick, , sometimes used as a cry to cows. hyp: gee-up! as a cry to horses.

hipper [hɩpər],, fortunate; lucky; given in the “he was never h. efter dat”. , heppinn,, lucky; fortunate. ,