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heimrost and heimrast, f., = Shetl. hemrost.

hems(e)t, adj., see hims(e)t, adj.

hemsket [hɛ‘mskət (hæ‘mskət)], adj., foolish; silly. O.N. heimskr, adj., foolish (like a stay-at-home). — The word is easily mingled with himset (hims, himst), adj., in sense 4 of that word. A form himsket [hə‘mskət] = himset is reported from Fo.

hemskor [hem··skȯr·], sb., a fishing-ground, skor², near the land, = inner skor. Fe.

hemvag, vb., see hanvag, vb.

hengs, hings [hɛ‘ŋs, he‘ŋs (hɩ‘ŋs)] and henks, hinks [hɛ‘ŋks, he‘ŋks (hɩ‘ŋks)], vb., to get to fit better; to place in a better position, esp. by drawing or pulling higher up; to h. op de troosers, to pull up the trousers; to h. op a burden (a kessi) on ane’s back, to push a burden (basket) higher up on the back in order to make it rest better. U. hengs is poss. to be referred to No. hamsa, vb., inter alia to put to rights, get a thing to fit, and hemsa, vb., inter alia to gather quickly, catch loosely; to grasp; snatch; fumble; hemsa seg, to tidy oneself; collect oneself; recover (hemsa seg upp). For the common change ms > ngs, nks in Shetl. Norn see Introd. V (also N.Spr. VII), § 38 c, and cf. moreover, e.g. fjunks, sb., = fjungs from *fums, flungs and flunks, vb., from *flumsa, as well as hungs (hunks), vb., trom *humsa. hungs (hunks), vb., is found in the same sense as hengs, hings. “ms” is preserved in humset = hungset, hunkset, adj. — Or might not hengs, hings rather be a mutated form, *hymsa, parallel to hungs from *humsa? hengs, in that case, is developed from hings. In support of this deduction can be cited

hims and hings, vb., to limp, = hungs (*hums), vb.

hengset, hingset [hɛ‘ŋsət, he‘ŋsət], adj., clumsy; ill-shaped. U. Edm.: hengsit. Poss. for *ill-hengset, as humset, hungset (hunkset) is often used in the same sense as ill-humset, ill-hungset (hunkset) = hengset. — *illa hamsaðr? or *hymsóttr? See hengs (hings), vb.

hengsi, hingsi [hɛ‘ŋsi, he‘ŋsi], sb., a clumsy, ill-shaped person. U. Edm.: hengsie. See hengs (hings), vb., and hengset (hingset), adj.

henk (hink) [hɛ‘ŋk, he‘ŋk], vb., partly to cut, partly to tear up the thin, poor corn difficult to reap, = hekk and hekl², vb.; to henk op corn (strøgins). Conn. [hɛ‘ŋk]. N. [he‘ŋk (hɛ‘ŋk)]. henkl [hɛ‘ŋkəl, he‘ŋkəl] and hjenkl [hje‘ŋkəl]: De., L. Cf. No. hanka, vb., in sense of to drag forward in jerks.

henki, sb., see hinki, sb.

henkl, henkel (hinkl, hinkel) [hɛ‘ŋkəl, he‘ŋkəl], sb., something thin, weak and loose, esp., a) thin, unevenly spun worsted; Y.; Fe.; b) slender, sparse corn on the field, t’in [‘thin’] h. o’ corn. Nm.; De.; L. In the latter sense also henklins (hinklins) [hɛ‘ŋklɩns, he‘ŋklɩns], pl., reported from Ai. Doubtless to be classed with No. hengla, vb., just barely to hold together, “henglande grannt”, so thin that it scarcely binds together (R.).

henkl¹, henkel [hɛ‘ŋkəl (hæ‘ŋkəl)], vb., a) to saunter, to geng henklin aboot; b) to hang on, to be at one’s heels, to geng henklin efter a lass. S.Sh. (Conn.; Du.). From an older *hengl. Prop. the same word as hankl², vb.; q.v. For henkl b cf. No. and Sw. (dial.) “hangla” in the same sense.

henkl², henkel [hɛ‘ŋkəl, hæ‘ŋkəl], vb., to coil; wind up; to form into loops or bights, e.g. a tether, a