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320 hook is ower h., the hook is too small. Obscure origin.

hjokl, hjokel [hjɔkəl, hjåkəl], , to tie up one of the forelegs of an animal, that of a sheep, to prevent it from running; to h. a sheep. with guttural sound , [hjɔχəl, hjåχəl], doubtless through of the word “hoch [‘hough’]” in “to hoch-bend”, to tie the foreleg of an animal to the hough. — *hœkla,, from hœkill,, knee-joint, hough; høkla,, to walk bent. See ,

hjoklarigg [hjɔk··larɩg·] and hjokelsrigg [hjɔk··əlsrɩg·],, the fore-most curved part of a swine’s back, =, : :   - may here well be explained from axlar,  of ǫxl,, the shoulder. A form, for * from ǫxl, is found in the , ; A form [hjō··gəlrɩg·], characteristic of, may stand either for , or for .

hjoklet [hjɔklət, hjåklət], hjuklet [hjoklət],, crooked; ill-shaped; of a strange, repulsive appearance; a h.-lookin’ body [‘person’]. [hjɔklət, hjåklət; : hjoklət]. *hœklóttr or *hyklóttr,, bent; really having crooked knees;  høkla and hykla,, to walk with crooked knees.

hjolk [hjå‘lk],, to catch hold of, cleverly, to h. onyting [‘something’], h. him (de fish) op! take in the fish quickly! (in fishing with hand-line). with holka, , in sense of to start off; drive on (with awkward violence).

hjolkinsten [hjå‘l··kɩnsten·],, a flat stone, lintel-stone at the top of the mouth of a kiln, the innermost edge of which projects into the kiln space, protecting the corn, spread on the laths, from the fire in the kiln. -  replaces -, in sense of knot, lump; see $wg$,, and the synonym , in which - appears to contain a similar root-meaning.

hjolpins [hjɔ‘lpɩns],, holes and rents in a garment. Is scarcely a  with  hol, , a hole. Rather a metaphor, applied jokingly: hollows?   hylp, , inter alia to a deep object.

hjolpinsten [hjɔ‘l··pɩnsten·, hjå‘l··pɩnsten·], , projecting stone inside at the top of the mouth of a kiln, = ; ; referred, partly to hölpur, , knot, lump, partly to hylp, , inter alia clumsy object (too deep vessel, ). There is, however, also a form, in which - refers to another word; see further under, , , which words are the general designations for the stone described under. — The forms [hjɩ‘l··pərsten·] , [hjɛ‘l··pərsten·] and [hjɛ‘l··pɩnsten·] might replace an older *, and in that case the first part of the doubtless points back to an original same meaning as *kilpr or *kylpr from which , have arisen. — The form [hja‘l··pɩnsten·] is reported from and, from  with dropped h: [ja‘l··pɩnsten·] and in is found  [ja‘l··pərsten·], from original *,
 * - may be
 * hylpr,, which has had the

, properly health, but only handed down in the following expletive term:
 * hjolsa and *hjolskin [hjå‘lskɩn],