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hamp,
hamp [hamp]
n. A stutter, stumble in speech. A limp.
v. To read aloud with difficulty or with many mispronunciations or hesitations. To limp or walk haltingly.
 
See habber
hamper, hampered, hamperit, hampert,
hamper [ˈhampər]
v. To hamper, hinder, cramp or confine.
pt. pp. hampert, hampered
haansh, hampsh, hamsh, hanch, hansh, haunch, haunsh, humpsh, humsh,
hanch [hanʃ, hamʃ]
also humpsh [hʌm(p)ʃ]
v. To snap, show the teeth, bite voraciously. To eat noisily, munch. Take for one's own use.
handsel, handselin, handsell, handsellin, handselt, hansel, hanselin, hansell, hanselled, hansellin, haunsel,
handsel [ˈha(ː)n(d)səl, ˈhɔːn(d)səl]
n. A good luck gift, celebrate with a gift, earnestmoney. A first instalment of payment. Money received for a first sale, taste or experience. A pre-work snack. A inauguration ceremony or gift.
v. To celebrate the first use of something.
pt. pp. handselt
 
Compounds and phrases etc.
 
handselin: A celebration with a good luck gift. The first instalment of payment. A first sale, taste or experience. An inauguration ceremony. Celebrating the first use of something.
half-hung-tee, hang, hanget, hangie, hangin, hangit, hangy, hauf-hung-tae, hauf-hung-tee, hung,
hang [haŋ]
hang
v. To hang as a form of execution. Fot other senses of hang see hing.
pt. hung
pp. hung [ˈhaŋɪt] adj. hangit In the sense of executionally hanged.
 
Compounds and phrases etc.
 
hangie: A hangman.
hangin [ˈhaŋɪn]: An executional hanging.
hangit-leukin: Having a dejected or guilty appearance. Shamefaced.
hauf-hung-tae: Irresponisible.
hank, hanker, hankit, hankle, hanks, hink, hinkid, hunkit,
hank [haŋk]
n. A loop or coil. A skein. Influence, control. Hesitation, delay.
v. To entangle, ensnare, constrict.
pt. pp. hankit adj. Fastened tightly, constricted.
 
hankle [haŋkl]
v. To fasten, to tie up tightly, entangle.
 
Compounds and phrases etc.
 
hanker: Hesitate, delay.
aank, ank, haank, hank,
hank [N. I. haːŋk]
n. The place on each side of a boat where the side-boards come together at the stem or the stern. The stem or stern compartment of a boat.
ansperr, ensper, hansfer, hansper, hensper, hensperr,
hansper [I.Sh. ˈ(h)anspɛr]
n. Pain or stiffness in the limbs after a long walk.
hantl, hantle, hantles, hauntle,
hantle [hantl]
n. A fair amount, a lot.
adj. Much, a good deal.
haap, haapp, haappeet, hap, hap$d, hap-lace, hap-nap, happ, happ$d, happed, happet, happid, happit, happock, hapt, hap-wairm, hap-warm, hap-yairn, hap-yarn, haup, weel-happit, weil-happit,
hap [hap]
n. A cover, wrap, shawl or plaid.
dim. happock [ˈhapək] A little hump usually covered in grass etc.
v. To cover, surround or enfold so as to shelter, shield or conceal anything. To wrap a garment etc. round a person, to wrap a person up in clothes, to clothe, dress, to tuck up in bed.
pt. pp. happit adj. Covered, wrapped, clothed. n. A cover.
 
Compounds and phrases etc.
 
hap in -up: To cover over.
hap-lace: The border of a knitted shawl.
hap-nap: adv. Hab-nab, at random.
hap-wairm: A warm wrap or covering.
hap-yairn: Yarn for knitting a hap.
ower-hap: A bed cover.
weel happit: Well covered up, well protected.

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