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hus² [hūs] and huz [hūz], vb., to lift a child up, and rock it to and fro, to make it stop crying. to h. a bairn, to h. a bairn op; h. him (de boy) op! U. *husa. No. hussa and hysja, vb., to rock, hysa, vb., to throw high up into the air; Icel. hossa, vb., to dandle; Sw. hyssa, vb., to throw (into the air), to rock, e.g. a child. The Shetl. form “hūz” indicates an old form with a single s.

husamilla [hus·amɩᶅ··a, -meᶅ··a, -məᶅ··a, hos·a-], adverbial phrase: “to geng h.”, to go from house to house, gathering news, gossip. Fairly common. Among other forms are reported: husamoll(j)a [hus·amȯᶅ··a] (L., Ai.) and husamolli [hus·amȯⁱll··i] (Sandw., Du., Conn.). An obsolete form with final n: -millan [mɩᶅan, meᶅan, məᶅan], reported by J. I. — Prop. among the houses; No. husamillom, husemillom, Fær. húsa midlun, from one house to another. Cf. O.N. ganga meðal húsa, to go from house to house, to go a-begging. See *milla, prep. and adv.

husbørd? [husbərd], sb., an uncultivated, grass-grown spot immediately in front of a farm, almost = tunwel. U^s. The first part of the compd. is hus, sb.; the second part is poss. brød, sb., with r transposed; O.N. braut, f., a road (cut out through rocks), Fær. breyt, f., partly = tún, n., in sense of courtyard.

husel [(hūsəl) hôsəl], sb., something of great circumference; a very large fish (esp. a large ling); a h. o’ a wife, a very big woman. Whⁿ. No. husul, m., a big, strong fellow (R.).

husfolk [husfɔk, *-fɔ‘lk], sb. (pl.), inmates of a house. *húsfólk.

hushad [hushad], sb., housekeeping, management of a house; No. hushald, Icel. and Fær. húshald, n. L.Sc. and Shetl. had, sb., = Eng. hold.

husi [hūsi], in the exclamation “h. op!” heave, ho! in dragging up a boat to the shed. Sa. Prob. a parallel form to hisi, hoisting, lifting up. As to the vowel-sound u, a possible merging with hus², vb., might be suggested.

husiskräimer [hus··iskräi·mər], sb., a creature sneaking about in a house to pick up something for food, esp. a hen. Br. The first part of the compd. is hus, sb.; the second part is a deriv. of skräim, No. skrima, vb., to appear dimly.

huska, sb., see *humska², sb.

huskis [huskɩs]-day, sb., day on which one is served with huska, *humska².

husl, husel [husəl, hosəl, hos^əl], sb., 1) a sighing, drying wind. Also hosl, hosel [hȯsəl: Y. occas.; hɔsəl: Esh., Nm^w.]. a h. o’ wind, a steady, drying breeze. (Esh.). 2) a person bustling about in a great hurry from one trifle to another, esp. inside the house. Sa. [hos^əl, ho^rs^əl]. See the foll. word.

husl, husel [husəl, hosəl, hos^əl], vb., 1) vb. n., to sigh; blow; whirl; of a drying wind; de wind will h. t’rough de strae [‘straw’] (Fe.). U.: hôsəl. 2) vb. a., to whirl something around or into the air; de wind huseld de sheaves aroond (Y^h.). From Y^h. is reported a parallel form hosl, hosel [hȯsəl). 3) vb. n., to rush around or away in a great hurry; to bustle about from one trifle to another; to be geng huslin; to be huslin for ever. Sa. [hosəl, ho^rsəl]. — l-deriv. of a *hus, vb. Cf. hoss (hosj), sb., and hoss¹ (hosj), vb., as well as No. hysja, vb., in sense of to stir up something, to put in disorder (of the wind, entangling the ears of corn in the field): R. No. husla, vb., is used somewhat diff., metaph.: to play the fool, to trifle, etc., but is prop.