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Rh hus$2$ [hūs] and huz [hūz],, to lift a child up, and rock it to and fro, to make it stop crying. to h. a bairn, to h. a bairn ; h. him (de boy) ! *husa. hussa and hysja,, to rock, hysa, , to throw high up into the air; hossa,, to dandle; hyssa, , to throw (into the air), to rock, a child. The form “hūz” indicates an old form with a single s.

husamilla [hus·amɩᶅ··a, -meᶅ··a, -məᶅ··a, hos·a-], adverbial phrase: “to geng h.”, to go from house to house, gathering news, gossip. Fairly common. Among other forms are reported: [hus·amȯᶅ··a] and [hus·amȯ$i$ll··i] . An obsolete form with final n: - [mɩᶅan, meᶅan, məᶅan], reported by J. I. — among the houses; husamillom, husemillom, húsa midlun, from one house to another. ganga meðal húsa, to go from house to house, to go a-begging. See *, and

husbørd? [husbərd],, an uncultivated, grass-grown spot immediately in front of a farm, almost = . The first part of the  is, ; the second part is, , with r transposed; braut,, a road (cut out through rocks), breyt, , partly = tún,, in sense of courtyard.

husel [(hūsəl) hôsəl],, something of great circumference; a very large fish ( a large ling); a h. o’ a wife, a very big woman. husul,, a big, strong fellow (R.).

husfolk [husfɔk, *-fɔ‘lk], , inmates of a house. *húsfólk.

hushad [hushad],, housekeeping, management of a house; hushald, and  húshald, and had,, =  hold.

husi [hūsi], in the exclamation “h. !” heave, ho! in dragging up a boat to the shed. a parallel form to, hoisting, lifting up. As to the vowel-sound u, a possible merging with $s$, , might be suggested.

husiskräimer [hus··iskräi·mər], , a creature sneaking about in a house to pick up something for food, a hen.  The first part of the is, ; the second part is a of , skrima,, to appear dimly.

huska,, see *$n$,

huskis [huskɩs]-day,, day on which one is served with ,

husl, husel [husəl, hosəl, hos$2$l], , 1) a sighing, drying wind. Also, [hȯsəl:  ; hɔsəl: , ]. a h. o’ wind, a steady, drying breeze. . 2) a person bustling about in a great hurry from one trifle to another, inside the house. [hos$2$l, ho$2$s$ə$l]. See the word.

husl, husel [husəl, hosəl, hos$w$l], , 1), to sigh; blow; whirl; of a drying wind; de wind will h. t’rough de strae [‘straw’] . : hôsəl. 2)  , to whirl something around or into the air; de wind de sheaves aroond . From is reported a parallel form, [hȯsəl). 3) , to rush around or away in a great hurry; to bustle about from one trifle to another; to be geng [hosəl, ho$ə$səl]. — of a *, ,, and $r$ ,, as well as hysja, , in sense of to stir up something, to put in disorder (of the wind, entangling the ears of corn in the field): R. husla,, is used somewhat , : to play the fool, to trifle,, but is
 * to be for ever.