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(South Nunsbrough, Ai.); as the name of rocks (detached rocks), e.g.: de Kus (Sa.); de Nort’ and de Sooth Kus (Lambaness, Norwick, Uⁿ.); de Kusens o’ Dimons [dɩməns] (two rocks; Y^h.). kjos is more rarely found as a place-name (name of hills), e.g. de Kjos o’ Nip (East Isle, Skerries), a hillock in shape like a dunghill, a) Kusena stura [kus··əna· or kos··əna· stūra]; de hole o’ K. stura, and b) Sturakjos [stū··rakjȯs·] is the name of a deep hollow at the foot of the hill Windus [*vind-áss]. Y^m.: O.N. *kǫsin stóra, *stóra kǫs. — O.N. kǫs, f., a heap, e.g. of stones.

kus [kus (kos)], vb., to heap up, esp. to keep small fish (coalfish) under a heap of stones till almost putrid; to k. (k. op) sileks. The word springs from O.N. kasa, vb., to pile up in a heap (of stones, kǫs), but in form (the vowel-sound u) it has been influenced by the substantive kus. See further kjos¹, vb.

ku-shall [kūᶊäl], sb., a variety of large, round shell-fish, see kufi, sb.

kuss [kos(s)], sb., a kiss (kiss on the mouth). S.Sh. O.N. koss, m., a kiss. See *kjosen, sb.

kuss (kusj) [kuᶊ, koᶊ], vb., to scare away poultry (hens) by shouting, = koss and køss; to k. awa hens.

kuss (kusj), interj., shout, by which to scare away poultry (hens). No. kyss! a threatening cry.

kussi [kusi, kosi], sb., a pet-name and call-name for a calf or heifer, cow; in S.Sh. esp. as a name for a calf, otherwise often appl. to a cow. Also kossi [kȯsi (kȯᶊɩ)], and more rarely kotsa [kȯtsa] (Uⁿ. occas.), kotsi [kȯtsi] (U. and Fe.). — O.N. kussa, f., a heifer, cow, still used as an endearing term or as a call in modern Northern languages. Cf. bussa, bussi, sb.

kussi [kos(s)i], vb., to kiss, now mostly used colloq. or as slang. S.Sh. A form with dropped i-mutation. O.N. kyssa, vb., to kiss. See kuss, sb., and køss(i), vb.

kust [kū^əst], interj., a shout to set dogs on sheep: at him! hits! k.! Fe. Cf. No. kusta, vb., to keep under discipline, to chastise.

kuv [kūv], vb., to be somewhat asthmatic, to cough slightly. Also køf [ᶄøf]. Conn. Cf. O.N. kœfa, vb., to be suffocated, from “kóf”. No. kjøva, vb., id. Icel. kóf, n., No. kjøva, f., kjøve, m., and kov, n., Sw. dial. kov and kjöv, n., a difficulty in breathing, asthma. In Shetl. kuv the i-mutation has been dropped. — gh in “cough”, which in Mod. Eng. sounds f, is in Shetlandic pronounced quite differently from kuv (køf), viz.: [kⁱɔχ, kⁱåχ; kjɔχ, kjåχ]. host is, however, still the common word in Shetl. for cough.

kuvl, kuvel [kovəl] and kovl, kovel [kɔvəl], sb., a hollow, a (concave) depression, esp. in a slope or in a hill-side; de k. o’ de hill. Nmⁿ. As a place-name: “de Kovl (Kuvl)”, a deep, concave depression in Sandvo Hill, Nmⁿ. — l-deriv. from *kúf-. Cf. Icel. kúfr, No. kuv, m., a round elevation or top, No. kyva, vb., conversely, inter alia to make concave or to be concave, kyven, adj., concave (O.N kúfóttr, adj., round, convex).

kuvl, kuvel [kovəl], vb., to turn a hollow, concave object (e.g. a vessel, a basket) bottom up; furthermore to place something under a hollow object, thus turned; to k. a kessi (basket), or a hen under a kessi. Also kuml, kumel [koməl]. Wests. (Sa.). — By metathesis from older *kulv (*kolv), and *kulm (*kolm). Cf. No. kolva, kolve, vb., = kvelva, vb., to turn a hollow object, to be in a concave or inverted position, O.N. hvelfa, hvalfa, vb.