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accosting the brook: huketi kruketi, you bent one, you crooked one . . . . See further under huketi, adj. O.N. krókóttr, adj., crooked, curved. Cf. kruget, adj., which may be the same word.

kruki [kruki], sb., a bend, curve; de k. o’ a “dyke” (Fe.; Y.?); see kruk¹, sb.

krukl,¹ krukel [kruk^əl, krok^əl, -əl], vb., applied to a person: to bend one’s back, to go bent forward; to become bowed; to k. under a heavy burden; to k. doon [‘down’] wi’ age. U. No. krukla, vb., to walk with bent and stiff limbs (and back); to walk wearily and unsteadily. See krikl², vb.

krukl², krukel [krok^əl, krokəl], vb., to wrinkle, crease; esp. in perf. part.: krukeld, k. op. N.I. See the foll. word.

kruklet [kroklət], adj., wrinkled; creased. N.I. Cf. Sw. dial. krökllot, adj., wrinkled, creased, Da. dial. krøglet, adj., creased. See krukl², vb.

krukset, kruk-set [kruk·sɛt·, -sæt·], vb., to drive an animal into the corner of a fence in order to catch it, to k.-s. a(n) animal. N. *króksetja. See krogset, krig(g)iset, vbs.

krumm [krom], vb., to tie a string around the feet of a goose to prevent it from walking too far; to k. a goose. S.Sh., Esh., Nm^w. Prob. an old “*krumma”, prop. to bend; press (to curve, shrink), from which the root-extension: krump. — Different from the homonymous krom, vb.

krummek [kromək], sb., 1) the hand with hooked fingers; to set de k., to set the four fingers against the thumb, a k.-fu’ [‘-full’], a handful 2) as much as can be held between the tips of finger and thumb, a pinch; a k. o’ meal. — O.N. krumma, f., hand (with bended

fingers; No. and Icel. krumma); Icel. “krumma” also handful. With krummek, in the expr. “to set de k.”, cf. also No. (Lister) krummar, (f.) pl., the four fingers hooked.

krump¹ [kro‘mp], sb., curved back, hump, esp. caused by raising the back (in contrast to a natural hump); to geng wi’ a k. atween de shooders [‘shoulders’]; to set de k., to arch the back. Fe. Prop. curvature; shrinking. See krump¹, vb., and krumpet, adj.

krump² [kro‘mp], sb., a mass of butter or cheese kneaded and formed like a loaf; cheese eaten together with butter. Fladab., Conn. The word is doubtless to be classed with No. krumpa, vb., to shrink; press; squeeze; knead, and, in that case, cognate with the preceding word. Cf. krumpas, sb. (pl.).

krump¹ [kro‘mp], vb., to cause to shrink or contract, to k. op onyting; krumpet op. de bread is krumpet op, the bread is shrunk (having been too long over the fire). — krump has doubtless also meant to curve, bend; see below krumpet, adj. (properly perf. part.), krumpin, sb., and cf. krump¹, sb. — No. krumpa, vb., to shrink; press; squeeze.

krump² [kro‘mp], vb., 1) vb. a., to crush between the teeth; to k. a ben. comm. 2) vb. n., to make a cracking noise (esp. of something being crushed between the teeth). Conn. No. krumpa, L.Sc. crump, vb., to crush (between the teeth). The Shetl. pronunc. with close o [kro‘mp, not krȯ‘mp] might indicate krump to be originally Shetlandic, and not a loan-word from L.Scottish.

krumpas [kro‘mpas], sb. pl., a dish of meal kneaded with fish-livers. Whⁿ., Skelbre, L. Also krumpis [kro‘mpɩs]. No. krumpa and krympa, vb., to press; squeeze; knead;