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Icel. a) kekkur, m., a lump, = kökkur (O.N. kǫkkr, m.); b) kekki, kikki, n., id., in the compds. “hafkikki”, a variety of very plump whale (B.H.), and “holdakikki” = holda-hnoða, n., a sleek animal (B.H.). Sw. dial. kikk(ä)r, f., a lump.

kegi-buckle [keg··ibok·el], sb., something distorted; tangled lump; in a k.-b., entangled. Ai. kegi is prob. an original *keikr; No. keik, m., a twisting, dislocation, etc.; see further keger¹, sb. “buckle”, often used uncompounded in Shetl. in sense of tangled lump, is doubtless Eng. buckle, sb. See kikel-buckle, sb.

kegl, kegel [kegəl, ᶄegəl], sb., 1) the thickest part of a fishing long-line, now esp. the part next to the sinker, de kappi (= 20 fathoms). Wests. and Skalowa (Scalloway) [kegəl]. 2) badly and unevenly spun woollen yarn; in a wider use of the word: work badly done. Conn. [kegəl]. In the senses mentioned under 2 the word is also used in pl.: keglins [keglɩns] (Conn.). 3) a tangled lump; tangled state; in a k. Du. [kegəl]. 4) a talk about a thing without coming to any decision. Ai. [kegəl]. 5) toil and moil; struggle; I had a guid [‘good’] k. wi’ dis piece o’ wood, afore I gat [‘got’] it hem (home). U. [ᶄegəl]. Also kigl [ᶄɩgəl]: U. 6) wrangle, quarrel. U. [ᶄegəl]. Also kigl [ᶄɩgəl]: U. — No. kjegl, Fær. kegl, n., (prop. a winding, that which is wound on a wheel of a winch) a twisting and turning; quarrel. Esp. for the first three senses of the Shetl. word, see kegl, vb.

kegl, kegel [kegəl, ᶄegəl], vb., 1) a) to twine, to wind in and out, esp. appl. to an uneven twining; hit [‘it’] is kegeld ut and in. N.I. [(kegəl) ᶄegəl]. Also kigl [ᶄɩgəl] (Yⁿ.). b) to k. onyting [‘something’] op, to

twine, plait or spin carelessly and badly; to k. op simmens (straw-bands), to k. op worsed [‘worsted’]. Du^w. [kegəl]. keglet [keglət] op, perf. part., twined (plaited, spun) carelessly and badly (Du.): kegeld [kegəld] op: appl. to worsted, or to a piece of woollen work: badly and carelessly spun or worked (Ai.), = kefst. 2) to entangle. Wests., U. de lambs is kegeld [kegəld], the lambs’ tethers have become entangled (Sa.); de corn was kegeld [kegəld], the corn lay tangled on the ground, blown down by the wind (Fo.). 3) to perform a task in an awkward manner, to leave work half finished; to stand keglin [keglɩn, ᶄeglɩn] at a ting (Conn.); to k. [kegəl] wi’ (or aboot) somet’in’ (Sa.). 4) to rock backwards and forwards. Y. [ᶄegəl]; to sit keglin [ᶄeglɩn] upo de chair (Y^{h., n}.), = kuglin (see kugl, vb.); to sit keglin at de ayre [‘oar’], to pull slackly (swaying the body to and fro): Y^h. The word is also reported in the form kigl [ᶄɩgəl] in sense of to rock (Yⁿ.). 5) to overbalance oneself, to tumble down, e.g. by becoming entangled in something; to k. ower. Wests. [kegəl]. 6) to snap at each other or another, to fight in jest or play; de coo [‘cow’] was keglin wi’ de bull (Sa.). Wests. [kegəl: Sa.; kegəl and ᶄegəl: Ai.]. 7) to make vain efforts to catch, taking hold and letting go repeatedly, esp. appl. to a dog, which is pursuing a sheep or some other animal (a rabbit); kegl [ᶄegəl] and kigl [(kɩgəl) ᶄɩgəl]; de dog kigeld [ᶄɩgəld] de sheep. Nm. 8) to talk about a thing without coming to any decision. Ai. [kegəl]. 9) to dispute angrily; to wrangle, esp. used of a petty quarrel; U. and Nm. [ᶄegəl]. Also kigl (U.: ᶄɩgəl. Nm.: kɩgəl, ᶄɩgəl). — *kegla and *kikla. No. kjegla, vb., a) to spin,