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316 exhibits much power or great impetus (R.). In most cases, however, assimilates to heis (heeze, heisie),, the act of lifting up; swinging; aid; furtherance ( and  hissa, hisse,, to hoist).

hisin, hisen [hɩᶊɩn, hɩᶊən], , huddled up from cold, = ; a h. body, a chilly person, always turning to the fire. . In the “to sit h. ower de fire”, , might, however, be regarded as a of the verb *, which otherwise is not used. — For the root * see above under ,

hits [həts (hʌts, h$wg$its, h$ɛ$its)], , a) to incite a dog on sheep; b) to chase sheep or other animals, swine, pigs, from the home-field with threatening shouts; to h. de sheep awa f(r)ae de (: həts). [hȯts]:  to cry ! See the word.

hits [h$æ$its, h$ɛ$its, hæits, həts, hʌts], , a) at him! a shout to set dogs on sheep; b) ''hoy! halloo!'' threatening shout to animals, sheep and swine (pigs), in chasing them away, “həts” is doubtless the most common of the given forms of pronunciation (reported from, , ), “hʌts” and “h$æ$its, h$ɛ$its, hæits”: — In  with a shout to swine (pigs). — [hȯts]: From  is reported an extended form  [hətstak], a threatening shout to sheep and cattle. — huts,, at him! (a shout to incite dogs on sheep). See , , and
 * h. [həts hərri]  as

hitt [hɩt, het],, now commonly used in =  hit, but it is still heard used in the earlier sense: to find; to meet with, = hitta.

hivda [hɩvda], in the “dried a-h.”, to meat and fish, dried in the air, see further under ,

hived,, see ,

hivl, hivel [hevəl],, to trudge, plod; to walk clumsily and draggingly, to h. or geng ; to wear old, worn-out shoes, much too large, to h. aboot in a pair o’ auld shune [‘old shoes’]. Parallel form to, , ;

hivlet [hevlət],, having a trudging gait and a bad carriage; a h. body [‘person’]. . of, ,

hjada [hjāda] and hjad [hjād], , 1) a carcass, of an animal (sheep), or remains of such an animal, found in the out-field.  In this sense also found often in : [hjādɩns, hjādins]: ; “I’m  (I have found) de or de  o’ it”. 2) a miserable, bony being (animal), : —  for * from an old *eta,, a carcass; from *,   form, *eturnar from *etur, eta,, and etur, , bait for beasts of prey; carcass. For the form with breaking  jata, , = eta,, a manger. Breaking of e to ja is found in Norn in various words in which it is not to be found in ; see Introd. V. (also N.Spr. VII) § 26. Prefixed initial h before j is found in several Norn words,  = , (see below), from *, , the eye.

hjagl, hjagel [hjagəl],, to cut with a blunt knife, = $æ$, ;

hjakel [hjākəl],, the lower corner of a straw-basket. the same word as hekel,, a corner, edge, with breaking of the main vowel e to ja; see further under ,