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anger, Icel. hermsl, n., sorrow; complaint. See herms, sb.

helmabung, see bung², sb.

help-rep [hæ‘lp··rep·], sb., a rope tied around a transport-basket, kessi, by which the latter is fixed to the pack-saddle, de klibber, in transport on horseback. Nm^w. Prop. “help-rope”.

hels [hæ‘ls (hɛ‘ls)], vb., 1) to talk kindly to someone; to receive one kindly, almost = fen, “fain”, vb.; to h. a man (Wests.: hæ‘ls); he was no weel [‘not well’] helst, he was not well received or treated (U.: hæ‘ls); he is no ill helst he will be well (not ill) received (Fe.: hɛ‘ls). 2) to greet someone kindly; to h. ane (a body). 3) to entertain kind feelings for someone, to feel sympathy for, to h. a body; esp. negatively: dey did no [‘not’] h. him (U.). 4) to agree; harmonize, to h. or “h. weel [‘well’]”; dey dø no [‘do not’] h. weel (dey h. ill), they do not agree with each other. Uⁿ. [hæ‘ls]. — A form helsk [hæ‘lsk] is reported from N., to helsk ane, to wish someone good luck, good health. — O.N. heilsa, vb., to wish one good luck, to greet one. — In sense 4, hels prob. springs from the reflexive form “heilsask”, prop. to greet each other (one another).

helset [hɛ‘lsət, he‘lsət, hə‘lsət], adj., wild; silly; unruly; full of foolish tricks; a h. bein’. U. [hɛ‘lsət, he‘lsət]. Nmⁿ. (N.Roe) [hə‘lsət]. The word may stand for an older *ølset and be associated with No. ølen, adj., full of drollery, ølsla, f., frolicsomeness; wildness; foolish tricks; or (with ref. to the oft recurring change of r and l in Shetl. Norn) be derived from *œr-, denoting frenzy, madness. In the latter case either for *herslet, *erslet from *œrsl- (O.N. œrsl, n. pl., and œrsla, f., frenzy, madness, No. ørslen, adj.,

bewildered) or for *(h)erset, *(h)ersket (No. ørsk and ørsken, adj., bewildered, wild). — helsket [hə‘lskət] (Fe., Sa.?), which might be derived from *œrsk-, is a more rare parallel form to helset. Cf. helska, sb.

helsin [hæ‘lsin, hæ‘lsɩn], sb., congratulation; kind address or welcome; to get a guid [‘good’] h., to get a kind welcome; to gi’e ane a guid h.; often ironically (Ai.; Sa.). Also helskin [hæ‘lskin] and (more rarely) helstin [hæ‘lstin]; the latter form is reported from Ai. (W.Burr.). In U. helsin and helskin [hæ‘lskin, hæ‘ᶅᶊkin] are often used in sense of: a) a good thrashing; de dog is [‘has’] gotten his h.; b) injured health; a very bad cold, etc.; du ’s gotten dy h. de night [‘to-night’]. — O.N. heilsan, f., a greeting, salutation; congratulation. hels(k)in, in the latter given sense (injured health, cold), may also contain such word as O.N. helsótt, f., fatal sickness (cf. the use of the word bani, sb., in Shetl.), or be a compd. with heilsa, f., health, as the first part (cf. No. helseknekk, m., injured health). — Cf. *hjolsa, *hjolskin, sb.

helska, hä(i)lska [hä‘ᶅᶊka, häi‘lska], sb., silly wildness or mirth; fit of reckless wantonness; he ’s gotten de h. Sa. May stand for an older *ølska (cf. No. ølsla, f., frolicsomeness; wildness; drollery) or be an orig. *œrska, f. (cf. No. ørska, f., bewilderment; senselessness).

helsket, adj., see helset, adj.

helur [hɛl·ūr·, hɛlūr· (hɛlô^ər·)], sb., properly a confused, dull or sleepy state, now esp. a) fretfulness, peevishness, sometimes also b) a slight indisposition, accompanied by depressed or peevish frame of mind; to be i’ de h., to lie i’ (op i’) de h., α) to be fretful, peevish; β) to be indisposed and depressed. Also hälur [hälū^ər·]. Y^h. — No. helorar,