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dial. (N.Sw., West Bothnia) kraum’ (kröum, krööm), vb., a) appl. to sick persons: to wince; whimper; b) to complain; to be impatient; to grumble. Cf. No. kraumen = kraunen, adj., sensitive; whimpering (krauna, vb., to shrink from; to whimper). O.N. krauma, vb., to simmer. See krøn, vb.

krommin [krȯmɩn], sb., on the old Shetl. wooden plough: a wooden clamp fixed to the so-called merkal (the piece of wood to which the plough-share is fixed); a piece of wood between the plough-share (de sock) and the mould-board (de mukkel skäi). Conn. Poss. to be classed with Da. dial. (Jut.) kramme, c., a hoop on a wooden shoe.

kronk [krɔ‘ŋk], sb., indisposition; malingery, he’s gotten a k. Fe. Abbreviated form through influence of the adjective. O.N. krankdómr and krankleikr, m., ailing; sickness.

kronk (krunk) [krɔ‘ŋk, kro‘ŋk], adj., 1) sick, indisposed. Fe. and Yⁿ. 2) cross-grained, disobliging. Yⁿ. kronk 1 is O.N. krankr, adj., weak, frail, etc. In sense 2 kronk may be either “krankr” or “krangr”. Cf. No. krange, m., a cross, disobliging person, to be classed with O.N. krangr, adj., weak, frail. For a change ng > nk in Shetl. Norn see Introd. V (also N.Spr. VII) § 31.

†kront (kroint) [krȯ‘ᶇt (krȯi‘nt)], vb., to whimper; complain; to krist and kront. N.Sh. Originally doubtless the same word as No. krymta, vb., to press; crush, which also is the original meaning of krist, vb., q.v. Cf. the use of krimp, vb. Note, however, L.Sc. (Eng.) croyn, vb., to bellow; whine; whimper, and “crointer, croynter”, sb., as the name of the gurnard of the genus Trigla.

†krontel [krȯ‘ᶇtəl], vb., to curl; crisp; mostly in perf. part. kron-

teld. N., L. Possibly syn. with No. krynta, vb., to make oneself smart; to crisp, “kryntel” in “krynteldyr”, n., dressed-up doll. krontel might, however, also represent an older *kronkel, and, in that case, be L.Sc. crunkle, vb., to crease; to rumple.

kropen [kropən, krɔpən, krɔp^əm], krupen [krupən, -^əm, krop^əm], perf. part., crawled, crept; de bairn is k. awa’ [‘away’]. The word is an older Norn form besides the now common “crept” of “creep”, vb. O.N. kropinn, crept, perf. part. of krjúpa, vb., to creep. With u: Sw. krupen, perf. part.

kroppen [krɔpən, kråpən; krɔp^əm, kråp^əm], adj., properly perf. part., shrunk; contracted; doubled up; crooked, bent. Mostly in the forms “krɔp^əm, kråp^əm” (cf. the forms of pronunc. of this word, given under gopn, sb.). a k. body, a) a shrivelled-up person with a doubled-up or shrunken body; b) a crooked or bent person. In expletives, wishing evil: k. be de fingers, at [‘that’] dø sicc a ting! may the fingers become crooked that do such a thing! k. op, shrivelled. — O.N. kroppinn, bowed together, crooked, perf. part. of kreppa, vb. n., to clench; pinch; press.

kroppin¹ [kråpɩn, -ən], sb., meal and fish-livers crushed together (stuffed into a fish’s head); see further krappin and krampi, sbs.

kroppin² [kropɩn (krɔpɩn), -ən], sb., body, person; see further kruppin, which is the common form.

kros [(krōs) krō^əs], sb., (a dainty), a nice gift, esp. ironically appl. to a slight thing, a trifle, received as a gift; dis [‘this’] is a k. U. (Uⁿ.), Fe. — O.N. krás, f., a dainty. Cf. the use of the words gåfa, gjord, gløb¹, sbs.

kross¹, cross, sb., a cross; see kors, sb.

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