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322 partly to cut, partly to tear up poor corn, not sufficiently grown to be regularly reaped; to h. corn; to h. corn. ; Doubtless to grip or to hook, = huka, (Aa.: Suppl., and R.).

hjums,, see $2$,

hjumset and hjungset,, see $1$ ,

hjunamen,, see ,

hnag, hnjag [hᶇāg],, , to gnaw; pinch; wrench,  to pain; a  pain. gnaga and naga,, to gnaw. ,, which is used in a wider sense. — From is reported a form  [gnɛg, gnæg], in proper sense to gnaw; de dog is de.

hnapp(i),, see ,

hnark, hnjark [hᶇa‘rk],, to creak, see ,

hnepp [hnɛp, hnæp],, to tie; clench; to h. de, to clench the fist; a, a clenched fist; to h. de, to tie the bearing-bands (de ) around the straw-work basket, in transport by a pack-horse; to h. a o’ hay, o’ strae [‘straw’], to tie a rope around the middle of a straw-work basket, containing hay or straw. The form is characteristic of Eastside. On Westside, where original hn and hv change to kn and kw respectively, [knæp] is commonly used. In  and alternate. In a few places, in,  [snɛp, snæp] alternates with. the change hj > sj. — hneppa and kneppa, , to press; squeeze; pinch together, properly to make “scant”.

hnif (hnjif) [hnɩf, hnəf, hᶇɩf, hᶇəf] and hnof [hnȯf],, clever; active. See ,

hnokk,, see $1$,

hnolt [hnɔ‘ᶅt, hnå‘ᶅt],, a strong, well-knit young person ( a man), a h. o’ a chap. Doubtless a clod from an original *; knolte,, a knoll ( knollr, , ). See $1$, , used in a different sense.

ho [hō],, a shark, a species of small shark, squalus acanthias. hár ( háfr), haa,, haj, a shark.

hobagi [hō·bā·gi],, a small species of gull, larus fuscus. Considered to be a special kind, different from the larger, so-called or,. — is here the root “há”, which in (haa) is found used of a hostile or irritating flock or crowd (sanka haa, håast, to attack fiercely, of gnats, R.; há,, to plague; attack; disturb). The same first part of is  to be found in, a species of small cuttle-fish,  to the larger .

hobb [hȯb],, 1) commotion in the sea, swell; a h. i’ de sea. ; 2) a thing or person constantly being disparagingly talked about; to ha’e ane for a h., to expose someone to derision or scorn. . — for *, of upp,, up; “*ypp” with dropped i-mutation;  ypp, , a lifting. See further under , , and, , =.

hobb [hȯb],, 1) to bring into conversation, to hint at something in a joking or (mostly) derisive way, to h. to ane [‘one’] aboot somet’in’. 2) to expose someone to disparaging report; to accuse someone, of theft; also to treat one as a veritable thief; dey [hȯbəd] him as a tief, for a tief [‘thief’]; [hȯbət] ut o’ de place, driven away from a place on account of disparaging talk or accusations,  of theft. a