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Rh  air (: hwɩ‘ŋk), to h. aroond; — to geng, to walk in a swaggering manner (: hwe‘ŋk, hwə‘ŋk). — to shrug one’s shoulders (: hwə‘ŋk). — to look round with a smile or restrained laughter, to sit [hwɩ‘ŋkɩn]. and — to grin foolishly, making faces, and turning round with jerks of the head, to sit. , [hwe‘ŋk]. — an original unsteady motion. See further under ,
 * hvimka, of *hvim-, of quick,

hwinsi [hwɩ‘nsi],, a pilferer, a nimble thief., — hvinnska, petty theft, hvinnskr, , thievish, inclined to pilfer, hvinn,, a thief. — is doubtless an adjectival form (nimble in carrying out a theft).

hwipp [hwəp],, a whipper-snapper, one who is easy to master, a (little) h. o’ a ting. . from * with prefixed h; the  word. — vipp,, a nimble person. vippe,, to throw lightly into the air, or to tip over, and “vip” in “spirrevip”, a whipper-snapper, vippa,, to fidget; bob up and down; to swing ( vípurligur,, slender, small).

hwippek [hwɩpək, hwepək] and hwuppek [hwopək (hwɔpək)],, a short fishing-rod, see ,

hwirel, hwirl, [hwɩrəl, hwerəl, hwərəl],, a twirl, a disk, : 1) barley- or oat-cake,, having a hole in the middle, for children to play with; also called [hwɩr··librøn·i] ; = and , 2) hairs growing in a circle on the centre of the crown; the crown of the head, the central point, de h. on de head, de h. o’ de croon [‘crown’], = 1. In this sense a more original form  is  reported from, de kw. o’ de croon, from *. — hvirfill, , a) a circle; ring; b) hairs growing in a circle on the centre of the crown; the crown of the head. — In other senses, such as tidal eddy, whirlwind,, , has doubtless arisen from an original hvirfill, but has assimilated to whirl,

hwirfil,, see ,

hwiriakses,, see.

hwirlek [hwɩrlək, hwerlək, hwərlək], , something closely entangled or bundled together, a tangled knot. of ,

hwirlibrøni,, = , , 1.

hwirm,, see $n$,

hwis [hwɩs (hwɩz), hwi̇̄s],, 1) to whisper, speak in a low voice; in this original sense noted down in in the form  [kwɩs]. 2) , to try in confidence (in low conversation) to extort secrets from a person, to h. a body [‘person’]. [hwɩs (hwɩz)]; [hwi̇̄s]. — to whisper; kvisa and “veesa”, , to whisper, to tattle in a low voice; kvisa,, to whisper, kvisa,, to whisper about something, to spread a false rumour. — The form “hwɩz” has arisen through influence of whizz, , and also of quiz,
 * hvisa or kvisa. hvisa, ,

hwisl, hwisel [(hwɩsəl) hwesəl (hwəsəl)],, a strong (whistling) wind, a h. o’ wind. Also , [(kwɩsəl) kwesəl]. See ,

hwisl, hwisel [(hwɩsəl) hwesəl (hwəsəl)],, of wind: to begin to blow (stronger), increase in strength, rise, to h. :, it begins to blow, the wind is gradually increasing. Also , [(kwɩsel) kwesəl], to. op: