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358  for sharpening scythes or knives. [hwætəl];  [hwe$i$‘təl, hw$e$itəl, hwɩtəl]. Also [hwäitəl], [hwɩtli] and -sten [hwɩt··ərsten·]. of hvetja,, to whet, and formed on analogy of whittle, , which is another word, or of the slang-word “whittle”, whet,, has probably influenced the word. See, ,

hwev [hwēv, hwē$ə$v] and hwevi [hwēvi],, tidal eddy, small branch of the main tidal stream, a h. o’ de tide; de o’ de tide, point where a current changes direction, through meeting a headland. in :, whirlpools, tidal streams.  for * from original *sveif-. sveiv, , swirl; whirl; whirlpool; sveifla,, to swing; spin in a circle. For the change sv > hw as a parallel form to, , tidal streams; see further , (under, ). — $n$,

for cattle, see ,
 * hwi,, enclosure, hill-pasture

and : [kwi̇̄d (kwid)]. Handed down: a) in two fragments of Norn from and  ( α)(α) [sic] from “hw. s(w)iglen”, with white sails, in ; see Introd.); b) in *,, and ,  and , in which the adjective appears independently after the substantive, as the first part of , may be exemplified: α) Hellena hwida [hɛᶅ··əna· hwi̇̄da] , a flat rock containing quartz: *hellan hvíta, the white rock; Hulen kwida [hulən or hoᶅən kwi̇̄da] : *hóllinn hvíti, the white hill; Mørna kwida [mørna kwi̇̄da] : *mýrrin hvíta, the white bog. β) Kwidamør [kwi̇̄··damør·] : hvíta mýrr (see Mørna kwida); Hwidanes [hwid··anɛs·] (in Lunna Ness, ), Kwidanes [kwid·anɛs·] : *hvíta nes, the white headland. “*hvíta nes” is anglicised in “Whiteness”, name of a headland and of a parish, and “Whiteness” , name of a headland. — Forms with preserved t are found in names, such as: berg [hwit··ibærg·] : *hvíta berg, and - or stakk [χwit··astak·, kwit··astak·] (, in two places): *hvíti stakkr, the white sea-rock.
 * hwid [hwi̇̄d (hwid)],, white.
 * *, [hwi̇̄gən] in
 * (með) hvítum seglum; β) from :
 * [hwi̇̄] for *, * from
 * hvítt and *hvítu, and
 * c) in various place-names. Place-names,

hwid [hwɩd],, 1) a turning oneself in different directions, moving head and body while looking sideways; in : [hwɩds], queer behaviour (in turning round, looking askance), wheer (queer) “hwids”; der ’r “hwids” upon him; sicca [‘such’] “hwids” du has de night [‘to-night’]. Fairly 2) pique, sudden and senseless grudge or ill-will against a person; he’s ta’en [‘he has taken’] a h.; ; from also reported in the form [hwɩda]. — The word is, at any rate in sense 2, hviða,, a fit, attack, in the old language handed down in a special sense as squall of wind, but in used in a more extended sense,  of attack of illness, pain or hot temper. For the group under meaning 1, the verbs and , hviðra,, to be moved suddenly; but the word might, however, in these senses have been influenced by whid, quhyd,, quick movement; smart stroke, or in former times by (Welsh) chwid,, quick