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bobs up and down, a diver. Cf. dunter, sb., prop. a diver, the name for an eider-duck.

heel [hɩl], sb., the heel on the handle of a spade; de h. o’ de spade. Fo. In the same sense Fær. hælur, m. O.N. hæll, m., a) a wooden stake; b) the heel on the handle of a scythe. In Shetl. the word has been anglicised to heel.

heel-kapp [hi̇̄lkap], sb., the heel-lining inside in a leathern shoe. No. and Da. hælkappe, m.

hefert [hɛfərt], sb., a suspicion of something, only reported in the negative expr. “no [‘not’] a h.”, not a trace; not the least bit. Poss. a deriv. of an old *ef-; cf. No. ev, n., eve, m., and eva, f. (the last comm. in pl.: evur), a trace, a suspicion of something.

heft [hæft], sb., a handle; grip; the handle of any implement, = O.N. hepti, Fær. hefti, n. Also L.Sc., Eng.: heft (obs.) besides haft.

heft [hæft], vb., to fix, esp. to fix a grip or handle on anything. O.N. hepta, vb., to tie, to tether, No. and Fær. hefta.

†heftet [hæftət], adj., provided; well supplied, also in a good situation; well off; he is h., a) he is well provided; b) he is well off. S.Sh. (Conn., Du.). Poss. an older *hefdet or *hevdet, and derived from O.N. hefð, f., claim, prescriptive right; cf. No. hævd, f., in sense of prosperity, and hævdung, m., a wealthy, powerful man. Note, however, Eng. dial. heft, sb., weight, hefty, adj., heavy; weighty, also used metaph. (influential, etc.).

heg, sb., see hig, sb.

hegel¹ [hēgəl, hɛgəl (hægəl)], sb., a tang, the part of a knife or other implement which is inserted into the handle; de h. o’ de knife. Also hekel [hækəl]: Du. occas. In the

same sense Fær. hekil, m., acc. to Svabo: the lower end of the sharp edge of a knife; also cock’s spur. Cf. No. hekel, m., a small flap; edge, Icel. haki and hækill, m., the outside edge of a thing. Cf. L.Sc. heckle.

hegel² [hēgəl], sb., thin, lean corn, a h. o’ corn. Du. See hekl, hekkel², sb.

hegl, hegel, vb., see hekl², vb.

heglabister [hɛg··labɩs·tər, heg··labɩs·tər], sb., a bony, tall, spare-grown fellow. Nmⁿ. (N.Roe). Br. The first part of the compd., hegla, may be No. hekel, m., a) a small flap; b) a tall, spare chap.

hegri¹ [hɛgri, hēgri], sb., 1) the heron. comm. 2) a tall, thin person; a tall, half-witted and somewhat rude person; a great h. o’ a fellow. Fe. In sense 2 also hagri [hāgri] (Fe.). — O.N. hegri, m., a heron. No. hegre, m., occas. a) a heron, occas. b) a person with a long neck, wide mouth and distended eyes, also an inconsiderate, noisy person.

hegri² [hēgri], sb., very thin, loose worsted; esp. in the expr. “hegri-worsed [‘worsted’]”. Y^h., De. Prob. to be referred to No. higr, n., something very insignificant, hikra, vb., to deal out in small portions. — Cf. henkl, sb.

hei [hæi], interj., ho! aha! esp. as a term of surprise. Fo. O.N. hej, interj., is found, used in a similar sense.

hek [hɛk, hæk], sb., a crutch. comm. Also with l-deriv.: hekel [hækəl] (Du.). O.N. hœkja, f., a crutch.

hek [hɛk, hæk], vb., 1) to walk jerkily, also to jump or hop on one leg; to geng hekin. N.I. (U.). 2) to halt, to geng hekin [hækɩn]. Fo. Doubtless to walk with a crutch (hek). Cf. hekl¹, vb.