Difference between revisions of "Howd"

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Howth, Howth Head: the peninsula that lies to the north-east of Dublin; the name derives from the Danish hoved, "head"
- A Finnegans Wake Gazetteer

His howd feeled heavy, his hoddit did shake: s Finnegan's Wake: "His head felt heavy which made him shake" (just before Tim Finnegan falls from the ladder to his "death")

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-*Howd - Howth Head, Dublin
+* '''Howth, Howth Head:''' the peninsula that lies to the north-east of Dublin; the name derives from the Danish ''hoved'', "head"
-*Hod
+** [http://digicoll.library.wisc.edu/cgi-bin/JoyceColl/JoyceColl-idx?type=turn&entity=JoyceColl001300130389&isize=M&q1=Howth A Finnegans Wake Gazetteer]
-*Head felt heavy – sleepy
-* "His howd it feeled heavy, his hoddit did shake":  "His head felt heavy which made him shake"--line from the folk song "[[Finnegan's Wake]]", just before Tim Finnegan falls from the ladder to his death.
+* '''howd:''' a lurching, rocking movement
+* '''hod'''
+* '''howd feeled heavy:''' head felt heavy &rarr; sleepy
+* '''His howd feeled heavy, his hoddit did shake:''' ''s [[Finnegan's Wake]]'': "His head felt heavy which made him shake" (just before Tim Finnegan falls from the ladder to his "death")
+* '''reeled'''