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336 in the different senses of this word: a tapering height, a foreland; a corner, nook. — The form - in Shetland Norn is regularly developed; , on the other hand, with preserved rn, is due to   See further under , , which is found preserved in in a few special Norn meanings.

honnek$2$ [hȯᶇək],, a disparaging term for a girl, a slatternly girl. From  is reported a form  as  being an obsolete term for girl, sweetheart; “is it lang [‘long’] since saw de honneks?” the same word as the preceding? , (slatternly) girl, might be an old sheep).
 * hyrna ( hyrna,, horned animal,

honngel [hɔn··gel·, håᶇ··gel·, hȯᶇ··gel· (hɔ̇ᶇ··-), -gɩl·],, the garfish, Belone, = horngjæla,  The word is characteristic of. hɔngel (-gɩl): See .

honnin [hȯᶇɩn],, a sheep having woolly hair growing out of the tip of its horn.  hyrningr, , horned animal., in the sense given, is doubtless an of * (reported from and ) [*(bi-)loðhyrningr];

honnina [hȯᶇ··ɩna·],, = .

honnklokk [hȯᶇ··klɔk· (hɔ̇ᶇ··-), -klåk·],, nasicornous beetle, Dynastes tityus or Oryctes nasicornis. [hōr$n$nklɔk, -klåk]: (hɔ̇ᶇdi-), hȯn··dᶎɩklɔk (hɔ̇ᶇ··dᶎɩ-), -klåk]: [hȯᶇdiklåk]; [hȯᶇdi (hɔ̇ᶇdi)-], and [hȯndᶎi (hɔ̇ᶇdᶎɩ)-], and [hȯ‘ᶇ··tiklåk·]: is an old *horn-klokka or -klukka;  svartaklukka, , ground-beetle, and brúnklukka, , water-beetle. The forms, - , seem most to spring from a *hyrnd klukka; hyrndr,, horned, having horns.
 * Also [hȯᶇ··diklɔk·

hons [hɔ‘ns, hå‘ns],, 1) to finger; grab; shake; to turn a thing about, in searching for something; to  and h.  [hɔ‘ns]. 2) to pilfer.  [hå‘ns]. — handska,, to grab; shake; pull, handska,, to catch.

honsl, honsel [hɔ‘nsəl],, (to finger) to turn a thing about, to search eagerly for something, to h. t’rough onyting, to h. for onyting. of, , to which (sense 1) the word assimilates.

hontibak [hȯ‘ᶇ··tibak·],, a poor, hunchbacked person or animal. Hardly directly from hunchback, ,
 * see below and

hontj [hȯ‘ᶇtᶊ],, to hobble; to saunter about without knowing what to do, to linger; to geng aboot. Assimilates in meaning to hunta,, to saunter aimlessly, waiting for anything (huntra), from which the word seems to spring, but, in its form, it is doubtless influenced by the cognate hunch,, in pronounced “hȯ‘nᶊ, hȯ‘ᶇᶊ”. See , , and ,

hontl, hontel [hȯ‘ᶇtəl],, to hobble, to walk with a bad carriage. , . Mostly applied to a person of little physical strength; a body  = a or  body. of a *; see the two words. hunta,, to saunter to and fro, and   huntä, hunt, , to jump heavily, of bears (Ri.).

hontlet [hȯ‘ᶇtlət, hȯ‘ᶇtᶅət], , stumbling; weak; wanting strength, applied to gait, mode of carriage; a h. body = a body. of ,