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342 with the “hȯᶊ(ᶊ)”. 3) to rustle faintly; de mice is i’ de corn (: hȯᶊ, hȯᶊᶊ). — Besides, a form  [høᶊ(ᶊ)] is found in  — For the etymology of the word see ,

hoss$h$ (hossj) [hȯᶊᶊ],, to chase away poultry, hens, by shouting (hoss! hoss kirr!); to h. de hens awa [‘away’] or. [huᶊ(ᶊ), hoᶊᶊ]:  hussa,, to frighten; chase away.

hoss (hossj) [hȯᶊᶊ],, exclamation by which poultry, hens, are chased away; “shoo!” mostly in the “  [hȯᶊᶊ kərr]!” [huᶊᶊ kerr]!: See $h$, — A form [hoᶊᶊ··əka·], now partly obsolete, is also reported from as an exclamation to chase away mice; see under ,

hosset, hosjet [hȯᶊ(ᶊ)ət],, untidy; slatternly; shabby; ragged; a h. bein’. ,   hysjutt, , slatternly; shabby; ragged.

host [hɔst, håst],, coughing, a cough. hósti,, ; in with short main vowel-sound: hosti [håstɩ],  host,

host [hɔst, håst],, to cough. hósta,, ; in with short main vowel-sound: hosta [håsta]. host,

hostakk,, see ,

hostan [hȯstan], hostani [hȯs··tani·] and høstani [høs··tani·], , sea-term, tabu-name in fishermen’s for wife, woman. form (hústrúin, : hústrúna) of hústrú = húsfrú, húsfrøyja (-freyja),, mistress of the house, wife.

hotask [hōtask, hō·task·] and hotosk [hōtȯsk, hō·tȯsk·],, a species of small shark, smooth dogfish, mustelus (dark-coloured); said to be the same kind of shark as the so-called ,  to Edm.: smooth-hound, squalus mustelus. — small shark, dogfish, spinax niger.
 * hátaska. haataska,, a kind of

hots,, and , see , and

hott$2$ [hɔ$n$t], hoit [(hɔi‘t) håi‘t], , 1) strange behaviour; der’r [‘there is], a h. upo dee de day [‘to-day’], you are behaving queerly to-day, applied to a person running about in a confused hurry. 2) (queer) condition, bodily form; he had a wheer [‘queer’] h. upon him, he was looking odd to-day. — háttr,, mode or manner in which a thing is done, condition.

hott$n$ [hɔ$2$t, hɔ$n$ƫ], hoitt [hɔi‘tt], , a kind of supernatural or superstitious fear, or fear of trolls and fairies; der’r [‘there is’] a h. upo me. — ótti,, fear; dread. —, , , which is another form of the same word.

, reported in the phrases “to try de h., to geng  (  try) de h.”, to go (to the high seas) by boat to try the deep-sea fishing. As the phrases: “to geng heich, to geng to de heicht” ( heich = high,, and heicht =  height, ) are used by Dunrossness fishermen in sense of to go out for deep-sea fishing, , so far as to lose sight of the lower part of the land, the Fetlar form *, in all probability, can be explained from hátt, of hár,, high.
 * hott$1$ (hoitt) [hå$i$t, håƫ (hå$n$ƫ, håi‘tt)],

hottabor [hå$2$t··abər (håi‘tt··abər·)], , mode of behaviour, strange conduct; du has a h. o’ dy ain [‘of your own’]. *háttar-burðr. For the first part of the see $i$, The second part is burðr,, a bearing, , also to the manner of comporting oneself; $i$,