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k. in under; to stand krogin (for de cauld). comm. Also as vb. a.: to k. a shooer, to dodge a shower by taking shelter. Sometimes to crouch so as to hide oneself in order to spy, sneak about in a bent position, spying upon another; dey ’re krogin aboot (said of two persons watching each other). Conn. — Mostly with short vowel; reported with long vowel from e.g. Conn.; Nm^w. (Esh.); Ai. occas.; Easts. occas. (L.; Wh.); Fe. occas. — O.N. (Icel.) kroka, vb., to bend; No. kroka, vb., to bend oneself, to huddle oneself up (against bad weather, esp. appl. to cattle); Fær. kroka, vb., to take shelter from the rain and bad weather; Da. dial. krukke, krøkke, vb., to bend one’s back, huddle oneself up.

kroga¹ [kroga, krɔga, krōga], sb., shelter against bad weather; to tak’ k., to take shelter; to stand in k., in a k., to get atill [‘into’] k.; in under k. Deriv. of the preceding word.

*kroga² [krōga], sb., a crow. The word is quite obsolete, and the memory thereof, preserved in Duⁿ., is due to the fact that a skerry off Noness in Sandwick parish, Du^n.-e., is called Krogaskerri [krō··gaskær·i] (by people in Sandwick), and “Crawskerri” (by people in Levenwick). O.N. kráka, f., a crow. L.Sc. and Mod. Shetl. craw = crow. Kroga- and Craw-, in the said place-name, have scarcely any connection originally with the name of the bird, any more than with many of the Northern place-names beginning with *Krak-.

krogabøl [krog··abøl·], sb., enclosure, bøl, for giving shelter to animals against bad weather. Nm., De. See krog, vb., and kroga¹, sb.

krogen, krogin [krogən, krɔgən (krogɩn, krȯgən)], adj., that huddles

itself up against bad weather, or esp. against the cold; susceptible to cold, unable to stand the cold; a k. body or craeter’ [‘creature’]. Icel. krokinn, No. kroken and krøkjen, adj., crooked; bent. See krog, vb., and kaldkrogin, adj.

krogg [krȯg], sb., raised, curved back, esp. the high, curved part of a swine’s back nearest the neck. Also grogg [grȯg]. S.Sh. No. krugg, m., the top of the back; raised, humpy back. See krugi¹, sb.

krogg [krȯg], vb., to raise one’s back and shoulders, to shrug one’s shoulders, to k. upon anesell; he krogged [krȯgəd] upon him. N. *krugga. Derived from the preceding word.

krogi, sb., see krøgi (krugi²), sb.

krogset [krȯgsɛt·, -sæt·], vb., to drive one or more animals into a corner, and catch it (them) there; to k. de sheep. U. Also krukset [kruk·sæt·]: N. Prop. *króksetja, to put into a corner. See further krig(g)i-set, vb.

kro [krō]-head, sb., “rib-head” in a boat (Uⁿ.), = “knee-head”; see further under that word as well as kragek (knee-timber), and kraga-tae, sbs. kro- is prob. another form of kra- in “kra-tae” = kraga-tae.

kroil, sb. and vb., see kroll, sb. and vb.

kroitel, sb. and vb., see krotl, sb. and vb.

krok [krok, krɔk], sb., a heap; cluster, esp. of potatoes forming a single root; der ’r a k. o’ taatis [‘potatoes’] under dat “shoe” (potato-top). Deⁿ. May be O.N. hraukr, m., (conical) pile or heap (No. rauke, m., ridge of earth covering a row of potatoes), or a word cognate with hraukr, m. (cf. e.g. O.N. hroki, hrokr, m., handed down in sense of heaped measure, and No. kroka, f., a cluster, a small quantity of

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