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in the different senses of this word: a tapering height, a foreland; a corner, nook. — The form honn- in Shetland Norn is regularly developed; horn, on the other hand, with preserved rn, is prob. due to Eng. (L.Sc.) infl. See further under horn, sb., which is found preserved in Shetl. in a few special Norn meanings.

honnek² [hȯᶇək], sb., a disparaging term for a girl, esp. a slatternly girl. Fe. From Fe. is reported a pl. form honneks as poss. being an obsolete term for girl, sweetheart; “is it lang [‘long’] since du saw de honneks?” Prop. the same word as the preceding? honnek, (slatternly) girl, might be an old *hyrna (No. hyrna, f., horned animal, esp. sheep).

honngel [hɔn··gel·, håᶇ··gel·, hȯᶇ··gel· (hɔ̇ᶇ··-), -gɩl·], sb., the garfish, Belone, = No. horngjæla, f. The word is characteristic of S.Sh. (Du.). hɔngel (-gɩl): Du. See nebbet geddek.

honnin [hȯᶇɩn], sb., a sheep having woolly hair growing out of the tip of its horn. Yⁿ. O.N. hyrningr, m., horned animal. honnin, in the sense given, is doubtless an abbr. of *blohonnin (reported from Y^s. and Ai.) [*(bi-)loðhyrningr]; q.v.

honnina [hȯᶇ··ɩna·], interj., = hannana. Yⁿ.

honnklokk [hȯᶇ··klɔk· (hɔ̇ᶇ··-), -klåk·], sb., nasicornous beetle, Dynastes tityus or Oryctes nasicornis. Fe. hornklokk [hōr^ənklɔk, -klåk]: U.; N. Also hondiklokk [hȯᶇ··diklɔk· (hɔ̇ᶇdi-), hȯn··dᶎɩklɔk (hɔ̇ᶇ··dᶎɩ-), -klåk]: Nmⁿ. [hȯᶇdiklåk]; Y. [hȯᶇdi (hɔ̇ᶇdi)-], and Fe. occas. [hȯndᶎi (hɔ̇ᶇdᶎɩ)-], and hontiklokk [hȯ‘ᶇ··tiklåk·]: Yⁿ. honnklokk (hornklokk) is an old *horn-klokka or -klukka; cf. Fær. svartaklukka, f., ground-beetle, and Icel. brúnklukka, f., water-beetle. The forms hondi-

klokk, hontiklokk seem most prob. to spring from a *hyrnd klukka; O.N. hyrndr, adj., horned, having horns.

hons [hɔ‘ns, hå‘ns], vb., 1) to finger; grab; shake; to turn a thing about, esp. in searching for something; to rums and h. Du. [hɔ‘ns]. 2) to pilfer. Ai. [hå‘ns]. — No. handska, vb., to grab; shake; pull, Sw. dial. handska, vb., to catch.

honsl, honsel [hɔ‘nsəl], vb., (to finger) to turn a thing about, to search eagerly for something, to h. t’rough onyting, to h. for onyting. Deriv. of hons, vb., to which (sense 1) the word assimilates.

hontibak [hȯ‘ᶇ··tibak·], sb., a poor, hunchbacked person or animal. Y^{n., b}. Hardly directly from Eng. hunchback, sb.; see below hontj and hontl, vbs.

hontj [hȯ‘ᶇtᶊ], vb., to hobble; to saunter about without knowing what to do, to linger; to geng hontjin aboot. Uⁿ. Assimilates in meaning to No. hunta, vb., to saunter aimlessly, waiting for anything (huntra), from which the Shetl. word seems to spring, but, in its form, it is doubtless influenced by the cognate Eng. hunch, vb., in Shetl. pronounced “hȯ‘nᶊ, hȯ‘ᶇᶊ”. See hontibak, sb., and hontl, vb.

hontl, hontel [hȯ‘ᶇtəl], vb., to hobble, to walk with a bad carriage. Uⁿ., Y. (Y^{h., b}.). Mostly applied to a person of little physical strength; a hontlin body (Y^b.) = a bjakki or bjaki body. Deriv. of a *hont; see the two prec. words. Cf. No. hunta, vb., to saunter to and fro, and Sw. (N.Sw.) dial. huntä, hunt, vb., to jump heavily, esp. of bears (Ri.).

hontlet [hȯ‘ᶇtlət, hȯ‘ᶇtᶅət], adj., stumbling; weak; wanting strength, prop. applied to gait, mode of carriage; a piri h. body = a bjakki body. Uⁿ. Deriv. of hontl, vb.