See Wiktionary:Todo/Westrobothnian cleanup for more information.

From the root of hääng.

10 (preterite hanglä)

1. To trail someone, be persistent; show someone affection by approaching, but in an awkward way.

   Han hanglä ätt mäg, dilläs ji gatt giva ’nom hä’n enskäsä

   He pursued me, gave me no peace until I was compelled to give him what he insisted on.

2. To be dull and poor in health, walk wobbly due to or after illness.

   Han jär nu sä pass bättär, att’n kan gå å hangäl

   He is now so improved that he can get along.

• hangel

• hängäl

• IPA^(key): , , ,

10 f sg

1. her, hers, genitive singular of hu (she)

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10 n (definite singular hannhalle)

1. handle (e.g. on a bucket lid)

• grepa
• vred

10

1. (middle voice, intransitive, reciprocal) To test each other’s strength, wrestle.
2. (middle voice, intransitive, reciprocal) To compete for the ownership of something.

10 (preterite happlä)

1. To imitate in an awkward and clumsy way.

From Old Norse harka, harðka (“strength of body and mind”), from harðr (“hard”) ( > Westrobothnian hahl) + -ka.

10 f (definite harka)

1. excellence

   hä var harka dell kar

   that's an excellent man

• halk

• harkøt
• hörk

hark +‎ -ut

10

1. clever, able, skilful

• hark
• hörk

From Old Norse herri, herra, from Old Saxon hērro, from Old High German hēriro, hērro, the comparative form of hēr (“noble, venerable”) (German hehr), by analogy with Latin senior (“elder”).

• IPA^(key): ,

  Rhymes: -àrː, -æ̀rː

10 m

1. master, lord, ruler

• harrkar (“gentleman; good, excellent man”)
• harrstu (“hall”)

• öfwerhejt

From Old Norse hǫrr.

• IPA^(key): ,

  Rhymes: -árː, -ǽrː

10 m

1. grayling (Thymallus thymallus)

• hâssj, håls, hårsch

From Old Norse hals, from Proto-Germanic *halsaz.

• IPA^(key): , ,

  Rhymes: -ɒ́ʂː

10 m (definite harsn)

1. neck
2. throat

10 n (definite singular hasavarpä)

1. An unusual occurrence; a big risky venture, happy or unfortunate, dependent upon chance:
   1. A large catch (eg fish).
   2. A large loss, accident.

• brakakast

hat (“hate”) +‎ bån (“child”)

• IPA^(key): /²hɑːtɐ.bɑːɳ/ Template:gmq-bot-pronu-note

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1. A child that is especially subject to hatred.

From Old Norse hár, from Proto-Germanic *hauhaz (“high”).

10 (neuter haugt, comparative haugänä, superlative haugäst)

1. high

• haugsäng f
• högd

From Old Norse haugr, from Proto-Germanic *haugaz (“hill”).

10 m

1. pile

• höyk m

• hop m

• Rietz, Johan Ernst, “haug”, “haug”, in Svenskt dialektlexikon: ordbok öfver svenska allmogespråket (in Swedish), 1962 edition, Lund: C. W. K. Gleerups Förlag, published 1862–1867, page 247, 248

haug (“high”) +‎ säng, saingj (“bed”)

• (Burträsk) IPA^(key): /²hɞkːˌsæɪ̯ŋː/

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1. The upper bed of a bunk bed.

• höuk, häuk, heok

From Old Norse haukr, from Proto-Germanic *habukaz.

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1. Hawk.

In some varieties the term späning or spänning is preferred, with hauk only in compounds.

• Höukmark
• kårnmatahauk
• sparrhauk

• hæus
• höus

From Old Norse hauss, from Proto-Germanic *hausaz.

10 m

1. (anatomy) skull, head
2. pipe bowl
3. bend, hill

• (head): hovud, skååll
• (pipe head): piphaus

• IPA^(key): /haːv/

  Rhymes: -áːv

From Old Norse haf, from Proto-Germanic *habą, from Proto-Indo-European *keh₂p-.

10 n (definite havä, dative havän)

1. Sea, ocean between two lands.

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

10

1. imperative singular of hafwa
2. pes singular of hafwa

hav (“sea”) +‎ gas (“goose”)

• IPA^(key): /²ˈhäːvˌɡɑːs/ Template:gmq-bot-pronu-note

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1. greylag goose Anser anser

• witgas

hav (“sea”) +‎ stödu (“edge”)

• IPA^(key): /ˈhaːvˌstøːdœ/

10 f

1. The open area between the waterline and the forest.

hav (“sea”) +‎ tomt (“caretaking spirit”)

10 m (definite havtomtn)

1. (folklore) A friendly being that gives notice of good fishing weather, for example.

When you hear the havtomt closing firkins out in the shed you know that it is over with the fishing for the year.

From Old Norse halfr (“half”), from Proto-Germanic *halbaz.

• (singular):

  IPA^(key): , ,

  Rhymes: -ɒ́ɽv

  (a-o merger) Rhymes: -ɒ́ɽv, -ɑ́ɽv

• (plural):

  IPA^(key): , ,

  Rhymes: -ɒ̀ɽv

  (a-o merger) Rhymes: -ɒ̀ɽv, -ɑ̀ɽv

• (neuter):

  IPA^(key): , ,

  Rhymes: -ɒ́ʈː

  (a-o merger) Rhymes: -ɒ́ʈː, -ɑ́ʈː

10 (neuter hadht)

1. half

10 m

1. teenage boy

• glont
• haḷvtjävḷing

From haḷv (“half”) +‎ triri (“third”), northernmost form of tridi.

10

1. two and a half

• haḷv en ânn (“one and a half”)

From Old Norse þat n, from Proto-Germanic *þat (neuter of *sa (“that”)), from Proto-Indo-European *tód (neuter of *só (“that”)). Akin to English that.

• hä
• ä

• IPA^(key): , Template:gmq-bot-pronu-note

10 n (dative dy or di, genitive diss)

1. (demonstrative) that
2. (personal) it

10

1. that
2. as, when, simultaneously as

The prepositions å/a, fyri, i, ti, åt/at, wä/ve, fȯr, onna and unnär govern the accusative for direction, and dative for location or relation, while diss is used like the when comparing things.

Contraction of hȯrä or hvo.

10

1. how
2. what

From Old Norse hefja, from Proto-Germanic *habjaną.

• heva
• häva

10 (present he or hev or häv, preterite hov, supine hyvi or hevi or hävi)

1. put

• hebbär
• häbbär

From Old Norse herbergi.

10 n

1. Storehouse, granary.

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• hebersbotn
• hebersdör
• heberstjälar
• hebersvegg

• stabur
• stav

10

1. Alternative spelling of hääfft

From Old Norse hæra (“grey hair”).

10 f (definite hera, dative heern)

1. Matgrass (Nardus stricta).

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• herbakk m (“matgrass slope”)

From Old Norse hæll, from Proto-Germanic *hanhilaz.

he´hl m (definite singular he´hln, definite plural hēhlă)

1. (anatomy) heel

• hykkäl

From Old Norse hár (“oarlock”), whence also hå.

he´hl m (definite singular he´hln, definite plural hēhlă)

1. Wooden pins or round wooden sticks with heads, which are knocked into boats and other things.

   gjör mäg nager hehla

   make some wooden pins for me

From Old Norse herða, from Proto-Germanic *hardijaną.

hēhl

1. To harden, toughen, temper, tighten.

   hehl yxa

   to harden an axe

   hehl lȧssä

   to tighten the load

2. To endure.

   Han hälä ut ä rikti

   he endured it completely

   Han hälä heele vekun vä dy

   and thus he endured the whole week

3. To wait for something.

   Bara du kónn häl vä dy dill åt årä

   as long as you can wait for it till next year

   Du gjett häl änn en stónn

   you have to wait a while longer

• häl

• nu hehlä nä lȧssä

• haim, häim

From Old Norse heimr (dative heimi), from Proto-Germanic *haimaz. Akin to English home.

• IPA^(key): ,

  Rhymes: -èɪ̯ːm

hêim n (definite singular heime, dative heimen)

1. home
2. whereabouts
3. crop harvested near one's farm

From Old Norse heim.

• IPA^(key): ,

  Rhymes: -éɪ̯ːm

heim

1. home

   Jig går haim.

   I'm going home.

   Sko jö fåli de heim?

   Shall I follow you home?

From Old Norse heima.

• IPA^(key): ,

  Rhymes: -èɪ̯ːm

hêim

1. at home

   Han jär int haim.

   He is not home.

   Hvórs jär du haim?

   Where do you live?

   Ji vait int hódt’n jär heim.

   I know not whether he's home.

• Rietz, Johan Ernst, “heim, haim, häim”, “heim, haim”, in Svenskt dialektlexikon: ordbok öfver svenska allmogespråket (in Swedish), 1962 edition, Lund: C. W. K. Gleerups Förlag, published 1862–1867, page 250, 251

From Old Norse heiman.

10

1. from home

   jö fåor heima igar

   I left home yesterday

   ho fikk tvo kåo heima

   she got two cows from home

heiman +‎ fåli

10 n (definite heimafålje)

1. dowry

heeim (“home”) +‎ -li (“-y”)

10

1. home-loving; at home in general; homebody

hèir

1. Alternative spelling of hiir.

From Old Norse heitr, from Proto-Germanic *haitaz.

10

1. hot
2. eager

From Old Norse heita, from Proto-Germanic *haitaną.

hêit (present tense hêit, passive heites)

1. be called or named; have a name
2. invoke
3. swear, promise
4. (impersonal, passive voice) be thought to be

From Old Norse heiti, from heita (“to be named”).

hêit n

1. a name

• næmn n

• heljamess
• häljamess

Cognate to Jamtish hæłgjęmesse and Trøndersk heljamess.

• (Lövånger) IPA^(key): /²ˈhe̞ɽɡaˌme̞sː/

10 f (definite singular helgamessa)

1. (Christianity) All Saints' Day

• helgamessblia

hels’ (“health”) +‎ -laus (“-less”)

10

1. Healthless.

   Än fåur fräisk å feḷa å kåm hem såm en helsläusståkkar

   He left healthy and ready, and came home as a healthless wretch.

2. Who has hernia.

• helsläust (“hernia”)

Old Norse hentr

10

1. handy, skilful

• tåma

• trehent (“skilful with wood”)

• IPA^(key): /²heːrɐ/

10 f

1. definite nominative & accusative singular of heer

10 m

1. Alternative form of hära (“hare”)

10 m (definite singular heringjen, definite plural heringa)

1. late, large and barren (?) autumn herring

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10 (preterite & supine heta)

1. (intransitive) To radiate heat.

From häl (“shoulder”) +‎ tré (“wood.”) Cognate to Icelandic herðatré.

• (Kalix) IPA^(key): /²ˈheːɽˌtreː/

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1. coat hanger

From Old Norse híð and híði.

• IPA^(key): /hiː/ Template:gmq-bot-pronu-note
  • Rhymes: -íːð
  • (southernmost lects) Rhymes: -íː, -íːð
  • (í-ý merger) Rhymes: -íːð, -ýːð

10 n

1. lair (of an animal), sett (badgers)

• hi a
• higrän

10

1. to separate the blubber from the skin of a skinned seal

From hi (“den”) +‎ grän, gren (“spruce”). The first meaning is literal, the second appearing as a mis-calque of Swedish idegran, where ide- is interpreted as ide (“den”), but is actually id (“yew”), from Old Norse ýr (“yew”) with a collective suffix.

10 f

1. spruce with branches reaching down to the ground
2. yew

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• heir

Related to hirr. Cognate with Angermannic hirä.

10 (preterite hirä)

1. (impersonal) It twitches, runs through, shivers (the body or body part) or there is a sickly sense of or foreboding of dizziness, fainting, one turns giddy.

   Hä hir i tännren ― Pain runs through my teeth.

   Hä hirrä dill i króppom ― A shiver went through my body.

   Hä hèire i̯ne må̯gánn då I rann ne̯ä̯t bàkken ― I got a giddy feeling in my stomach as I went down the hill.

• IPA^(key): ,

  Rhymes: -ɪ̀lk, -èlk

10 f

1. headgear for women; women cap of plain weave, which are used in the summer against sunburn

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Related to jęll (“built structure”), from or related to Old Norse hjallr (“shed”). Cognate with Icelandic hilla, Swedish hylla.

10 f (definite singular hilla)

1. shelf

• fjahl

• (Umeå) IPA^(key):
• (Luleå) IPA^(key):
• (Överkalix) IPA^(key):

  Rhymes: -ìɲ̊t͡ɕ

10

1. hoist; especially water out of a well

10 m

1. well-crank
2. hoisting of water out of the well

From hiip (“to gasp”).

10

1. breathless
2. dismayed, amazed

Related to hiir.

10 (preterite hirrä)

1. To roll rapidly down, slip quickly and easily.
2. Said of the feeling one experiences at such occasions.

   Hä hirrä ti mäg ― A shiver ran through me.

• (sense 1) hurr

• heist, hest

From Old Norse hestr.

10 m

1. horse

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Derived from hit (“hither”).

10

1. on this side of

• hitaför
• hiteråm

• hitani
• hitera
• hitren

• hittend

From Old Norse hitta; compare Norwegian hitten with the same meaning.

• IPA^(key): , ,

  Rhymes: -ɪ̀tːɵ

10

1. Clever, cunning, inventive, witty.

Old Norse hjalmr (“cover”)

• IPA^(key): /jɑlː/ Template:gmq-bot-pronu-note

10 m

1. a kind of film or mesh, which at times has covered the rye sprouts, when the snow in the spring has thawed away

From older *hjolpa, from Old Norse hjalpa, from Proto-Germanic *helpaną, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱelb-, *ḱelp-. For the rounding preventing progressive palatalisation compare hjall, Jaggmark; similarly also jarn.

• IPA^(key): /²jɑɽp/, /²jɒɽp/, /²jɞɽp/, /ʂɞɽp/, /ʂiɞɽp/

10

1. to help

   du gjär no wällu som hjalp mäg

   You're probably good, who is helping me.

From older *hjolp, from Old Norse hjalp, hjǫlp, from Proto-Germanic *helpō, from the verb.

• IPA^(key): /jɑɽp/, /jɒɽp/, /jɞɽp/

10 f (definite singular hjalpa)

1. help

   rofft hjalpa

   cried for help

2. (fishing) the opening on the ice where the seine is pulled up; compare kast

From older *hjaðan, from Old Norse heðan.

• IPA^(key): ,

hjān

1. hence, herefrom, from here, away (from here)

• hjäda
• häda
• jea

• hjana (“hereafter, henceforth”)
• dahn (“thence”)

From Old Norse hjarta, from Proto-Germanic *hertô.

• IPA^(key): /²jɑʈː/ Template:gmq-bot-pronu-note

  Rhymes: -ɑ̀ʈʰː

10 f

1. (anatomy) heart

• IPA^(key): , , , , ,

10

1. yes

From Old Norse hjún, hjón.

• IPA^(key): , , Template:gmq-bot-pronu-note

  Rhymes: -ʉ́ːn

10 n (definite singular hjunä, definite plural hjuna)

1. person
2. member (of a collective)

• hjunslig

• Rietz, Johan Ernst, “hjun”, in Svenskt dialektlexikon: ordbok öfver svenska allmogespråket (in Swedish), 1962 edition, Lund: C. W. K. Gleerups Förlag, published 1862–1867, page 258

From Old Norse hjónaligr (“marital, connubial”); compare hjun and Norwegian hjunsleg, hjonsleg.

• IPA^(key): Template:gmq-bot-pronu-note

10

1. appropriate, suitable for another; said of betrothed or married couples who fit each other well

• ohjunslig

• hjärna
• hjanna
• hjenna
• hjen
• hin

From Old Norse hérna.

• IPA^(key): , , , , , ,

  Rhymes: -ɛ́nːɐ, -ɛ́rnɐ

10

1. here; at this place

10

1. this

   Hä ty ingenting i gålȯm hjänna.

   Nothing suffices in this estate.

• dänna

• hjer
• hjär
• hähjänna
• tykkenhjenna

• Rietz, Johan Ernst, “hjänna”, in Svenskt dialektlexikon: ordbok öfver svenska allmogespråket (in Swedish), 1962 edition, Lund: C. W. K. Gleerups Förlag, published 1862–1867, page 258

• IPA^(key): , Template:gmq-bot-pronu-note

  Rhymes: -óː, -òː

10 (preterite hjådd’, supine hjått)

1. To pant.

• hjåning

hjå +‎ -ning

10 f

1. breath, panting

• hljoomm

From Old Norse hljóma.

• IPA^(key): /²ɬœmː/

10 (preterite hljömmä)

1. (intransitive) resound, sound, make noise

• hljomm
• lymt

10

1. understand, make self-reflection

   Jag hofwes no hȯrä hä går dill.

   I understand enough, how it is done.

• hof

From Old Norse hungr, from Proto-Germanic *hungruz.

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1. Hunger.

   ję hæ da lidi a hongråm

   I have suffered from hunger

10

1. To hunger.

• hongru
• hångrøt

• säugänes
• sujen
• sylt

From Old Norse hóa.

10 (preterite hoe)

1. To shout.

• hååj
• roop

• IPA^(key): Template:gmq-bot-pronu-note

• Rhymes: -ʊ̀sk

10 (preterite & supine hoskä)

1. (intransitive) fribble, scramble

   Dóm hosk å slå sä il

   they fribble and mow badly

• haask

• IPA^(key): /huːt/,

  Rhymes: -úːt

Compare Icelandic hót, contraction of Old Norse hvat.

10 m

1. A whit, a bit.

   n litn hot

   a little bit, a little piece

Ablaut of Icelandic hvata (“to sting, jab,”) dialectal Norwegian hvæta (“to jab,”) and related to gwätt, wäti.

10 n (nominative & accusative definite singular hote)

1. A sting, pang.

   ja hav söm e hot ått brösten

   I feel a sting in my chest.

From Old Norse hón.

• IPA^(key): /hʉː/, /heʊ̯ː/, /hʊ/, /hœ/

10 (accusative na or hänner, dative hänner or henar, genitive hännars or henars)

1. she, it (third person singular, feminine)

Hu is used to refer not only to feminine persons, but any feminine noun.

• ho
• hon

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Compare Norwegian Nynorsk ho, hoe

• (Luleå) IPA^(key): /²heʊ̯ː/

10 f

1. female

From Old Norse húð, from Proto-Germanic *hūdiz, from Proto-Indo-European *kuHtis.

10 f

1. hide; pelt

• hy

10 (preterite huckrä)

1. neigh, of people and animals
2. cry, whimper

Onomatopoeic; compare huwa and Old Norse hú.

10 (preterite hukkrä)

1. To tremble from cold.
2. To neigh a little (of horses.)
3. To laugh on the sly.

• (tremble): huskäs
• (tremble): tjɑlm
• (tremble): tuttär

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hull +‎ åt

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1. Skinlessness in the mouth.

10

1. completely, entirely

10

1. quite near to, next to

hund +‎ eran

10 n

1. errand made up to get out among people

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1. The sand martin (Riparia riparia.)

• hus-sólv
• ler sólv

10

1. Alternative spelling of huskäs

• IPA^(key): /²hʉskɛs/, ,

  Rhymes: -ʉ̀skɛs, -ɛs

  (au-ú merger) Rhymes: -ɞ̀ɵ̯skɛs, -ʉ̀skɛs, -ɛs

10

1. (middle voice, intransitive) To shudder, shiver; disrelish.

• hurrväs
• hukkär
• tuttär

10 f

1. lodging, dwelling

From Old Norse húsa, from Proto-Germanic *hūsōną.

10 (preterite husä)

1. To build a house.
2. To house.

• http://runeberg.org/dialektl/0298.html

• hvana

From Old Norse hvaðan af.

10

1. from where; wherefrom; whence

   Hvarna wara ji? Hvarna kom ji?

   Where do you come from?

10 f

1. oscillation
2. crank, e.g. a saw-crank
3. urgent business, mess

   Kómma midt i veiva

   arrive in the middle of the mess or turmoil

• veiv

• hväiv
• gviv

10 (preterite hvelä)

1. (transitive) to roll together

10 m

1. something rolled together, folded

Compare Old Norse hvel n (“wheel”).

10 f

1. whirl, vortex

• werwill
• verhvell
• väderhvell

• Rietz, Johan Ernst, “Hvell”, in Svenskt dialektlexikon: ordbok öfver svenska allmogespråket (in Swedish), 1962 edition, Lund: C. W. K. Gleerups Förlag, published 1862–1867, page 270

• IPA^(key): /wiːl/, /wœʏ̯ːl/, /wɛɪ̯ːl/

10

1. well-rested

hvil +‎ struku

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1. A a piece of road the horse takes long to walk, or the time it takes the horse to walk such a road; either due to its heavy load or the road conditions, or weather.

• hwäin (Kalix)
• win (Umeå)

10 n (definite hvinä)

1. (biology) bird lek

• hvintjädar

• hviin

From Old Norse hvat, from Proto-Germanic *hwat, from Proto-Indo-European *kʷód, *kʷod.

10 n

1. what

10

1. what, how, why

   Hvo jär ä?

   What is it?

   Hvo sä?

   Why so?

   Hvo då?

   How?

• hvoda
• hvonni
• hvors

From Old Norse hverr (“who, each”), from Proto-Germanic *hwarjaz. For the masculine hvon compare Medelpadian hvandera (“each one,”) Norwegian kven (“who,”) Old Norse hvern.

• IPA^(key): /wɑːr/, /wuːr/, /woːr/

10 (masculine hvorn or hvon, neuter hvort, genitive hvors)

1. every, each

   hvors eins

   each one's

   Hvorn ein dag

   Every day

   Hvor evige käft / hvorn ivende ein / hvorn evigen ain

   Every person

   Hvor ain kara unner sin gryt

   Each seeks his own gain (proverb.)

• IPA^(key): /²ˈwɑrˌaːr/, /wur²ˈaːˌder/, /wor²ˈaːr/

10

1. (reciprocal pronoun) each other, one another

From Old Norse hvarn, hvern.

• IPA^(key): /wɑːɳ/, /wuːɳ/, /woɳː/

10 m

1. masculine singular of hvor

From Old Norse hvar + es. Compare Jamtish horst.

• IPA^(key): /wɑʂː/, /wuʂː/, /woʂː/, /buʂː/

10

1. where
2. whereto

• hvars
• hvórs
• hwars
• wors
• bors
• wårs

10

1. genitive singular of hvor

From Old Norse hvart, hvert.

• IPA^(key): /wɑʈː/, /wuʈː/, /woʈː/

10 n

1. neuter singular of hvor

10

1. Alternative form of hódt

10 (preterite hväivä)

1. (transitive) To swing, to wave.

   Han hväivä hattn högt ópp i värä

   He waved his hat high up in the air.

   Hväivä käppen kring hóvu

   swung the stick around the head

2. (transitive) To throw, to toss.

   Hväivä kull kalln midt å gólve

   threw over the old man in the middle of the floor

   Han vadht sä sinnt att ’n hväivä glasä ti spisom

   He became so angry that he threw the glass in the stove.

• hvaiv

• hveiv
• gviv

10

1. Alternative spelling of hwännes

• IPA^(key): /wɛrv/, /wœrv/

10 n

1. turn, revolution, a full circle
2. a full set of clothes

   Han fekk helä hvärvä

   He was dressed from head to foot.

3. wharf, shipyard

• hväärv
• hvärvom

From Old Norse hverfa.

• IPA^(key): /²wɛrv/

  Rhymes: -ɛ̀rʋ

10 (preterite hvärvä)

1. (transitive) To encircle a bear in its den.

• hvärv

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10

1. Alternative form of hvors

• weäl

From the *hwegla- of Old Norse hvél (“wheel.”) Related to weol, hvel, hvell, hiol.

10

1. To glance, sway with eyes here and there, around in the head.

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1. A sheep (front) earmark shaped like a circle or crescent.

• wel m
• weol n

From Old Norse hveim, dative of hvar, from Proto-Germanic *hwaz.

• IPA^(key): /we̞m/, /wɔm/, /bʊm/

10

1. (interrogative) who
2. (relative) who

• bom
• wom
• wåm

• hókken