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[O.N. hverfa], and for the vowel u (o) cf. hwupp from hwepp, vb., hwums from hwims. hwuml is also L.Sc.; Jam.: quhemle, whommel, whummil, vb., to turn upside down; but otherwise the word in Shetl. Norn is regularly developed from O.N. hvelfa. With the form kuml from *kulm, *kolm, cf. No. kolva, kolve, vb., = kvelva, to turn a. hollow object bottom up, etc.

hwumlins [hwomlɩns], hwumblins [hwomblɩns], sb. pl., small tidal branches (Yⁿ.); see further swim(b)lins, sb. pl. (under swiml, sb.).

hwumper [hwo‘mpər], sb., a low sound, a cursory remark, murmur; esp. negatively: no [‘not’] a h., not the least disturbing sound or remark, not a murmur; I never heard a h. — kwumper [kwo‘mpər]: Wests. (Fo.). — hwumper prob. for *humper, with dropped i-mutation, from *hympr, orig. *ympr. See the foll. word, and imper, sb. and vb.

hwumper [hwo‘mpər], vb., 1) vb. n., to produce a low sound, to make a slight remark, to murmur; esp. negatively: he did no [‘not’] h.; dø no [‘do not’] h.! never h.! kwumper [kwo‘mpər]: Wests. (Fo.). 2) vb. a., to hush, to cause to keep quiet; he hwumperd her (Yⁿ.). — hwumper prob. for *humper with dropped i-mutation from an older *hympra = *ympra; Icel. ympra, vb., to begin to mention, to touch upon (slightly). See imper, vb.

hwums [hwo‘ms], sb., bustle, quick or restless movement of the body; der’r a h. upon him, a) he is turning and twisting himself; b) he is passing quickly by without a greeting (L.); c) he is touchy or dissatisfied (prop. he makes quick, impatient movements). I saw de h. o’ him, I saw him as he passed by quickly or disappeared (Fe^w.). Wests. occas., Conn., etc.: kwums

[kwo‘ms]. de kwums is on him, he is peevish and dissatisfied (Conn.). — *hvims. See hwems (hwims), sb.

hwums [hwo‘ms], vb., to bustle, to make quick and restless movements in turning andjumping about. Easts. and Du. kwums [kwo‘ms]: Wests., Nm^w. occas., De^w., C. to geng hwumsin aboot, to move quickly and restlessly about making turns and leaps. to kwums aboot, aroond, to turn suddenly in looking round (Conn.); what is du kwumsin aboot? he guid [‘went’] hwumsin by, he twisted himself about in passing by (N.Roe). — to h. by (past), to pass quickly by (without a greeting); he hwumst by or past me (L.). — to pass hastily out of sight; he hwumst ut o’ my sight (Fe^w.). — *hvimsa. See hwems (hwims), vb.

hwumset [hwo‘msət], hwumsket [hwo‘mskət], hwumst [hwo‘mst], adj., 1) making sudden, eccentric movements in turning the head or body; occas. also short-spoken, giving evasive answers. 2) not right in the head; bewildered; slightly mad; a h. body, a h. fool [føl]. The form hwumsket is reported from L.; elsewhere more comm. hwumset and esp. hwumst. Wests., Nm^w., De^w., Conn.: kwumst [kwo‘mst] and kwumset [kwo‘msət]; a kwumst fool. U.: hwumst and hwomst [hwɔ‘mst]. Fe^w.: hwums [hwo‘ms]; “like a h. ting”. — *hvims-. See hwemst (hwimst), adj. With the form hwumsket cf. esp. Sw. dial. hvimsk, adj., bewildered. A form kwums [kwo‘ms] from Uⁿ. (Norwick) is more prob. another word, as original hv is otherwise preserved as hw in Uⁿ.; see kims, kimset, adj.

hwupp, vb., see hwepp (hwipp), vb.

hwuppek [hwopək], sb., a short fishing-rod. hwoppek [hwɔpək] and