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356 thick, coarse peel; see , , and, 4) a small piece of flesh with skin attached; a small piece of ham; a bit of loosened skin of a finger,   — More rarely  [hwȯli]. — hvelja, , whale-skin;  kvelja, , film; crust.

hwelk$1$,, see ,

hwelk$2$, hwolk, and, see , and

hwems, hwims [hwæ‘ms, hwə‘ms], , 1) a glance, a (quick) look askance. [hwæ‘ms]. 2) fidget, quick or restless movement in turning one’s body. [hwə‘ms]; der’r [‘there is’] a h. upon him. — *hvims from *hvim; see, — ,, , is more extended than, in sense 2.

hwems, hwims [hwæ‘ms, hwə‘ms], , 1) to glance sideways, to look askance. [hwæ‘ms]. 2) a) to fidget, to make quick movements; b) to pass quickly by; he by [‘past’] me. 3) to vanish suddenly; he ut o’ my sight. In senses 2 and 3 noted down in and   [hwə‘ms]. — *hvimsa from *hvima. hvima,, to move quickly and unsteadily; to look round slyly; kvima and kvimsa, hvimsa (gvimsa),   hvimse, , to fidget, bustle about. In a similar sense  kvisma, ; but sense 2 of  , , indicates a closer association with *hwims-. — See the more extended  , , and  $e$,

hwemst and hwimst [hwæ‘mst, hwə‘mst],, 1) continually looking from side to side, taking notes, a body.  [hwæ‘mst]. 2) light-headed; silly; confused, that which makes sudden, strange movements in turning the head or body; a body. ,  [hwə‘mst]. — *hvims-. kvimsen, , restless, confused, hvimsen, hvimsk, and hvims,, bewildered, confused. hvimsi,, is handed down in sense of blank, dull. — See ,, ,

hwen$1$ [hwen, hwɛn (hwæn)], , lamentation, woe, see *$e$,

hwen$h$ [hwē$1$n],, a stunt, a ram incapable of procreation; see $1$,, and ,

see ,
 * hwenni [hweᶇɩ],, a quern,

hwepp [hwəp] and hwipp [hwɩp], , to snatch, twitch; he [hwəpəd, hwɩpəd] it ut o’ my hand; he  her in ower. . . a parallel form  [hwop], and from :  [kwop]; he [hwopəd] it ut o’ my hand. — *hveppa. kveppa, , to give a start, kveppa,, in the “kveppa seg”, to give a start, = kveppa,   kveppa, a), to startle; b)  , to slip suddenly; to be shaken (with fear); applied to wind, smoke: to drive down in gusts. (Solør) gvepp (gvæpp) = kvepp,, moment (R. Suppl.), indicates an initial “hv”.
 * [kwɩp]. From is reported

hwerf [hwæ‘rf],, to turn or rake together; now only applied to new-mown grass, hay: to turn the hay; to rake together into swaths the newly cut grass spread on the field; to h. de hay. The forms with dropped i-mutation are more extended: [hwarv, hwärv] and [kwarv, kwärv] or [kwa‘rf] ; to  hay, to turn the hay, a) to rake the hay into swaths,  b) to  the hay, raked together into swaths