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fied air (Uⁿ.: hwɩ‘ŋk), to h. aroond; — to geng hwinkin, to walk in a swaggering manner (S.Sh.: hwe‘ŋk, hwə‘ŋk). — to shrug one’s shoulders (Y^h.: hwə‘ŋk). — to look round with a smile or restrained laughter, to sit hwinkin [hwɩ‘ŋkɩn]. Fe. and Y. — to grin foolishly, making faces, and turning round with jerks of the head, to sit hwinkin. N.Roe, Nmⁿ. [hwe‘ŋk]. — Prob. an original *hvimka, deriv. of *hvim-, of quick, unsteady motion. See further under hwems, vb.

hwinsi [hwɩ‘nsi], sb., a pilferer, a nimble thief. Esh., Nm^w. — O.N. hvinnska f., petty theft, hvinnskr, adj., thievish, inclined to pilfer, Icel. hvinn, m., a thief. — hwinsi is doubtless an adjectival form (nimble in carrying out a theft).

hwipp [hwəp], sb., a whipper-snapper, one who is easy to master, a piri (little) h. o’ a ting. Nmⁿ. (N.Roe). Prob. from *wipp with prefixed h; cf. the foll. word. — No. vipp, m., a nimble person. Cf. Da. vippe, vb., to throw lightly into the air, or to tip over, and “vip” in “spirrevip”, a whipper-snapper, No. vippa, vb., to fidget; bob up and down; to swing (Icel. vípurligur, adj., slender, small).

hwippek [hwɩpək, hwepək] and hwuppek [hwopək (hwɔpək)], sb., a short fishing-rod, see vippek, sb.

hwirel, hwirl, [hwɩrəl, hwerəl, hwərəl], sb., a twirl, a disk, esp.: 1) barley- or oat-cake, brøni, having a hole in the middle, for children to play with; also called hwirlibrøni [hwɩr··librøn·i] (Du.); = hwarl and hwarlibrøni, sbs. 2) hairs growing in a circle on the centre of the crown; the crown of the head, esp. the central point, de h. on de head, de h. o’ de croon [‘crown’], = hwarl 1. In this sense a more original form kwirfil (kwɩ‘rfɩl] is

reported from Conn., de kw. o’ de croon, from *hwirfil. — O.N. hvirfill, m., a) a circle; ring; b) hairs growing in a circle on the centre of the crown; the crown of the head. — In other senses, such as tidal eddy, whirlwind, Shetl. hwirel, hwirl, has doubtless arisen from an original hvirfill, but has assimilated to Eng. whirl, sb.

hwirfil, sb., see hwirel, sb.

hwiriakses, sb. pl., see kwiriakses.

hwirlek [hwɩrlək, hwerlək, hwərlək], sb., something closely entangled or bundled together, a tangled knot. Deriv. of hwir(e)l, sb.

hwirlibrøni, sb., = hwirel, hwirl, sb. 1.

hwirm, vb., see hwerm², vb.

hwis [hwɩs (hwɩz), hwi̇̄s], vb., 1) to whisper, speak in a low voice; in this original sense noted down in Fo. in the form kwis [kwɩs]. 2) vb. a., to try in confidence (in low conversation) to extort secrets from a person, to h. a body [‘person’]. Uⁿ. [hwɩs (hwɩz)]; Y^h. [hwi̇̄s]. — *hvisa or kvisa. Sw. dial. hvisa, vb., to whisper; No. kvisa and “veesa”, vb., to whisper, to tattle in a low voice; O.N. kvisa, vb., to whisper, Icel. kvisa, vb., to whisper about something, to spread a false rumour. — The form “hwɩz” has prob. arisen through influence of Eng. whizz, vb., and poss. also of quiz, vb.

hwisl, hwisel [(hwɩsəl) hwesəl (hwəsəl)], sb., a strong (whistling) wind, a h. o’ wind. Also (Wests.) kwisl, kwisel [(kwɩsəl) kwesəl]. See hwisl, vb.

hwisl, hwisel [(hwɩsəl) hwesəl (hwəsəl)], vb., of wind: to begin to blow (stronger), increase in strength, rise, to h. op: he is hwislin op, it begins to blow, the wind is gradually increasing. Also kwisl, kwisel [(kwɩsel) kwesəl], to kw. op: Wests.