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kwarv, sb., see hwarv, sb.

kwas-, see hwas-.

kwäkkrepp, -krupp, sb., see *kwikkrepp, sb.

kwedaklett, sb., see hwedaklett.

†kweg [kwēg], sb., a heifer. Wests.; Conn. hweg [hwēg]: Easts. As ē in Shetl. Norn is sometimes found as a development of O.N. í, the word may be regularly developed from O.N. kvíga, f., a heifer. It is probable, however, that the vowel-sound in Shetl. is due to influence of L.Sc. quey, quaig, sb., a heifer.

*kwen¹, sb., lamentation; sorrow; woe; reported from U. (and Fe.) in the form hwen [hwen, hwɛn (hwæn)], and in the exprs. “dule [døl] and hwen (or: hwen and dule)!” “hwen and care!” Oh, woe and grief! — O.N. kvein, f. and n., a wailing, lamentation.

kwen², sb., a non-prolific ram (or boar); Y. and Fe. occas.: hwen [hwē^ən]. See further under kwin², sb.

kwengi, sb., = kwen², sb.; see kwingi, sb.

*kwenni, sb., a quern, see kwern, sb.

kwerk (kwirk) [kwæ‘rk (kwɛ‘rk), kwə‘rk, kwerk], sb., 1) the throat; now rare in this sense, and found mostly in a restricted application; esp.: a) the angle between the chin and the uppermost part of the throat, de k. o’ de t’rot. Sa. [kwə‘rk]. b) part of the throat of a fish, used for bait in fishing; bait, cut from the throat of a fish; de k. [(kwæ‘rk), kwə‘rk (kwe‘rk)] o’ de fish; “gi’e me a bit o’ de k.!” Wests. hwerk, hwirk [hwæ‘rk, hwe‘rk, hwə‘rk]: U.; see kwerka-bait, sb. 2) the hollow of the sole of the foot, de k. o’ de foot (Wests., Conn.); hwerk [(hwæ‘rk), hwə‘rk (hwe‘rk)]: Easts. and N.I. Also a) kwark [kwa‘rk, kwä‘rk]: Wests. occas., and b) hwark

[hwa‘rk (hwä‘rk)]: Easts. occas. and Du. By transfer, applied to the part of a shoe or boot, corresponding to the hollow of the sole; de hwark o’ de boot (Du.). 3) more rarely = jark(in) of the edge of the palm along the forefinger and the thumb, reported from Du.: de hwark o’ de hand (= de jarkin o’ de hand). 4) a closing in of the landscape: a) a (narrow) depression, a small hollow, α) in a height; a k. in a hill, de k. o’ de hill: Fo. [(kwæ‘rk) kwe‘rk, kwə‘rk]; β) between two hills, or two strips of arable land (corn-rigs): Du. (hwark); b) the innermost, narrow end of a cleft, gjo, a cleft in a rocky coast, into which the sea-water flows, de k. o’ gjo. Fo. [kwæ‘rk, kwə‘rk (kwe‘rk)]. — O.N. kverk, f., the angle below the chin, (in pl.: kverkr, kverkar) the throat. No. kverk, m., esp. a) the throat of a fish; b) an abrupt narrowing; also the sole of the foot. Icel. kverk, f., (the throat) also an angle, the innermost edge of a curve.

kwerka-bait, sb., a piece of bait, cut from the throat of a fish, reported from Uⁿ. in the form “hwerka-bait [hvæ‘r··ka- or hwə‘r··kabɛ̄^æt·]”. See the preceding word.

kwerkapus, -bus (-bos) [kwæ‘r··kapos·, -bos·, -bȯs·, (kwə‘r··ka-)], sb., a swelling, filled with pus: disease in the throat in cattle. The forms with kw- are peculiar to Wests. On Easts. and N.I.: hw-. Other forms reported are: a) kwarkabus, -bos [(kwa‘r··ka-) kwä‘r··kabos·, -bȯs·], kwarkebus, -bos [(kwa‘r··kə-) kwä‘r··kə-]: Wests. occas. (Fo.; Sa.); b) hwarkebus, -bos·, hwarki- [hwa‘r··kəbȯs· (-bȯs·), hwä‘r··kə-, hwa‘r··ki- (hwä‘r··ki-)]: Easts. occas. and N.I. occas. (Fe.). From Unst is reported a form hwerka- or hwirkabus, -bos [hwə‘r··kabȯs·

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