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Rh muffled sound, to the sound of the sea some distance away. Also to speak monotonously, to tattle ( and elsewhere). — hurla,, to whirl; hum; tattle, , from hurra,

horlin [hȯrlɩn],, disparaging term to a person; a scaud [‘scald’] h. See, and

horlos [hȯrləs], hor-less [hȯr·lɛs·] and hora-less [hȯr··alɛs·],, deafened with noise or boisterous talk; du is makin’ me h.-l., you make me quite deaf with your noise. *høyrnar-lauss, from høyrn (heyrn, ),, hearing; heyrnarlauss,, deaf.

hormd [hȯrmd], and , = ; see $n., burr$,

horn [hōrn, hō$2$rn; hɔrn, hårn], , 1) horn, partly a) horns of the head of an animal, partly b) horn (substance); c) horn, fashioned into an object, a wind-instrument (see ); a horn for holding snuff; horn,, and horn are used in the same sense. In also: d) pointed dorsal fin of a fish or shark; de  o’ de (the shark); e) feelers of a snail or of an insect; de o’ a snail (: hōrn). is also a word in both the latter given senses horn, inter alia: high dorsal fin of a whale. 2) the top of the stem (or stern)-post of a boat; de o’ de boat. [hɔrn, hårn]. The  (honnispott),, , indicates  in the last sense to be a Norn word. 3) a tapering height; pointed skerry; now mostly used as a place-name; de h. [hårn] o’, see $ə$, ; de [hårn], a point of land projecting from the steep coast on the north-western side of the isle of Papa Stour, “de H. o’ Papa”, “de o’ ”, two steep rocks in Klebergswick Hill, [hōr$1$nswȯl], a tapering hill: *horns-hóll (see, ). horn, a promontory; projecting, high mountain. 4) a corner, nook, in certain phrases: de auld [‘old’] h. [hårn], the old nook, the old home or native place . As a place-name, name of a farm, is reported “de Horn [hårn]” (Skelbre, ). horn, a corner, nook. —  is otherwise not the regularly developed form in  Norn.;Norn; [sic] for this form (-) and the meanings in which it has been preserved, see $n$,

horn [hɔrn (hårn), hōrn],, to procure a discharge of blood from an injured part of the body by means of the horn of an animal, to cup; the point of the horn is (was) put into the wound, and a piece of skin or a rag is (was) wrapped round the wide end of the horn. Also called “to tak’ ”, and “to ”. “hōrn, hɔrn”: (hōr$ə$n: ). More recent form.

horn-blød [hōr$n$n·blød·, hɔrn·blød·, hårn·-],, blood drawn from an injured part of the body by means of the horn of an animal. hōr$1$n·blød·: to tak’ h.-b. = to. See further ,

horn-gebi,, see ,

horni$ə$ [hȯrni],, a corner, nook; I harried every h., I searched in every corner. The word is horn,, in sense of corner, nook, or a derivative of this word: hyrni,, a corner. ,

horni$n$ [hårni],, tabu-name, sea-term for cow; de h. the horned one.. More recent form.

horn-klokk,, see ,

horp [hȯ‘rp],, to contract; to shrink, owing to drying up or to the action of heating. Mostly used in : [hȯ‘rpət], too 22*