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hjalpinsten, sb., see hjelpersten and hjolpinsten.

hjams, hjamst, adj., odd; foolish; see further hims(t), himset, adj.

hjegel, hjigel [hjegəl, hjɩgəl] and hjigelti [hjɩg··əlti·], sb., hard stone, quartz, esp. in a soft species of stone. Also in forms with dropped initial h: jegel, jigel [jegəl, jɩgəl], jigelti [jɩg··əlti·]. N.I. (h)jigelti is reported from Y^h.; elsewhere more comm.: (h)jegel, (h)jigel. From Uⁿ. is reported a form hjogel, hjugel [hjogəl] besides (h)jegel, (h)jigel. sjoggersten [ᶊȯg··ərsten·] (Esh., Nm^w.) from an older *hjogelsten with change of hj > sj, though hj here is not the original form (cf. sjela, sb., from O.N. héla). — O.N. hégeitill, m., hard stone, white or light grey quartz.

hjelpersten [hjɛ‘l··pərsten·], hjelpinsten [hjɛ‘l··pɩnsten·] and hjilpersten [hjɩ‘l··pərsten·], sb., a flat stone, lintel-stone, at the top in the mouth of a kiln, the innermost edge of which projects into the kiln space, protecting the corn, spread on laths, from the fire in the kiln. Conn, (hjelper- and hjilpersten). Nm^w. (Esh.) and U^wg. (hjelpinsten). — Other cognate forms are hjalpinsten [hja‘l··pɩnsten·] (Wh.; L.), jalpinsten (Wests. and Du. occas. (Ireland)) and jalpersten [ja‘l··pərsten·] (Fo. occas.). — From *hylpr? prop. knot; hump? For the supposed etymology of the word see further under hjolpinsten, sb.

hjema, hjemelt, sb., see *hema, hemelt, sb.

*hjemis-place, see bøl, sb. 2.

hjems, adj., see hims(t), himset, adj.

hjenkl, hjenkel, vb., see henkl.

hjigl, hjigel [hjɩgəl], vb., to cut with a blunt knife, see further sjagl² and jigl, vbs.

hjimmelsferd, sb., see himmelsferd.

hjimp [hjɩ‘mp], vb., 1) in boat-fishing: to haul up the fishing-line with quick, short jerks; a hjimpin (jerky, unsteady) way to hail [‘haul’] (Uⁿ.); to pull up the line a few fathoms when it has reached the sea-bottom, in order to prevent it from sticking fast there. Y^{h., n}.; U^wg. hjump [hjo‘mp]: U^mo. The fathoms, which a line is pulled up in this way, are called “de hjimpin (hjumpin) fadoms”. Occas. the same expr. is used, applied to the fathoms of line hastily given out, preventing a big fish, esp. a halibut, which has taken the bait, from running with the whole length of line and breaking it; “gi’e de fish de hjimpin fadoms!” U^s. Cf. the expr. “rosin fadoms” under ros, vb. 2) to draw a straw or (in later times) the back of the blade of a razor up and down the incisions (bens; see ben, sb.) made by the point of a knife on an injured part of the body, esp. the leg, to make the blood flow and keep the wound open; to h. ower de bens (the incisions); to h. de leg. Y^h. hjump [hjo‘mp]: U^mo. — From an older *himp, the root of which is cognate with hims (see hims, sb. and vb., hims(t), himset, adj.), and denotes quick movement. Cf. also the foll. adj., hjimp(et). — For hjimp, vb., a form kimp, vb., q.v., is used in Uⁿ. in both senses.

hjimp [hjɩ‘mp, hjə‘mp] and hjimpet [hjɩ‘mpət], adj., 1) that speaks abruptly, giving short answers; a hjimp person. U^s. 2) half-insane; wrong in the mind; h.-lookin’. U^{n., wg}. Really prob. with queer, sudden movements (jerks) and whims, from an older *himp(et); see further under hims(t), himset, adj., which is used occas. in same sense, and with the