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Rh  [ɩdla jå‘lsa]! [jɩldər hjå‘lskɩn]! noted down respectively in (“idla jolsa”) and in (“jilder hjolskin”): ill luck ''take you! the deuce take you!'' Now obsolete and superseded by the oath “ill healt’”! — *ill heilsa. heilsa,, welfare; health. — See , ,

hjonamen, hjunamen [hjon··amən·, hjun··amən·],, a queer, droll-looking, savage-like person ( with matted hair); wi’ a face like a h. Also [hjɔn··aməl·, hjon··aməl]. The first part of the  - is  haan(e),, a fool, wretch, haan, , senselessness, confusion. The second part is   mynd, , shape; figure; image (, in that case, is a corrupted form; l might be due to dissimilation).

hjonek [hjōnək, hjō$ə$nək],, 1) a small, emaciated person; turned op in (atill) a h., shrunken and emaciated. a useless, miserable person. , and  — In sense 1 the word indicates an association with hæna, , to become dried up, from *hán, *haan. With  2  haan(e), , a fool, poor wretch. See , ,  and ,
 * 2) a poor wretch;

hjongs,, and hjongset, , see, , $1$ ,

hjonsa [hjɔ‘nsa (hj‘ånsa)], hjonsi [hjɔ‘nsi],, a hen (domestic fowl); only used as a tabu-word in fishermen’s language. Also with dropped h: [jɔ‘nsa, jå‘nsa] and [jɔ‘nsi (jå‘nsi)]. Original form: and hœns,, poultry. The forms with final s in the root indicate that “hœns” was once used as a word.
 * hœns. hœna,, a hen, hœnsn

hjorken [hjȯ‘rkən],, greedy, voracɩous;voracious [sic] very hungry.. From the root *hark;  herkja, , h. í seg, to devour, to eat greedily, and see ,

hjos [hjɔs (hjås)],, to devour; de fish is [hjåst] de bait, the fish has swallowed the bait far down so that the hook is fixed in the stomach.,  from the root “hás, denoting harsh guttural sound ( háss,, hoarse; hæsa, , häsja, hässja, håsa, , to pant, groan). haasken,, greedy, voracious, is doubtless derived from “*hás”, and cognate with. For the change of meaning  , , and ,

hjosi [hjosi] and hjosen [hjosən], , swine, a young pig. The word is used as a pet name or jokingly; formerly used by Foula fishermen as a tabu-name at sea. The ending - in is the old ; note the use of the word in  form without prefixed “de [‘the’]” in the : Are ye [‘have you’] gi’en ony ? have you given the pig any food? — The word is to be classed with, , to devour, and might, in that case, denote the greedy one; , , with a similar root-meaning as a tabu-name for swine. It may, however, be noticed that hyss (huss), hyssing, hysäre,, in sense of swine, (young) hog, is found in , to Ri.

hjukkisten [hjok··isten·],, a grindstone. (Haroldswick). for *, the first part of which might be and jukka,, to move up and down; jugga,, to move slightly to and fro. For prefixed h, see ,, , , $w$, , and ,

†hjukl, hjukel [hjukəl, hjokəl],, 21