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vb., 1) to move with a heavy, rolling gait. N.Roe: hunks. 2) to shrug one’s shoulders, to hungs (hunks) upon anesell [‘oneself’]. Also: to hjongs [hjɔ‘ŋs] upon anesell; he hjongst upon him [‘himself’]: Y. and Fe.(?) occas. 3) to push up, to make something sit better by moving it upwards, e.g. a burden on one’s back; to hungs (hunks) op a kessi (a straw-basket); to h. op de troosers, to hitch up the trousers. — Prob. for *hums, and to be classed with No. humsa, vb., to walk heavily, to stump, with the oft occurring change ms > ngs, nks in Shetl. Norn; cf. e.g. hums², sb., and humset, adj., with the parallel forms hungs (hunks) and hungset (hunkset). Cf. hims², vb., as well as hings (hinks), vb., and the derivatives of these words.

hungset, hunkset, adj., see humset¹, adj.

hunk [ho‘ŋk], sb., a lift or heave upwards; to gi’e a h., to heis (to hoist) wi’ a h. (cf. J. B., Rasmie’s Büddie, p. 104). See the foll. word.

hunk [ho‘ŋk], vb., to heave or push higher up. S.Sh. To be classed with No. honka, prop. hunka, vb., to walk unsteadily. Cf. honki, sb., and hungs (hunks), vb.

hunkers [ho‘ŋkərs], sb. pl., a pasty mass, a chopped-up mixture (potatoes and bursten; q.v.), esp. in the compd. “gili-h.”; q.v. Fe. Uncertain origin, hunk- might poss. be a parallel form (with another derivative ending) to No. hump, m., Da. humpel, c., a knoll; lump; piece.

hurem, hurm, sb., grain of leather, etc., see horem, sb.

hurikuris [hū··rikū·ris, hur··ikur·is], sb. pl., half-awake, sulky state, see further urikuri, sb.

†hurkl, hurkel [hu‘rkəl, ho‘rkəl], vb., to walk in a bent position, unsteadily and shivering from cold

(with chattering teeth), to geng hurklin wi’ de cauld [‘cold’]. The word is most prob. to be classed with L.Sc. hurkle, hurkill, vb., to draw the body together, but has also implied sense of horkl, horkel, vb.; q.v. Cf. also No. hurkla, vb., in sense of to move unsteadily with a grating or rumbling sound, and O.N. hǫrkla, vb., to drag oneself along.

hurr [horr] and now comm.: horr [hȯrr], sb., a whirling; a whirring sound; also applied to the purring of a cat. See hurr, vb.

hurr [horr] and now comm.: horr [hȯrr], vb., to whirl; whirr (to produce a whirring sound); also applied to a cat: to purr. No. and Sw. (dial.) hurra, Da. hurre, Eng. hurr. vb.

hurro [hor··rō·, hor·rō·], sb., liveliness; vivacity; ardour; laek’ [‘like’] h., vivaciously; lively; ardently (J.B., Sketches, 2nd edit. p. 113). No. hurra, f., whirling, rushing speed. hurro prop. represents the old accus. form “hurru”. See horro, sb., used in a different sense.

hurt [ho‘rt], sb., laying, time for laying eggs; also appl. to young birds being hatched: to come to de h., on the point of breaking the shell. Fo. See further urt, ort, sbs.

hurus, sb. and vb., see horus, sb. and vb.

hus [hūs (hôs), hus], sb., 1) a house, dwelling. 2) a family circle, in certain phrases, such as: mony [‘many’] a feared h. was for him, there was much anxiety for his fate in many families or households (N.Roe). O.N. hús, n., a house, also family.

hus¹ [hūs (hôs)], vb., to house, to bring into the house or under cover; to h. de taatis [‘potatoes’]. O.N. hýsa and húsa (Sw. husa, Da. huse), id.