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fishing-line; to h. de tedder [‘tether’], de line. Also hankl, hankel [ha‘ŋkəl, hä‘ŋkəl]. No. hanka, vb., inter alia to form into loops or bights; Eng. dial. hankle, vb., on the other hand, means to entangle, to twist. Cf. hank and henk, vbs. henkl3, henkel, vb., see hinkl1, vb. henkl4, henkel, vb., see hinkl2, vb. henklet [hɛ‘ŋklət, hæ‘ŋklət], adj., ill-shaped and having a bad carriage, limping; a h. body [‘person’]. Yh. Poss, a deriv. of *hangl-; see hanglin, sb., hankl2, vb., and henkli, sb., and cf. No. hengslutt, adj., having a bad carriage. On the other hand, there may be an association with hinkl2, hinkel, vb., as well as honkl, honkel, sb. and vb.; note the relation of meaning between a) hings, vb., and hingset, adj.; b) hungs, vb., and hungset (humset), adj. henkli [hɛ‘ŋkli], a long, ill-shaped fellow, a person with a bad carriage. Uyea, Nm. From *hangl- or *hengsl-? See the preceding word. henklin [hɛ‘ŋklin], sb., braces, esp. in pl.: henklins, braces. Un., m. Deriv. of hank? Is, however, more prob. the same word as Sw. hängsle, n., band or strap by which something is suspended, also braces. s might easily be dropped in the collocation “ngsl” in Shetl. Norn; cf. dropped s in the collocations ksl (Introd. V — also N.Spr. VII — § 38 g) and tsl (e.g. *watl, wattel from O.N. veitsla). nk frequently occurs as a development of ng; see hengs (hings), vb., and henkl1, vb. Examples given in Introd. V (also N.Spr. VII), § 31. henks (hinks), vb., see hengs, vb. hensperr [heᶇ·ᶊpær(r)··] and hensper [hæ‘nᶊpər, hæ‘ᶇᶊpər, henᶊpər], sb., stiffness in the limbs (Nm. and De.: hensperr; Fe. and Y.: hensper); see ansperr, sb. |
hent [hɛ‘nt, hæ‘nt], sb., a fetching; collecting; gleaning; raking; I’m [‘I have’] had me a h., I have been out, raking the hay (the grass, spread outfor drying) together. Fe. *heimt-. See hent1, vb. hent1 [hɛ‘nt, hæ‘nt], vb., to fetch, gather up and bring home; to pick up (h. and h. op), to h. lageds (lagets), to gather up and bring home tufts of wool, lageds, found on the hill, esp. when the sheep are shedding. to “h. in” peats, to fetch a small quantity of peats home from the peat-stacks (Fo.). to h. (h. in) taatis [‘potatoes’], to dig up a small quantity of potatoes. to geng hentin aboot, to go about gathering up trifles (Nm.). to h. de girs [‘grass’] aff o’ de “rig”, to rake together the grass spread on the ground for drying (Fe.). to h. de “rig”, a) to tear up weeds from a piece of field; b) to gather cow’s dung on a field (Y.; Fe.). to h. ower or t’rough [‘through’] de taatis, to go through the potatoes, picking up the best among them (Fe.). — O.N. heimta, vb., to fetch; bring home; No. hemta (heimta), vb., to gather; pluck; pick up. hent2 [hɛ‘nt, hæ‘nt], vb., to walk with a jerking or plunging motion. not comm. Edm.: hent. Poss. cognate with Da. dial. (Jut.) hemte, hemtre, vb., to raise with difficulty, hemt(r)e sig, to get up from one’s seat. Or cf.(?) Sw. dial. hunt(ä), vb., to jump heavily (like a bear). hentilaged [hɛ‘n··tilag·əd, hæ‘n··ti-], sb., a tuft of sheep’s wool (laged) found on the hill and brought home. Also hentilaget [-lag·ət] and hentilag [-lag·]. *heimti-lagðr. See hent1, vb. (to hent lageds), and lag(e)d, sb. hentin [hɛ‘ntin, hæ‘ntin], sb., partly a) = hent, sb., partly b) something gleaned or raked together, esp. raked |
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