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hún-lenzkr, a. Hunnish;
-megir, m. pl. = Húnar, Húnir.
húnn (-s, -ar), m. the knob at the top of the mast-head; draga segl við hún (í hún upp), vinda upp segl við húna, to hoist a sail to the top.
húnn (-s, -ar), m. (1) bear's cub; (2) urchin, boy (poet.).
húnskr, a. = húnlenzkr, hýnskr.
hús, n. house (leita nú um hvert h. á þeim bœ); pl. the group of buildings on a farm, = bær; taka hús (pl.) á e-m, to take a person by surprise in his house; at húsa baki, at the back of the houses.
húsa (að), v. to build houses, furnish with houses (Uni búsaði þar).
húsa-bœr, m. farmstead, farmhouses;
-kostr, m. lodgings, house-accommodation;         
-kot, n. cottage;
-kynni, n. pl. = -kostr;
-mót, n. pl. the joining of buildings;
-skipan, f arrangement of buildings;
-snotra,f an ornament on a gable-head or on a ship;
-topt, f. house walls (without the roof);
-umbœtr, f pl. house repairs;
-viðr, m. house-timber,
-vist, f. abode (hann tekr sér þar -vist).
hús-bak, n. back of the houses;
-bóndi, m. master of the house;
-brenna, f. house-burning, arson;
-búnatr, m. house furniture, esp. hangings, tapestry;
-búmingr, m. house furniture, esp. hangings, tapestry;
-dyrr, f. pl. house doors;
-endi, m. house end, gable;
-fastr, a. domiciled;
-freyja, f., (1) mistress of the house; (2) wife;
-frú, f. (1) mistress of the house; (2) wife;
-gafl, m. house-gable;
-ganga, f. 'house-walking' , visits;
-gangr, m. begging from house to house (fara á -gang);
-gumi, m. = -bóndi;
-göngull, a. making many visits;
-gørð, f. house-making.
húsi, m. case (skæra-húsi, scissor case).
hús-karl, m. (1) house-carle, manservant; (2) pl. the king's men, his body-guard.
húskarla-lið, n. body of house-carles.
hús-kona, f. housewife, lady of the house;
-kytja, f. hovel.
húsel, n. housel;
húsla (að), v. to housel, administer the Eucharist to one (var húslaðr ok dó síðan).
hús-mœnir, m. ridge of a house;
-prúðr, a.= hýbýla-prúðr;
-veggr, m. house wall;
-þekja. f. housethatch;
-þing, n. council, meeting (to which a king or chief summoned his people or guardsmen).
hvaðan, adv. (1) whence; þóttist engi vita, h. veðr var á, whence (from what quarter) the wind blew, meðan ek veit eigi vist, h. G. hinn ríki stendr at, as long as I know not what side G. takes; (2) from wheresoever; h. sem, from what place or source soever; hann siglir h. sem á cr, he sails, whatever wind may blow; h. æfa, from every side (þustu þá borgarmenn h. æfa at þeim); on all sides; hann vann svá, at h. aefa vóru á honum hendrnar, he worked as if he had hands all over him.
hval-föng, n. pl. stores of whale (blubber);
-gröf, f. whale pit (where blubber was kept);
-járn, n. harpoon ,        
-kaup, n. purchase of whale-blubber
-kálfr, m. young whale;
-koma, f. stranding of whales.
hvalr (-s, -ar, and -ir), m. whale; skera hval, to flense a whale.
hval-reit, f., stranding of whales;
-reki. m., stranding of whales;
-rekstr, m. stranding of whales;
-rif, n. whale's rib;
-saga, f. news of a whale.
hvals-auki, m. spermaceti.
hval-skurðr, m. flensing (cutting up) of a whale;
-skyti, m. whale harpooner.
hvammr (-s, -ar), m. grassy hollow or little vale (kaus hann sér bústað f hvammi einum).
hvann-njóli, m. angelica-stalk.
hvar, adv. (1) where, in or at what Place (h. vartu í nótt, eða h. er þitt heimili ?); h. skulu vit á leita? where shall we search?; (2) where, to what Place, whither (sé ek nú, h. sök horfir); (3) anywhere; hér framarr en h. annars staðar, here more than anywhere else; (4) in each Place (urðu þrjú þing í hverjum fjórðungi ok skyldu þingnautar eiga hvar saksóknir saman); hér ok h., here and there, now here now there; víðast h., in most Places, in most instances; h. sem, wherever (h. sem hann fór); (5) ever

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