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334 - “homer, hoemother” = basking shark, the largest species of shark. — From is reported “ [hōmuþ] skark”shark” [sic] as the name of a shark, larger than ;

ho-midder, hoe-mother, , see under ,

homl, hommel,, see.

homliband [hȯm··lɩband· (hɔm··lɩband·)] and humliband [hom··lɩband·], , a grommet ( made from raw hide, now also from rope) for fixing an oar to the thole-pin, de, in rowing. Also [hom··laband·] and [hȯm··blɩband·]. — hamla,, and hǫmluband, , a grommet.

ho-mooth’d [hō·muþd·],, having a protruding upper jaw; a h.-m. animal, sheep. like a shark’s mouth.

homs$h$,, see $s$,

homs$1$,, see $1$, ,

homs$2$ [hȯ‘ms],, sulky or capricious temper; he guid [‘went’] aff in a h. See the  word.

homs [hȯ‘ms],, sulky; irritable; touchy; capricious. humsken and hymskjen,, indisposed; disinclined; somewhat sulky; hum,, dissatisfied; fretful, and humstrum,, pettish temper,

homska,, see $2$,

homst,, see , ,

homuth-shark, see under ,

hond [hȯnd, hȯᶇd],, a dog, see ,

hondigru [hȯᶇ··digrū·], adjectival term, noted down in the “to lie h.”: a) lying in a crouching position; “I’m [‘I have’] been lyin’ h. ‘treeangle’ like a ”; b) unoccupied through indisposition, not able to work, and yet not confined to bed. If meaning 1 be the original, the word might be regarded as a contraction of an old “*(sem) hundr við gru̇fu”, “(like) a dog by the hearth”. to be compared with the  phrase “sitja hund (hoond) i baate”, to sit askew in the boat (R.).

hondiklokk,, see ,

honds [hȯᶇdᶎ],, to incite, to set a dog (on), on sheep; to drive by means of a dog; to h. de sheep = the now more common “to [hȯnd (hȯᶇd)] de sheep”. is used yet more frequently in a wider sense: to bully; drive; chase, to h. ane [‘one’] ut. ? A form [ho‘ns] in sense of (to bully) to drive; chase; turn out, to h. ut, is reported by J.I. — *hundsa. hundse, hunnsa,, to hound out, to treat like a dog. For the sound-change un(d)s, on(d)s > ȯᶇdᶎ in , ,  and ,

hondshol [hȯndᶎ··hɔl·, hȯᶇdᶎ-], , a hole or a widening like a pool in a brook in which pups are (were) drowned. The word is now used as a place-name, “de Hondshol”, in Wisdal burn , and in West Sandwick burn.
 * hunds-hol,, a dog’s hole.

, to hang; only preserved in a riddle about the cow (see Introd., Fragments of Norn), :
 * honga [hɔŋga] and *honge [hɔŋgə],
 * hanga,, to hang.

honger [hɔŋgər, håŋgər],, sea-term, tabu-name in fishermen’s for a kettle, pot. , the hanging one, that which hangs (in the chain or hook, de and de links). *hangari, , from hanga,, to hang. See *,

hongs,, see ,