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Rh hipster [hipstər, hɩpstər]-cock, , a poor, ill-thriven cock. Doubtless to be classed with hyp, , a huddled-up weakling,

hird [hɩrd, herd, hərd],, to keep; to bring into safety; to guard, in : a) to h. de corn, to bring the reaped corn into safety in the special enclosure, de corn-yard;, ; b) to keep the home-field, de, clear of sheep or other animals, grazing in the out-field, to h. de. to h. de sheep, to keep away the sheep from the home-field; to h. de kye, to tend the cows, keep them in their own pasture, away from those of the neighbour. — From is reported a parallel form [hȯrd] in sense of to keep, put aside. — hirða,, to mind, care for; to keep, to bring into safety (to secure hay or corn; to tend cattle). hird,, to herd, tend cattle.

hirdin [hɩrdɩn, herdɩn, hərdɩn]-bannock, , a harvest feast held on the occasion of the bringing-in of the corn. See, (sense a). bannock,, a sort of cake.

hirm (hirmek), hirmel,, see , ,

hirnek [hɩrnək, hernək],, 1) a corner; nook; also 2) a fragment; particle, partly in sense; every h. o’ de kin; “he left no [‘not’] a h. atween [‘between’] her and heaven”: he deprived her of everything. ,  hyrna,, and hyrni,, a corner, angle. $1$,, and ,

hirs [hə‘rs] and hirsi [hə‘rsi], , a shout, used in chasing swine; away with you! “hyss, hiss(a), huss”, likewise a shout, used in chasing away swine. See ,

hirski [hə‘rski],, shivering with cold, having disagreeable fits of chill; to feel h., to have fits of shivering.  from an older hiskra,, to shiver with cold, hisken,, of air, weather: causing fits of shivering, raw cold, and b),  Note, however, irskra(st), , to shudder.
 * by metathesis of r. a)

hirsl, hirsel [hə‘rsəl],, 1) to have fits of shivering; to tremble and draw oneself together from cold; to sit or stand wi’ cauld [‘cold’]. 2) to cause fits of shivering; hit [‘it’] upo me, it made me shudder. From the root doze, to huddle up from cold, hira,, to shiver from cold, irskra(st),, to shudder, and ill-hirsin,, out of sorts.
 * hir-.  hira,, to mope,

hirvek [hɩrvək, hervək] and hervek [hɛrvək (hærvək)],, the loon, great northern diver, colymbus glacialis. - may have arisen by metathesis of *- from an older himbrin,, imbre, , and hymber, hymmer,, imber, immer, , immer-goose and  emmer-goose. — [arvək], the name for another, much smaller sea-fowl, black with white breast: a species of duck (diving-duck)? , is doubtless, in its origin, different from , . — Inconclusive reports. - through metathesis of species of duck ( of various species: Aa., and R. in Suppl.).
 * himr-, himbr-.
 * - from havorre,, a

†hisi [hi̇̄si, hɩsi],, powerful, visible action upon something; de corn is gotten [‘has got’] a h., the corn has shot up rapidly; de snaw is gotten a h., the snow (layer of snow on the earth, field) has almost disappeared.   heisa, , of corn: to sprout too quickly, and heisen,, that displays or