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found of these, as many would be the children in the future marriage. Skerries. — Icel. kúpa, No. kupa, f., a round vessel; a bowl, prop. a hollow, something hollowed out. In sense 3, Shetl. kupi is more closely allied to No. kopa, f., small hollow or pit. In the pl. form, kupins, the final n is a relic of the old definite article. See kupikapp, sb.

kupi, adj., see kupet, adj.

kupikapp [kup··ikap·], sb., a deep, round wooden bowl (Fe.). kupi is prob. *kúpa, f., a bowl (see kupi, sb.). With regard to kapp (prop. L.Sc. form: cap) for kopp, sb., a cup, see the latter word.

kur [kūr], vb., 1) to stoop; crouch; to sit bending forward, to sit kurin. 2) to doze; to sit kurin, to sit dozing; — to rest (esp. in a somewhat bent or huddled-up posture), to doze; to lie or sit kurin. “de hen is kurin” is said of a hen, the wings of which hang limp, and which is expected to die. 3) to be unwell; to be dejected or dispirited; to geng kurin aboot; a kurin ting, a dispirited or sad creature. — No. and Sw. dial. kura, vb., a) to crouch; to hang one’s head; to cower; b) to rest; to lie still; to doze (prop. and esp. in a somewhat bent posture), in No. also to be dejected or dispirited. Icel. kúra, vb., to be at rest; to be idle; Fær. kúra, vb., to be unwell; to be dejected; Da. kure, vb., to lie (sit) still; to rest; (of birds) to hatch (in dial. also: to dip down, to hide oneself). L.Sc. cour, vb., to stoop; to crouch.

*kuralag? sb., confused, noisy assembly. Coll. L. L. Bonaparte in E.D.D.: koor-a-lag, people in a turbulent uproar.

kurf [ko‘rf], sb., (rough) surface; de k. o’ de land; — epidermis, the hairy side of leather. Uⁿ. Cognate

with the word are partly No. skurv, n., a) scurf, b) scab, skorv, f., an uneven plane; partly No. korpa, f., and korp, n., thick, knotty bark.

kurl¹, kurel [kūr^əl (kô^ər^əl), kur^əl, kor^əl, -əl], vb., to crouch in bending forward; to sit kurlin ower de fire (Du.), N., S.Sh. l-deriv. of kur, vb.

kurl², kurel [kur^əl, kurəl], vb., to make a cooing sound, to sing or chirp low and softly, appl. to a bird. Fe., etc. Also kjurl [kjur^əl, kjor^əl, -əl]: De., etc. No. kurla, vb., to make a cooing sound, from “kurra”, vb.

kurr [korr], sb., a casual remark; slight rumour of something; I only heard a k.; hit [‘it’] was just a k. “Has du ony news? No [‘not’] a k.”, not the least (not the slightest news). Fo. O.N. kurr, m., a) a murmur; b) a rumour; talk.

kus [kus (kos)], sb., thrown-up heap, e.g. of dried mould: a muldi [mȯldi, møldi] k., muldi-k. a k. o’ peat(s), a pile of peat, a small, round pile of peat (U^wg.). Esp. a) heap of stones flung together, under which small fish (small coalfish: sileks, pilteks) are kept until almost putrid; b) a heap of small fish (small coalfish) kept in the above-mentioned manner; a k. o’ sileks or pilteks. For a form kjos [kjȯs, kjɔs (kjos)] in the N.I. see further under kjos, sb. In Unst the form kus is used esp. in the exprs. “muldi-k.” and “a k. o’ peat(s)”; kjos, on the other hand, appl. to a pile of stones covering small coalfish and to a heap of small coalfish under a pile of stones: a k. o’ sileks. — In place-names kus is found as the name of hills and rocks, mostly roundish in shape. As the name of hills, e.g.: de Kus o’ Buster (Y^h.); Kus-knowe [‘-knoll’]