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346 of, , or from *hukr- (see under , ).

huketi [huk··əti·],, in definite form, curved, bent; only reported in the current, versified riddle about the meadow and the brook: , [kruk··əti·], ? you bent one, you crooked one, where are you running to? (the meadow’s inquiry of the brook). tail every year, why du? you, that get your tail cut every year, why do you ask that? (the brook’s answer to the meadow). — *húkótti, form of *húkóttr,, curved, bent. See and ,

hukl, hukel [hukəl],, to sit on one’s hams, to h. doon [‘down’], = to, ; to onde knees: to sit ower de fire, to sit crouching over the fire on the hearth to warm oneself. From an hukra,, to huddle oneself up,  from cold (=, 2), and hokra, , to limp in a bent position; hokra,, to go bent; to creep stealthily along, =,  2.
 * hukla (or *hukra). hukla and

hul [hul],, a hillock. Now almost obsolete as a common noun, but still used in place-names, names of hills in localities, where the meaning of the word is often understood by the common people. In place-names with suffixed : [hulən (hulɩn)], in de Hulins. “Hulen” may otherwise also be  [*hólum] with dropped preposition. With added descriptive adjectives, : Hulen brenda [brænda, bräᶇda] (Norwick, ): *hóllin brendi, the blackened hill; Hulen hjoga [hjōga] (Gluss, ): *hóllinn hǫgi (hái), the high hill; Hulna hwessa [hulna hwæssa] (Taft, Burrafirth, ): *hóllinn hvassi or *hólarnir hvǫssu, the peaked hill; Hulen (Hollen) kwida [hulən, hoᶅən, hȯᶅən kwi̇̄da] : rundi [rundi] (Ness of Islesburgh, } the round hill; Hul or Hulen skarpa : *hóllinn skarpi, the peaked or dry hill, covered with a thin layer of earth, now found as the name of a farm; Hulen stura [stūra] (Nunsbrough, ), Hulen stura or sturi (Sandwich and Levenwick, ), Ulna [ulna] stura : the second part of in bisyllabic place-names (names of hills), is commonly abbreviated to [ol, ȯ1, əl] or  [wȯl (wəl)], Bratthul [bratol, bräi‘twȯl] : *bratt-hóll, the steep hill; Grodhul [grōdol, grōdwȯl, -wəl] : *grjót-hóll, stony hill; Kjorkhul [kjȯ‘rkol] (Kwarf, ): [kwɩrəl] : *kvíar-hóll, see *, ): *hlíðar-hóll, see, ; Skibhul [sᶄɩbəl] : *skip-hóll (a hill from which a look-out is kept for ships or boats); Stenshul [stenᶊwȯl, -wəl] : *steins-hóll (named after a large stone or rock), now the name of a farm; Sturhul [stūrȯl, stūrəl] : *stórhóll, the great hill; Swarthul [swa‘rtol, swa‘rtwȯl] : *svarthóll, the black hill; Wolvhul (Wolwhul, Wolhul) [wȯlvəl, wȯlwȯl, wȯl··əwȯl·, wȯlol] (Tegen, : wȯlvəl, wȯlwȯl, “de W. knowe [‘knoll’]”; : wȯl··əwȯl·; Fladabister, : wȯlol) and Wolver(s)hul [wȯl··vər(s)ol·] : *alf-hóll, fairy-hillock; for the form “wolver-” álvar- in “álvarhús” (for “álvahús”, fairy dwelling). See Shetl. Stedn., pp. 111—112. — hôll,, a height, hill.
 * de (in several places),
 * hóllinn hvíti, the white hill; Hulen
 * hóllinn stóri, the large hill. As
 * kirkju-hóll, “church-hill"; Kwirhul
 * Lirhul [li̇̄rhul and li̇̄rwȯl] (Norwick,

big ling; partly with , tabu-name belonging to
 * hulefer [hul··əfər·],, a very
 * a . sea-term,