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ferent construction: short knee-timber, a piece of wood which, underneath, rests on the end of a cross-timber, and on top of which is scarfed the so-called “knee-head” (q.v.). In Wh. found uncompounded: kra [krā], denoting a knee-piece scarfed to the bottom timber (de band) below, and to “de knee-head” above. — “kraga-tae”, prop. “knee-timber-toe” (L.Sc. tae, sb., = Eng. toe). For the first part of the compd. see the foll. word.

*kragek [kragək, krāgək], sb., knee-timber in a boat; the word assimilates partly to “kraga (kra)-tae”; q.v. Edm.: “cragacks, the knees in a boat”. — O.N. kraki, m., a pole, stake, also (as Icel. kraki, m., No. krake partly) a crook, hook.

kraget¹ [krāgət (kragət)], adj., appl. to an animal: having the neck (partly also the cheeks and head) of a different colour from that of the body, with light (white) body and dark (black) neck, or conversely; a k. coo or horse, a k. sheep. Prop. having a collar round the neck, and derived from O.N. kragi, m., a coat-collar. *krǫgóttr? One might have expected a form *kroget, similar e.g. to moget [*mǫgóttr], having a belly of a different colour from that of the body, from O.N. magi, m., the stomach. The word is possibly not quite old, though absence of u-mutation in kraget may be due to influence of the word krag, sb., whilst o in moget is supported by the form mogi, sb., stomach, stomach of a fish. Cf. bjelset (*bi-helset), adj.

kraget² [krāgət], adj., very lean and miserable, esp. applied to cattle; a k. sheep. Wh. Cf. No. krakutt, Sw. dial. krakig and krakligr, adj., feeble; miserable; sick (krake, m., inter alia a very emaciated animal), O.N. krakligr, adj., thin, slim,

slender of frame, and see below krak(k)¹, sb.

kragklut [kraklət, kräklət (-klȯt)], sb., a cravat, neckerchief. From krag and klut, sbs.

†kragsi [kragsi], sb., a person with a long neck, esp. as a nickname for such a person. Fo. From krag, sb. 2.

krak or krakk¹ [krak], sb., a small, thin and weak person who has reached maturity, but is stunted in growth; a k. o’ a ting. Cf. a) O.N. kraki, m., (a stake, pole) thin and spare-limbed person, No. and Sw. dial. krake, m., also a stunt; a weak, emaciated being; b) No. krakk, m., a poor wretch. See kraget², adj.

krakk² [krak], sb., 1) a three-legged wooden stool, = No. krakk, Fær. krakkur (O.N. knakkr), m., L.Sc. crackie, sb. Also krokk [kråk]. Sometimes 2) a foot-stool (wooden foot-stool), = No. krakk (O.N. knakkr).

krakk-grice [krak-gräis], sb., a pig with very short, poorly developed hind legs, on account of disease in the joints. Uⁿ. With krakk, in this compd., cf. No. krakall, adj., stiff and feeble in the feet, kraken, adj., that moves stiffly and wearily (to be classed with kraka, vb., to creep, crawl along).

kram¹ [krām], sb., a paw, cat’s paw, cat’s claw. Jocular or mocking term, also applied to a hand: “paw”. Wh., Lunn. O.N. hrammr, m., bear’s paw. The Shetl. form, however, possibly springs from an original *kram-; see kramm, vb., and krammek, sb. Cf. ram, sb.

kram² [krām], sb., a heap of small objects or tiny creatures (shellfish for bait, small potatoes, etc.). Nm^s. Is doubtless the same word as O.N. kram, n., goods, small wares. See krama, sb.

kram [krām], vb., to pack into