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Rh  , uncertain. application of úlfr,, wolf?

$($*$)$huleferdal, huliferdal [hul·əfərdāl·], adjectival applied to badly-spun worsted: very uneven, alternately thin and lumpy; de worsed [‘worsted’] is a’ [‘all’] h.. a jocular application of an hilly, applied to uneven worsted.
 * *hóll-yfir-dal, “hill over dale”,
 * hilly., ,

huleferhaser [hul··əfər·hā··sər], , see * and ,

hulk [hu‘lk],, commotion in the sea, of crested sea; a h. i’ de sea. The vowel-sound suggests an origin from $w$, to be classed with hulk,, unevenness; roughness. See $1$,

hulk [hu‘lk],, = $1 and 3$,

hólmr, Now only found in a single, as: [hul·sund·], see below, and as the first part of in some place-names, names of lakes with islets, water, name of a lake: *hólma-(vatn), [hul··maᶊøn·] (Hamar Ness, ), name of a lake: *hólma-tjǫrn, see, (a small lake, ); further,   [hul·kȯd·i], a point of land on the north side of “de Holm o’ West Sandwick” . Elsewhere the word has been anglicised to, pronounced “hɔm (håm)”, more rarely with preserved l: hɔl$2$m (as in ). As the second part of a  is often found abbreviated to - [ȯm]; thus: Brattholm [bräƫȯm], Fladholm [fladȯm], Nøstholm [nøstȯm] (Russeter, ): Skorholm [skȯrȯm, skȯrəm] (Whalsay Sound): *skorhólmr; Wedder (Wadder)-holm (Wadder)- holm [wäd··ərȯm]: *veðrhólmr, “ramsholm”. See Shetl. Stedn. pp. 112—113.
 * hulm [hulm],, a holm, islet,
 * bratthólmr, *flathólmr, *nausthólmr;

hulmsund [hul·sund·],, a small sound between an islet and the opposite mainland; between an island and one or more holms, or among holms and skerries. As place-names are found: “de Hulmsund [hul·sund·]”, a sound between Yell and Kay holm; further: Hulmsond [hul·sȯᶇd·], near Fetlar. — *hólmsund “holm(’s)-sound”; see
 * and $w$,

hum [(hum) hô̆m],, gloomy sky, (dense) haze.  húm, , gloom; twilight, hum,, darkness caused by gathering clouds. $w$, ,

hum [(hum) hô̆m],, to grow dusk; he is, the twilight is coming on.  húma, , to grow dusk. A mutated form , from *hýma, is more common in ; see ,

humi, hum-y [(humi) hô̆mi], , applied to the air: somewhat dark, murky, misty, hazy; he is a kind o’ h.-lookin’, the air is hazy, it looks as if it would be misty weather. of, ; humen,, obscure; dark.

humin [(humɩn) hô̆mɩn],, evening twilight (the early part of evening twilight)., From , See further the mutated and more common form,.

huml, hummel [homəl] and homl, hommel [hȯməl],, 1) to chip or to remove corners and edges off something, wood; de corners is [‘are’]  aff o’ [‘off’] de wood (wreck-wood), the sharp edges are worn off the wreck-wood . Most  used in sense: 2) to thresh the bearded ears of barley (the second threshing), to h. bere. In the sense first given the