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332 *,  vǫst (Fr.: vözt), , fishing-ground, in poetry: ocean.

holltott, -toit, and, see .

holm [hɔl$ə$m, hɔm],, an islet; see further *,

holrag [hɔl·rāg·],, a tether-peg with the hole riven up, tether-peg for a cow. *hol-rek; from hol,, a hole, and rek, , something drifting, a wreck ( rek 6: R.). See the word.

holrag [hɔl·rāg·, hȯl·rāg·, hȯᶅ-rāg·], , 1) to chase, to drive from hole to hole, to pursue from place to place, to h. a person or body f(r)ae place to place, ut o’ hole and into hole. [hȯᶅ·rāg·]. 2) : a) to abuse one like a blackguard; b) to backbite.,  hɔl·rāg·: hɔl·rāg· and hȯl·rāg·: (and ). — reka,, to chase, drive.
 * holreka; hol,, a hole, and

with reservation in sense of sickness, epidemic. Must be classed with the preceding word.
 * holraga [hɔᶅ·rā·ga],, mentioned

[hwȯ‘ls, hwə‘ls],, 1) the neck (part of the body); in this sense now only found in ; see , ; otherwise : a) [has (hās)] through of hass, hawse = the throat, and b) neck. For, end plank in a boat, the meaning of which originates from Norn, see further ,  2) “neck”, a narrow elevation, a slight depression in a high elevation, a lower ridge projecting from a higher one; now only found as a place-name, though rather bordering on a common noun, as the name (the word) in various places is understood by the common people, owing to its frequent occurrence, and always with prefixed “de”. Examples: de Hols (in Noss Hill, Noss near ); de Hols o’ Lirastakk (Burrafirth, ); de Hwols o’ de Wart : vǫrðu-hals or *varða-hals; de Holses , ; de Holsins [hɔ‘lsɩns] (Norwick, ; Westafirth, ), : [hwȯ‘lsɩns], the south end of the ridge “Valafell [vā··lafel·]”, with close o-sound, such as in: [ho‘l··sɩnswa‘rt·] (, Skerries): *hals(ins)varða or -varði. On are found forms: a) * [kwȯ‘ls], with the change of hv, hw to kw, characteristic of, de Kwols ; b)  in : * [wȯ‘ls]; de Wols;   =. — hals ( háls,  hálsur [hå‘lsȯr],  hals, haals),, a) the neck; b) an elevated ridge. “hálsur” in sense b : a narrow ridge; a depression between two elevations of unequal height.
 * hols [hɔ‘ls (hå‘ls)] and *hwols
 * halsarnir, ; de Hwolsins

holter [hɔ‘ltər, hȯ‘ltər, hȯ‘ᶅtər (hɔ̇‘ᶅtər)] and hulter [ho‘ltər],, 1) a slope, hillock, only reported in : = braes ( bra, brae, , a slope, hill); [hɔ‘ltər]; mostly applied to unfertile soil. As a place-name in this latter sense also, a stony slope. Otherwise more with suffixed -er. 2) in , : uneven ground with small elevations, with large rifts, clefts and holes. (Hascosay: ). Frequently found as a place-name in senses 1 and 2; thus: de Holters or Hulters, a) between Brae and Voe, [hɔ‘ltərs, ho‘ltərs]; b),  [hɔ‘ltərs]; c) Strand,  [hȯ‘ᶅtərs] — stony slopes with broken ground; de Hulters o’ de Dale , the southern part of the hill “de Klobb o’ Tronaster”, full of great rifts and clefts. 3) a fragment of rock (boulder); fairly , mostly pronounced “hɔ‘ltər” or
 * thus: de [hå‘lt]