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tail, see Introd., Fragments, nursery rhymes; b) kwart, which is an acc. sing. form in neut., reported in the phrase “flitin [flitɩn] uppo kwart ura [ūra]”, of sheep: roaming about on every hill-top (from hill-top to hill-top in the out-field): *uppá hvert øyra? — O.N. hvarr = hverr, as a pron. indef., every, each, any.

hwar [hwār], adv. 1) interrogative: where; also whither. 2) rel.: where, (there) where, (to) where. — h. till, h. tø [‘to’], a) whither, where; b) for what, to what purpose, why (Nm.). On. Wests., etc.: kwar [kwār]. — O.N. hvar, adv., where, whither.

hwarf, vb., to turn (turn hay), see hwerf, vb.

hwark [hwa‘rk, hwä‘rk], sb., the throat; narrow pass, see kwark, sb.

hwarkibos, -pos [hwa‘r··kɩbȯs· (-pȯs·), hwä‘r··ki-], sb., a swelling in the throat, see kwerkapus, sb.

hwarl [hwarl, hwarəl], sb., a whirl, something circular, esp. 1) hairs growing in a circle on the centre of the crown, de h. o’ de croon [‘crown’]. 2) the fly of a spinning-wheel. 3) = hwarlibrøni. Also kwarl [kwarl, kwarəl]: Wests. etc. — For *hwarvel. With hwarl 1 cf. No. kvervel, m., whirlpool; hairs growing in a circle; the crown of the head, etc., and“ kvarvil”, m., given by R. as a parallel form to “kvervel” (O.N. hvirfill, m., a circle; ring; crown of the head). hwarl 2 is L.Sc. “whorle” in the same sense.

hwarlibrøni [hwār··librøn·i], sb., a round barley- or oat-cake (brøni) with a hole in the middle. Reported from St. both with hw and kw: kwarli [kwārli]-b. Prob. by comparison with the fly of a spindle or of a spinning-wheel. See hwarl, sb.

hwarm [hwarm], sb., the frame of the eyelids encircling the eyes, the rim of the eyelids. Often in a restricted sense: a) the inner rim of

the one eyelid; thus in Conn.; de upper kwarm [kwarm] and de lower kwarm; b) the lower eyelid in contrast to the upper one (de ee-lid); c) the corner of the eye, de h. o’ de ee. From Conn. is reported in this sense “de fore-kwarm” of the inner, and “de back-kwarm” of the outer corner of the eye. Easts. and N.I.: hwarm. Wests., etc. kwarm [kwarm]. From Nm^w. are reported the forms of pronunciation: “χwarm” and “k‘warm”, de h. (kwarm) o’ de ee-lid. — O.N. hvarmr, m., the eyelid. No. kvarm, m., a) a frame, window-frame; b) the rim of the eyelid (augnekvarm); Fær. kvarmur, m., = No. kvarm b. — The phrase “de hwarm o’ de foot” (S.Sh. occas.) in the same sense as “de kwerk (kwark, hwark) o’ de foot”, is doubtless due to a mingling with hwamm and hwark.

hwarp, sb. and vb., see hwarv, sb., and hwerf, vb.

*hwart, *kwart, pron. indef. in neut., see *hwar, pron.

hwarv, sb., swath of hay, = skori². Noted down on Wests. (Sa.) in the form kwarv [kwarv]. Another form hwarp [hwa‘rp]. is reported (Ai^e.?). — *hvarf. No. kvarv, n., inter alia, a layer of hay spread out. See further, hwerf, vb.

hwarv¹ [hwarv], vb., to move quickly, to sweep along, to geng hwarvin; to work at high speed, to geng hwarvin t’rough de wark, de shearin’ o’ de corn, to go very quickly through the work, the reaping of the corn. L. O.N. hvarfa, vb., to move (to and fro), to be in (unsteady) motion. hwarv, however, might also be the same word as the foll., and to be classed with hwerf, vb.; q.v.

hwarv² [hwarv, hwärv], vb., (to turn) to turn or rake hay; see further under hwerf, vb.