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dek). — hordin is prob. *urðin, def. form of O.N. urð, f., (block of stone) a heap of large fragments of rock; see hord¹, sb. hordek is prob. formed from hord with added suffix -ek.

horek¹ [(hɔrək) hårək], sb., compartment in a boat, esp. in the stern. S.Sh. (Du.), Nm^w. (Esh.). In Esh. esp. the space between the hindmost knee-timber and the stern itself. Prop. the place where the side-planks are fitted to the stern. “de hole o’ de h.” the hindmost part of the keelson in the stern compartment (Esh.). horek is prob. the same word as No. hork, f., a band, handle, ring (osier ring), because hank and hoddek¹, prop., a handle, loop, are used in the same sense.

horek² [hɔrək], sb., a fissure, small cleft; a h. i’ de rock. Du. Poss. syn. with No. haara, f., chap in the skin.

horek³ [hōrək], sb., see horin, sb.

horem (hurem) [horəm] and horm, hurm [horm], sb., scaly pieces of skin adhering to the wool when plucked off the sheep. Also with dropped h: orem (urem) [orəm], orm, urm [orm]. Conn. In N.I. found in the form uram [ū·rām·]. — *hárhamr (hár, n., hair; hamr, m., pelt, skin). Icel. hárhamur, m., hairy skin (B.H.); No. haar(h)am, m., grain of leather; the outer hairy skin; Sw. dial. hårrema, f., grain of leather; Fær. hárrama, f., the root of the hair on a skin. The Shetl. forms of pronunciation with close, short o or long u presuppose most prob. a *hǫrhamr.

horin [hōrin], sb., sea-term, fishermen’s tabu-name for seal. N.I. Other forms are: a) horek [hōrək]: N.I. occas.; b) worin [wōrin, wɔrɩn], for *hworin: Fo.; c) jorin [jōrin, jorɩn, jɔrɩn], for *hjorin: Fo.; d) uriin

[ū··riɩn·] and urien [ū··riən·]: Wh., Sk. — Prop. the hairy one. An older *háringr (with dropped i-mutation) = hæringr, m., a hairy being. The seal is now also called “de hair-fish” in Shetl. fishermen’s tabu-lang. For the forms uriin, urien see the concluding remark under the preceding word.

horkl, horkel [hȯ‘rkəl], sb., commotion in the sea, esp. tide-race, waves going against one another; a h. i’ de sea. Nm^s. The word is most prob. to be referred to No. hurkla, vb., to roughen.

horkl, horkel [hɔ‘rkəl, hȯ‘rkəl], vb., to make a gurgling or rattling sound in the throat; to gurgle, rattle, hawk; a horklin soond [‘sound’]; to h. and tear ut o’ de trot [‘throat’]. N.I. hɔ‘rkəl: Fe. occas.; elsewhere more comm.: hȯ‘rkəl. No. harkla and hurkla, vb., to hawk, rattle, gurgle.

horkli [hȯ‘rkli] and horkali [hȯ‘r··kali·], adj., disagreeable; coarse; rough, of weather; h. wadder, weather too rough for boat-fishing (Fo.); a h. day (Fo.); he is h.-lookin’, a storm is expected (Yⁿ.). horkli: Fo. horkali: Yⁿ. Also with dropped h: orkli [ȯ‘rkli]: Fo. — No. hurklen and hurklutt (harkall and harklen), adj., rough; uneven. Cf. horkl, sb.

horl [hȯrl (hȯr^əl, hȯrəl)], sb., a) a humming or whirring sound; b) (distant) rushing or muffled, rolling sound of the sea; de h. o’ de sea; der’r [‘there is’] a h. i’ de sea. N.I. c) rattle, rattling sound; “der’r a h. at his breast”, applied to a person with a bad cold (Sa.). d) monotonous talk, nonsense (Du.). — *hurl from hurr; No. hurr, m., a dull, purring (humming, whirring) sound. No. hurla, vb., to whirl; hum; tattle; to speak monotonously and inanely.

horl [hȯrl, hȯr^əl (hȯrəl)], vb., to hum; whirl; to rush, to roll with a