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hipster [hipstər, hɩpstər]-cock, sb., a poor, ill-thriven cock. Du. Doubtless to be classed with No. hyp, m., a huddled-up weakling, etc.

hird [hɩrd, herd, hərd], vb., to keep; to bring into safety; to guard, esp. in foll. exprs.: a) to h. de corn, to bring the reaped corn into safety in the special enclosure, de corn-yard; cf. gordhird, vb.; b) to keep the home-field, de tun, clear of sheep or other animals, grazing in the out-field, to h. de tun (Fe.). to h. de sheep, to keep away the sheep from the home-field; to h. de kye, to tend the cows, keep them in their own pasture, away from those of the neighbour. — From Fe. is reported a parallel form hord [hȯrd] in sense of to keep, put aside. — O.N. hirða, vb., to mind, care for; to keep, to bring into safety (to secure hay or corn; to tend cattle). L.Sc. hird, vb., to herd, tend cattle.

hirdin [hɩrdɩn, herdɩn, hərdɩn]-bannock, sb., a harvest feast held on the occasion of the bringing-in of the corn. See hird, vb. (sense a). L.Sc. bannock, sb., a sort of cake.

hirm (hirmek), hirmel, sbs., see herm (hermek), hermel, sbs.

hirnek [hɩrnək, hernək], sb., 1) a corner; nook; also 2) a fragment; particle, partly in metaph. sense; every h. o’ de kin; “he left no [‘not’] a h. atween [‘between’] her and heaven”: he deprived her of everything. Nm., De. O.N. hyrna, f., and hyrni, n., a corner, angle. Cf. horni¹, sb., and hinnispott, sb.

hirs [hə‘rs] and hirsi [hə‘rsi], interj., a shout, used in chasing swine; away with you! N. Cf. Sw. dial. “hyss, hiss(a), huss”, likewise a shout, used in chasing away swine. See horsk, interj.

hirski [hə‘rski], adj., shivering with cold, having disagreeable fits

of chill; to feel h., to have fits of shivering. Conn. Prob. from an older *hiskri by metathesis of r. Cf. a) No. hiskra, vb., to shiver with cold, hisken, adj., of air, weather: causing fits of shivering, raw cold, and b) Shetl. hisin, adj. Note, however, Fær. irskra(st), vb., to shudder.

hirsl, hirsel [hə‘rsəl], vb., 1) to have fits of shivering; to tremble and draw oneself together from cold; to sit or stand hirslin wi’ cauld [‘cold’]. 2) to cause fits of shivering; hit [‘it’] hirseld upo me, it made me shudder. From the root *hir-. Cf. No. hira, vb., to mope, doze, to huddle up from cold, Sw. dial. hira, vb., to shiver from cold, Fær. irskra(st), vb., to shudder, and ill-hirsin, adj., out of sorts.

hirvek [hɩrvək, hervək] and hervek [hɛrvək (hærvək)], sb., the loon, great northern diver, colymbus glacialis. Fe. hirv- may have arisen by metathesis of *hivr- from an older *himr-, orig. himbr-. Cf. O.N. (Icel.) himbrin, n., No. imbre, m., and hymber, hymmer, f., Da. imber, immer, c., Ork. immer-goose and (L.Sc., Eng.) emmer-goose. — arvek [arvək], the name for another, much smaller sea-fowl, black with white breast: a species of duck (diving-duck)? (Yⁿ., Y^h.), is doubtless, in its origin, different from hirvek, hervek. — Inconclusive reports. arv- poss. through metathesis of *(h)avr- from No. havorre, m., a species of duck (occas. of various species: Aa., and R. in Suppl.).

†hisi [hi̇̄si, hɩsi], sb., powerful, visible action upon something; de corn is gotten [‘has got’] a h., the corn has shot up rapidly; de snaw is gotten a h., the snow (layer of snow on the earth, field) has almost disappeared. U. Cf. No. heisa, vb., of corn: to sprout too quickly, and heisen, adj., that displays or