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362 — *hvisla. hvissla, hvisle, , to whistle; kvisla,, to ripple swiftly; hvissa,, to rush; whistle. $2$,  and

hwiss, and, see ,

hwist$1$, hwest,, see ,

hwist$2$ [(hwɩst, hwest) hwəst], , whistling or sharp wind, draught; der’r a cauld [‘cold’] h. aboot de doors (the outer door). The word is derived from *hvis- and to be classed with. hviss,, rush, whistle, and hvisp,, violent squall of wind.

hwist [hwɩst (hwest, hwəst)], , of a sharp, drying wind or draught: to whistle; to blow; de wind ’ll h. t’rough it (: hwɩst). hvissa,, to rush; whistle. See the preceding word, and ,

hwisterester [hwɩs·təres·tər], , a crack; blow; box on the ear. for *, the second part of which then is hestr, , = kinnhestr,, box on the ear. For the first part of the see $b$,, , , and ,

hwistikaster [hwɩs··tikas·tər], , a crack; a sudden, violent blow or push. Doubtless gust of wind; see above $2$, and ,

hwitel,, see ,

hwitn, hwiten [hwɩtən, hwetən, hwətən],, to whiten, to become white or light-coloured; of growing corn; de corn is [hwɩtənd] by sea or blast. hvítna,, to become white. — The form “hwäitən”, whiten, , has a more extended meaning and application in

hwoli,, see ,


 * hwols,, see *,

hwolsben [hwȯ‘lsben, hwə‘lsben], , vertebra of the neck or occipital bone, reported in sense of: a) the foremost articulation of the neck of an animal,  a sheep; also [(hwȯ‘l··saben·) hwə‘l··saben·]. b) with dropped initial h: [wȯ‘lsben], neck-bone in fish. *hálsbein; halsbein,, vertebra of the neck, occipital bone. See *,

hwom(b)l,, see ,

wind; twist. 2), to turn, wind, twist oneself. Only reported in the form  [gwȯrm] from on ; de eel was doon i’ de sand, the eel had wound itself down into the sand or lay coiled up, buried in the sand; de eel  roond my finger, the eel twisted itself round my finger. — Doubtless either the same word as $2$,  , , or closely cognate with this word, which is classed partly with hverfa, , to turn round, to rotate, partly with   hvirme, , to whirl. With regard to the change hv > gw,  Norn has only this example. In certain  (in the south and east of Norway) a change hv > gv is found, and in some  a change hv > gw.
 * hworm,, 1) , to turn;

†hwuml, hwumel [hwoməl], , to turn upside down; to turn a hollow object bottom up, a vessel; bucket; a boat; to h. a boat. Also a), [hwȯmbəl], ,  [hwombəl]: —  to arch, and developed from hvelfa, , used exactly in the same sense as the word in ; hvelfa skipi, báti. from *, * for *, probably first took place in the past tense, and the past participle: for *. For the final m   $2$, ,
 * b), [koməl].
 * the metathesis of l and m