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Rh hjalpinsten,, see and.

hjams, hjamst,, odd; foolish; see further, ,

hjegel, hjigel [hjegəl, hjɩgəl] and hjigelti [hjɩg··əlti·],, hard stone, quartz, in a soft species of stone. Also in forms with dropped initial h:, [jegəl, jɩgəl], [jɩg··əlti·]. is reported from ; elsewhere more is reported a form , [hjogəl] besides,. [ᶊȯg··ərsten·] from an older * with change of hj > sj, though hj here is not the original form (, , from héla). — hégeitill,, hard stone, white or light grey quartz.
 * , . From

hjelpersten [hjɛ‘l··pərsten·], hjelpinsten [hjɛ‘l··pɩnsten·] and hjilpersten [hjɩ‘l··pərsten·],, a flat stone, lintel-stone, at the top in the mouth of a kiln, the innermost edge of which projects into the kiln space, protecting the corn, spread on laths, from the fire in the kiln. Conn,Conn. [sic] (- and ). and. — Other cognate forms are [hja‘l··pɩnsten·] , ( and  (Ireland)) and [ja‘l··pərsten·] . — From *hylpr? knot; hump? For the supposed etymology of the word see further under ,

hjema, hjemelt,, see *, ,


 * hjemis-place, see, 2.

hjems,, see , ,

hjenkl, hjenkel,, see.

hjigl, hjigel [hjɩgəl],, to cut with a blunt knife, see further $h$ and ,

hjimmelsferd,, see.

hjimp [hjɩ‘mp],, 1) in boat-fishing: to haul up the fishing-line with quick, short jerks; a (jerky, unsteady) way to hail [‘haul’] ; to pull up the line a few fathoms when it has reached the sea-bottom, in order to prevent it from sticking fast there. ; [hjo‘mp]:  The fathoms, which a line is pulled up in this way, are called “de   fadoms”.  the same is used, applied to the fathoms of line hastily given out, preventing a big fish,  a halibut, which has taken the bait, from running with the whole length of line and breaking it; “gi’e de fish de fadoms!”   the  “ fadoms” under ,  2) to draw a straw or (in later times) the back of the blade of a razor up and down the incisions (see, ) made by the point of a knife on an injured part of the body, the leg, to make the blood flow and keep the wound open; to h. ower de (the incisions); to h. de leg. [hjo‘mp]: — From an older *, the root of which is cognate with (see,  and , , , ), and denotes quick movement. also the,. — For, , a form ,, , is used in in both senses.

hjimp [hjɩ‘mp, hjə‘mp] and hjimpet [hjɩ‘mpət],, 1) that speaks abruptly, giving short answers; a person. 2) half-insane; wrong in the mind; h.-lookin’. Really with queer, sudden movements (jerks) and whims, from an older *; see further under ,, , which is used in same sense, and with the