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ho-pig [hō··pɩg·], sb., a species of small shark (like the blue shark in appearance, but considerably smaller). Du.

hopp [hɔp, håp], sb., a hop, jump. O.N. hopp, n., a hop, jump.

hopp [hɔp, håp], vb., to hop, jump. On. hoppa, vb., to hop, jump.

hord¹ [hȯrd (hɔ̇rd)], sb., 1) a big boulder. Fo. [hȯrd]; Uⁿ. [hȯrd (hɔ̇rd)]. 2) a) a very large object; b) a living thing or being of imposing size, a h. o’ a skate (ray), a h. o’ a fellow or wife [‘woman’]. Uⁿ. [hȯrd (hɔ̇rd)]. 3) a) a great heap of stones, a h. o’ stens; b) a heap of any objects thrown together, a h. o’ tings, o’ claes [‘clothes’]. N.I. occas. [hȯrd, hɔ̇rd]. Nm^w. (Esh.). In Fe. esp.: hɔ̇rd. — hörd [hörd], a parallel form to hord, is noted down in N.I. (esp. Uⁿ., Y. occas.). — As a place-name the word is found sometimes with and sometimes without prefixed h: ord [ɔrd, ȯrd] and hord [hȯrd] in sense of: a) a block of stone; b) a sloping heap of fragments of rock lying at the foot of a precipice, talus, e.g.: de Ord [ɔrd] (Br., North Isle, N.), de Ords [ȯrds] (N.Roe; Fitful, Du.), names of rocks fallen down, talus; near “de Ords” in Fitful is found a pasture, called “de Ordihog [ȯr··dihɔg·]”: *urða-hagi. de Hord (near Lerwick, M.), a block of stone; de Hord o’ Brunshamarsland (N.), rocks, talus; de Hords (Ai., Fo.), rocks fallen down, talus; de Hords o’ Bloberg (Fo.). de Skrodd Hordins [skrȯd hȯrdɩns] (Fo.) = *skruddu urðirnar, the rocks fallen down from the mountain side. Hordifell [hȯr··difel·] (Nm^s., Ai.): *urða(r)fell. A rare form urd [ord] is found in “de Fadlurdins [fadlor·dɩns]” (Hamnafell, Fo.): *fall-urðirnar. — O.N. urð, f., a heap of fragments of rock fallen down at the foot of a rocky wall, talus. See hordin (hordek), sb.

hord² [hȯrd, hɔ̇rd] and more rarely hurd [hord], sb., 1) a great multitude or crowd, great number; a hord o’ folk, = fjord, fjörd. Y^h., Fe., Conn. Diff. from “hård”, the pronunc. of Eng. horde, sb. 2) a) as much corn as may be dried at one time in a pot over the fire, a hord o’ bursten (q.v.); also b) the quantity of corn dried at one time in a kiln, a hord o’ corn (Fe.). The form hurd is found in Fo. in the senses 2 a and b: a hurd on the kiln. — Possibly the same word as Icel. urðr, m., a great quantity. In No. “yrja”, f., denotes sometimes a crowd, great quantity, sometimes a heap, mass (ur, m. Aa.).

hord [hȯrd], adj., hard; severe; troublesome; a h. day, a hard day’s work. Nm. O.N. harðr, adj., hard, also difficult, troublesome. The change a > o in hord is in accordance with the current rules of sound in the Shetl. Norn words. Otherwise, “hard” is used in Shetl. as in Eng.

hord, vb., see hird, vb.

horda [hȯrda], sb., sea-term, tabu-name in fishermen’s lang. for mare. U. Poss. syn. with No. hardel, an animal which consumes much (is “hardfostrad”), esp. of a horse (R.). For o in horda see hord, adj.

hordek, sb., see hordin, sb.

hordeks [hȯrdəks], sb. pl., in the compd. “gjola [gjōla, gjola]-h.”, sediment, particles of cheese adhering to the inside of the churn, when the whey (see gjola, sb.) is poured out, after the churning. Fe^e. The word is prob. to be classed with No. yrda (“yyra”), vb., to cover with gravel (R.).

hordin [hȯrdin], sb., 1) a big boulder, = hord¹ 1. Fo. 1) a big, heavily-built woman, partly = hord¹ 2; also hordek [hȯrdək]. More rarely of a big, stout man (N.Roe: hor-

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