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inside of the turnip. Nmⁿ. (N.Roe). *holka. 2) of the sea: to cause hollow sea, and high, crested waves, to be agitated, to h. op; de sea is holkin op. Nm. In sense 2 occas. a) *holka (or *holga), to hollow out, occas. b) *hulka, to stump; make uneven. See holk¹, sb., and holg, sb., as well as the foll. holk², vb.

holk² [hȯ‘ᶅk], vb., 1) to walk bent with rounded shoulders, to geng [‘go’] holkin. 2) to stump, to walk unsteadily and jerkily, to geng holkin. Du. In sense 1 the word is directly to be classed with holk³, sb. 1; in sense 2 it partly assimilates to Fær. hölka, vb., to be clumsy on one’s feet. The word can hardly be directly associated with No. hykla and høkla, vb., to walk bent and unsteadily; “høkla” is found in Shetl. (Du.) in the form hekl¹, hekel; q.v. (vb.). A form hulk [hu‘lk] is found in Du. in the same sense as holk, to geng hulkin, prob. originating from a *hulka, vb.; see holk³, sb., from *hulk.

holket¹ [hȯ‘ᶅkət], adj., deep; roomy; round-bottomed, esp. of a boat or pot; a h. boat (Yⁿ.); a h. kettle (N.Roe). Properly, hollowed out. *holkóttr (adj.) or *holkaðr (perf. part.). Cf. No. holka, f., a depression, and see holk¹, sb. and vb.

holket² [hȯ‘ᶅkət], adj., humped; round-shouldered; also in a wider sense: mis-shapen; a h. craeter’ [‘creature’] or ting; h. shooders, round shoulders (N.Roe). Also holki [hȯ‘ᶅki]; a h. body [‘person’] (Conn.). — *hulkóttr? To be classed with holk³, sb., a knot; hunch.

holki [hȯ‘ᶅki], adj., peevish; surly; a h. body. Conn. No. ulken, adj., surly; cross. See holks, sb. pl.

holkin [hȯ‘ᶅkin (hɔ̇ᶅ‘kin)], sb., heavy swell (hollow sea, crested waves), a h. i’ de sea = a holk i’

de sea. N.I. (Y.; Fe.). *holkan (holgan)? See holk¹, sb. and vb.

holks [hȯ‘ᶅks], sb. pl., bad temper; peevishness; sulks, esp. in the expr. “to be or sit i’ de h.”, to be peevish; to sulk. Conn. Prob. for *olks from *olk; cf. No. ulka, vb., inter alia to be sulky, just ready to grumble (R.).

holl [hȯᶅ], sb., in the expr. “h. and hollband [hȯᶅ·bānd·, -band· (-ban·)]”, bag and baggage; he (dey) guid h. and h.-band, he (they) went and took everything with him (them). N.I. Prob. from O.N. hǫgld, f., a strap, fastened to the end of a rope, No. hogold (hȯlda, hȯll). hollband then denotes the rope to which the strap is fastened.

hollball [hȯᶅbaᶅ·, -bäᶅ·], adv., rolling over head foremost, head over heels; dey guid [‘went’] h. U^mo. For *kollball or kollboll? See kolli-firbolli, adv.

hollband [hȯᶅ·bānd·, -band· (-ban·)], sb., see under holl, sb.

holli [håᶅɩ (hɔᶅɩ), hȯᶅɩ], adj., 1) capacious, capable of holding much; a h. boat; a h. bødi (bjødi, fish-creel). U. Cf. holket¹, adj. 2) slow to finish; de grund is h., longer in getting through than expected, in delving a piece of ground. U. (Uⁿ.: hȯᶅɩ). — No. holleg, hollig, adj., solid; copious; substantial; Fær. holligur, adj., roomy.

*hollost [(håⁱl·råst·) hɔᶅ·åst·], sb., sea-term, tabu-name in fishermen’s lang. for deep-sea fishing-grounds; de h. Also hoilost, hoillost [håil(l)·åst·]. Fe. Poss. an original *álvǫst. O.N. áll, m., a gutter; a furrow; deep depression, in poetry also ocean (prop. the course of a stream, current), Fær. álur, m., the narrow course of a stream. In Shetl. “de Olens” [*álarnir], pl., is found as a name for a fishing-ground; see