HAMMALD, _adj._ domestic. Douglas, II, 26, 7. O.N. _heimoll_, _heimill_, domestic, O. Sw. _hemoll_, Norse _heimholt_. Excrescent _d_ after _l_ quite common in Scand. and appears in Sco. in a few words. See _fald_. HANK, _sb._ thread as it comes from the measuring reel, a coil of thread. Burns, 584. See Skeat. Cu. _hankle_, to entangle, is probably the same word. HANSEL, _sb._ gift. O.N. _handsal_. Bruce, V, 120, _hansell_ used ironically means "defeat." See Skeat. HARN, _sb._ brain. O.N. _hjarni_, brain, O. Dan. _hiærnę_, Norse _hjarne_, Dan. _hjerne_, O. Sw. _hiärne, härne_. HARSK, _adj._ harsh, cruel. Wyntoun, IX, 1, 27; Douglas, II, 208, 17. O.N. *_harsk_, bitter, as proved by Shetland, _ask_, _hask_, _hosk_, and Norse _hersk_. Cp. Dan. _harsk_. O. Ic. _herstr_, bitter, hard, severe, is probably the same word, _st_ to _sk_. Cp. Cu. _hask weather_, dry weather. Shetland, _hoski wadder_, dry and windy weather (Jakobson, p. 68). Dan. dial. _harsk_, bitter, dry. For dropping of _r_, as in the Shetland form, cp. _kask_, from _karsk_, in "Havelok," cited in Skeat's list. HARSKNESS, _sb._ harshness. Dunbar, 104, 19. See _harsk_. HARTH, _adj._ hard. Dunbar, F., 181; O.N. _harðr_, Norse _har(d)_, Dan. _haar(d)_, hard. HAUGH, _sb._ a hill, a knoll. O.N. _haugr_, a hill, Norse _haug_, Old Gutnic _haugr_, Cu. _howe_. The O. Sw. _högher_, O. Dan. _hög_, _höw_, Dan. _höi_, Shetland _hjog_, _hög_, show later monophthongation. Cp. M.E. _houȝ_, _hogh_. HAVER-MEAL, _sb._ oat-meal. Burns, 187, 32, 1. Cp. Norse, _havremjöl_, O.N. _hafrmjöl_, Dan. _havre meel_. The first element of the compound is used especially in Scand. settlements in England and is probably due to Scand. influence. An O.S. _hafore_ exists, but if our word is native, it ought to be distributed in South Eng. diall. as well. The second element of the compound may be Eng. HAYND, _sb._ Douglas, III, 119, 6. See _aynd_. HEID, _sb._ brightness. Rolland, I, 122. O.N. _hæið_, brightness of the sky, _hæið ok sólskin_, brightness and sunshine, _hæiða_, to brighten, _hæiðbjartr_, serene. Cp. _heiðs-há-rann_, the high hall of brightness, an O. poetical name for heaven. The Norse adj. _heid_, bright, like the Sco. word, shows change of _ð_ to _d_. HENDIR, _adj._ past, bygone. Bruce, 10, 551. Dunbar's poem, _This hendir Night_. O.N. _endr_, formerly. Cp. _ender-day_ in Skeat's list. HETHING, _sb._ scorn, mockery. Wyntoun, IX, 10, 92; Wallace, V, 739; Douglas, II, 209, 7. O.N. _hǽðing_, sb. scoffing, scorn, _hǽða_, to scoff, to mock, Norse, _hæding_, scorn, mockery, O. Sw. _hädha_, _hödha_. HING, _vb._ to hang. Lindsay, 527, 4033; Gol. and Gaw., 438; Psalms LXIX, 6. Same as Cu. _hing_, for which see Wall.