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Rh honk (hunk) [hɔ‘ŋk, ho‘ŋk], , a lull or interval in bad weather, in rainy weather. Now also commonly used: hain (anglicised form). See further under the word.

honk (hunk) [hɔ‘ŋk, ho‘ŋk], , applied to bad weather, rain (storm- or rain-charged clouds): to drift over, to cease, clear up, “to h.” and “to h. ”; he , he is, it is clearing up, there is a lull in the rainy weather. Now commonly: “hain” (he hains, he is hainin’), of a lull in rainy weather, from (and ) hain, , to save, economize. — for * from hagna and hǫgna,, to become serviceable, to turn out profitable. , 2.

honki [hɔ‘ŋki],, properly a push (upwards), a shaking, only reported in, , said of the setting in of heavy seas; der’r gettin’ in him, the sea is rising, and the waves are beginning to break. The word is to be classed with  honka,, to hobble, and is cognate with , , and  (see below). a), , and b) the use of the word , , of heavy sea.

honkl, honkel [hɔ‘ŋkəl],, a shoving up; he ga’e him (himsell = himself) a h., he raised or shrugged his shoulders. See the word.

honkl, honkel [hɔ‘ŋkəl],, to heave upwards, to raise: a) to h. anesell [‘oneself’], to raise or shrug one’s shoulders; he him; also “to h. upon anesell”; he upon him; b) to get something (one’s garments, a burden on one’s back) to hang higher up and thereby to fit better; to h. de claes (troosers), to pull up one’s garments (trousers). Is the same word as honkla or hongla, , to move unsteadily, to stumble. $n$, ,

honna,, see $n$,

honnadu [hȯᶇ··adu·],, attention! stand still! cry to the cow to get her to stand still, in milking. - is the same word as ; - is doubtless the, and du, thou.

honnek$2$ [hȯᶇək],, horn, 1) horn of an animal; cow’s horn, ram’s horn. 2) sea-term, tabu-name in fishermen’s for a) a boat’s fog-horn, -horn; b) horn for holding snuff.  [hɔn, håᶇ, hȯᶇ (hɔ̇ᶇ)] is found in sense of horn (point) as the first part in a couple of ; see , , In a small Norn fragment (see Introd.) are found forms such as [hɔᶇa], [hōni] and [hōrni]: the two first mentioned from, the last from — * [hȯᶇɩ, hɔni, håni] is found in place-names in sense of a conical height, de horn o’ Honni [hɔni, hȯᶇɩ], a conical rock in the sea, near the land; “horn” is, in this case, a tautological addition; further: de Honni [håni], an elevation. As the first part in “Honnastakk [hȯᶇ··astak·]” , de hemer and de øter Hondastakk [hɔᶇ··dastak·], two pointed skerries. In is found, with a change of rn to dn, “de [hɔd$1$n]”, as a name for a point of land, and a fissure in a rock (admitting the sea), also called “de o’ ”. — In the sense of corner a form * [hȯᶇd] is found preserved as a place-name, bordering on a common noun: de easter and de waster (Huston, Haroldswick, ), “the eastern and the western corner”, two plots of field in the corners of the home-field. — horn,, horn