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Rh ho-pig [hō··pɩg·],, a species of small shark (like the blue shark in appearance, but considerably smaller).

hopp [hɔp, håp],, a hop, jump. hopp,, a hop, jump.

hopp [hɔp, håp],, to hop, jump. On.O.N. [sic] hoppa,, to hop, jump.

hord$1$ [hȯrd (hɔ̇rd)],, 1) a big boulder. [hȯrd];  [hȯrd (hɔ̇rd)]. 2) a) a very large object; b) a living thing or being of imposing size, a h. o’ a skate (ray), a h. o’ a fellow or wife [‘woman’]. [hȯrd (hɔ̇rd)]. 3) a) a great heap of stones, a h. o’ stens; b) a heap of any objects thrown together, a h. o’ tings, o’ claes [‘clothes’].  [hȯrd, hɔ̇rd].  . In  : hɔ̇rd. — hörd [hörd], a parallel form to, is noted down in  ( , ). — As a place-name the word is found sometimes with and sometimes without prefixed h: [ɔrd, ȯrd] and  [hȯrd] in sense of: a) a block of stone; b) a sloping heap of fragments of rock lying at the foot of a precipice, talus, : de Ord [ɔrd] (, North Isle, ), de Ords [ȯrds] ( Fitful, ), names of rocks fallen down, talus; near “de Ords” in Fitful is found a pasture, called “de Ordihog [ȯr··dihɔg·]”: *urða-hagi. de Hord (near Lerwick, ), a block of stone; de Hord o’ Brunshamarsland, rocks, talus; de Hords (, ), rocks fallen down, talus; de Hords o’ Bloberg . de Skrodd Hordins [skrȯd hȯrdɩns] = down from the mountain side. Hordifell [hȯr··difel·] : *urða(r)fell. A rare form  [ord] is found in “de Fadlurdins [fadlor·dɩns]” (Hamnafell, ): *fall-urðirnar. — urð,, a heap of fragments of rock fallen down at the foot of a rocky wall, talus. See ,
 * skruddu urðirnar, the rocks fallen

hord$n$ [hȯrd, hɔ̇rd] and more rarely hurd [hord],, 1) a great multitude or crowd, great number; a o’ folk, = , . , ,  from “hård”, the  of horde,  2) a) as much corn as may be dried at one time in a pot over the fire, a  o’ ; also b) the quantity of corn dried at one time in a kiln, a o’ corn. The form is found in  in the senses 2 a and b: a on the kiln. — Possibly the same word as urðr,, a great quantity. In “yrja”,, denotes sometimes a crowd, great quantity, sometimes a heap, mass (ur, Aa.).

hord [hȯrd],, hard; severe; troublesome; a h. day, a hard day’s work.  harðr,, hard, also difficult, troublesome. The change a > o in is in accordance with the current rules of sound in the Norn words. Otherwise, “hard” is used in as in

hord,, see ,

horda [hȯrda],, sea-term, tabu-name in fishermen’s for mare. with hardel, an animal which consumes much (is “hardfostrad”), of a horse (R.). For o in see ,

hordek,, see ,

hordeks [hȯrdəks],, in the “ [gjōla, gjola]-h.”, sediment, particles of cheese adhering to the inside of the churn, when the whey (see, ) is poured out, after the churning. The word is to be classed with yrda (“yyra”),, to cover with gravel (R.).

hordin [hȯrdin],, 1) a big boulder, = $n$ 1. 1) a big, heavily-built woman, partly = $w$ 2; also [hȯrdək]. More rarely of a big, stout man (: 22