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344 hógvur,, from an older *hóvur =, .  hov, and, haav, , = haa (ho), , aftermath, há,

hoveldarigg, hovelsrigg,, see .

hovi [hōvi, hovi, hɔvi, hȯvi], , 1) plaited basket, of mugwort, straw or dried stalks of dock, a) a small fish-creel, a -h. : hɔvi. : hȯvi (= ).  [hø̄vi]. b) a straw-basket for holding bait (limpets), a bait-h., a limpet-h. This basket is ( to report from ) a little more square at the bottom than the common “kessi”, and is provided with a carrying-band across the mouth.   : hōvi, hɔvi. : hōvi. From is reported the form [høvi] in sense 1 b. c) a bee-hive-shaped straw-basket for holding salt, a saut [‘salf]-h., [hɔ̇vi]. In the last sense a parallel form, , [hɔbi, håbi] is reported from, a sauti [‘salt’]-h. d) a small basket or muzzle, tied over a horse’s mouth to prevent it eating the corn, a -h. [bē$ə$t-hɔvi, -hovi]. See ,  2) a kind of bag-net, for trout-fishing in a stream; a troot [‘trout’]-h. [hovi, hɔvi]. This appliance is commonly formed of dried, plaited dock-stalks, conical in shape, and open at the apex, to which a small bag is fixed; the wider end is distended by a hoop. In sense 2 more : [høvi]. — háfr, , haav, hov,, a) a basket with a long handle (a landing-net) by means of which small fish are scooped out of the water or from the fishing-net; b) a bow-net for fishing in a stream. — See and ,

hovl, hovel [hȯvəl],, to trudge, to drag oneself along; to h. alang [‘along’]. hofla and hufla, , to trudge, to plod, in loose, flopping shoes. ,

hu [hū],, properly hide, skin, but now used only in a few phrases in which the proper meaning of the word has been partly obscured; thus: a) by or hair, at all costs, by hook or by crook; tak’ de coo t’rough by  or hair! make the cow go, drive it along at any cost! “by hide or hair”. Also: by hook or crook; b) atween  and hair, atween de and de hair, “betwixt hide and hair”: α) with great difficulty; I gat [‘got’] him to dø [‘do’] it atween and hair, I had great difficulty in getting him to do it (reported by W.R.); “atween and hair”! I’m [‘have’] had a terrible day de day [‘to-day’]”, I have had a terrible day to-day, I could scarcely manage it; β) as an exclamation, expressing doubt about the veracity of an exaggerated or improbable story: atween de and de hair! that is very strange! In the same sense as “atween (de) and (de) hair” is also used: “atween horn and hair” and “atween de hals [has] and de head”. — — húð,, hide.

hub [hub, ],, a small, land-locked bay or creek formed by the sea and partly dry at ebb-tide; the head of a bay or creek, where a small stream runs into it. Partly in :. Edm.: hoobs. hope,, a small bay (Edm.), and “hubbin” (A.W.J.). hópr, , and hóp,, a small, land-locked bay.

hube, huba [hūbə, hūbꜵ, hūba; hô̅b-],, a crowd; great number; (large) flock, a great h. o’ folk, o’ sheep. hópr, ,

hube [hūbə, hūbꜵ],, halloo! a shout by which a dog is called back from a distance. ? (