1 HJÚFA
or hjúfra, [Ulf. hiufan = θρηνειν, Matth. xi. 17, Luke vii. 32; A. S. heofjan; Hel. hiovan; O. H. G. hiufan; and no doubt also Engl. to heave = to pant, breathe with pain, which is not to be confounded with heave = to lift]:—to pant, heave, Gkv. 1. 1, 2. 11 (obsolete).
2 HJÚFA
II. in provincial Icel. to drizzle; and hjúfr-skúrir, f. pl. a drizzling shower, Lex. Poët.