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Rh (thus, in ). In also pronounced “χwarv” or “k‘warv”. From is reported “hwarv” beside “kwarv”. A form [hwa‘rp] (, ?) is more rare. — hverfa,, to turn;  kverva, , to turn hay (R.), and kvervla, , to spread hay (Aa.). See , , and $w$,, ,

hwerk,, see ,

hwerkapus,, see ,

hwerkl, hwerkel,, see , ,

hwerm$m$ [hwærm],, 1) to make quick movements in turning one’s body, to h. aroond, aboot a ting. 2) to cast swift glances about one, to h. wi’ de een [‘eyes’], to h. aroond. ( as the $2$,, is found with  in ) arisen by metathesis from a * = *, *hvimra from the stem *hvim-. See further under, , to which $1$ chiefly assimilates in meaning. besides a) “hvimmer” in the  “hvimmer-kant(ig)”,, bewildered; senseless, =  literary language “hvimmel-kantig” and hvimmelhovedet; b)  vima with the derivative vimra,, to walk in a maze, to behave foolishly; c) ,

hwerm$n$, hwirm [hwerm, hwərm, hwɩrm] and hwerv [*hwərv],, 1) to pass by quickly, , to h. by, =  2; he [hwərmd] by [‘past’] me.  2) to disappear; vanish; to be lost. and [hwərm]; he ut o’ my sight (YY. [sic]);   doon [‘down’] t’rough de flør [‘floor’], disappeared; lost. In this sense the word is noted down in with final v in the form [kwərv]; sicc [‘such’] and sicc a ting is, such and such a thing has disappeared, has been stolen. 3) to dwindle; shrink, ; [hwərm]; de flesh or fish is in to naet’in’ [‘nothing’]. —  hverfa, , a) to move in a circle; to turn about; b) to disappear; to be lost; kverva,, also: to dwindle; diminish. for the final m in the  word   hvirm, , whirl, whirlwind, and “hvirme”, , to whirl. The   of $2$, to turn oneself about, to look sideways, and $n$,  in Unst, indicate that $1$ and $2$ are two different words.

hwermet, hwirmet [hwərmət], , 1) continually playing foolish tricks; malicious; naughty; a h. craeter’ [‘creature’], a h. ting. ; 2) shrunken; stunted; crooked; sickly; a h. ting, craeter’, body. ; — From $h$,,  In sense 1 the word has arisen from a root-meaning: making quick movements or turns, in sense 2 from meaning 3 of $n$,

hwern,, see ,

hwess$n$ [hwəs(s)], hwiss [hwɩs(s)], hwizz [hwɩz],, properly to sharpen, but only handed down in the following senses: 1) of wind: to increase; sporadically; he is [kwɩssɩn, kwɩzzɩn] op, the wind is increasing. 2) to speak sharply and harshly to someone; sporadically in all the given forɩns;forms; [sic] to h. at a body [‘person’]; with object: “to h. a body”, by mingling with another word, see , — hvessa,, a) to whet, sharpen; b) of wind: to increase; kvessa,, inter alia to speak sharply, kvessa í ein, to address someone hotly and angrily. — The form  has arisen by mingling with whizz,

hwetel [hwætəl, hwe$1$‘təl] and hwitel [hw$2$itəl, hwɩtəl],, a small