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hom, höm, home, homeen, homin, hömin, hømin, hoomin, huen, huen, huim, huimin, huimsk, huimsket, huimskit, hum, hümeen, hümen, humin, hümin, hümmin, humset, humsket, huumin,
huim [I. høm, hʌm]
also huimsk [hømsk, hʌmsk]
n. Twilight, dusk. An overcast or cloudy sky, a haze.
v. To become dark, to grow dusk.
pt. pp. huimskit adj. Hazy, overcast, dusk.
 
Compounds and phrases etc.
 
huimin: Twilight, dusk.
baak_heuns, bauk-huins, heun, heuns, høn, høns, hoon, hoons, huin, huins, hune, hunes,
huin [I.Sh. høn, hun]
n. The projection at the top of a mast which prevents the shrouds from slipping and which is pierced by the hole through which the halyards run. A wooden handle.
pl. huins The ridge.
 
Compounds and phrases etc.
 
bauk-huins: Out of sorts, offended.
on the huins: On the lookout.
heup, hoop, huip, hupe,
huip [høp, hyp, C. U. hɪp, N. hip]
n. A hoop.
haird, heerd, heurd, hoord, huird, huirrd,
huird [S. høːrd, C. heːrd, MN. huːrd]
n. A hoard.
v. To hoard.
 
Compounds and phrases etc.
 
huirder: A person who hoards.
hairiken, heerican, herrikan, huirican, hurrikan,
huirican [ˈhøːrɪkən, C. ˈheːrɪkən, MN. ˈhiːrɪkən]
n. A hurricane.
hoove, hooved, hoovin, huive, huived, huivin, huivv, huivved, huivvin,
huive [høːv]
v. S. To remain, stay. To cease, desist, forbear.
pt. pp. huived
 
Compounds and phrases etc.
 
huivin: Cesing, desisting.
 
See also hover.
haevie, heavie, heevie, hoovie, houvie, hövi, huivi, huivie, huivy, huvie, huvvy,
huivie [NN. hiːvi, I. høvi]
n. A basket woven from plaited straw or dried stalks of the dock.
huglie, hulch, huldge, huldgie, hulge, hulgie,
huldge [ˈhʌldʒ]
v. MN. To crouch, to hunch oneself up with cold or discomfort.
 
Compounds and phrases etc.
 
huldgie: MN. Haivng a hump or hump backed.
heelabalow, hilliebuloo, hullaballo, hullabaloo, whillaballoo, whillybaloo, whulaballo, whullabulloo,
hullabaloo [ˈhʌləˈbəluː]
n. An uproar, a clamour, a noisy disturbance.
huller, hullerie, hullery,
huller [ˈhʌlər]
n. S. A raw mist.
 
hullerie [ˈhʌlərɪ]
adj. Raw, damp, cold weather.
n. S. A hen with its feathers fluffed out to keep warm.

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