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400  and  kast,, also inter alia a casting as a measure of length; sudden gust of wind; winding; chance; meeting; occasion; time; times. kast, , inter alia chance, luck; handy carrying out of something; trick, mischief. cast,, inter alia dexterity; cunning, trick; occasion; helping hand. — For meaning 14 of   partly  kasta, (kasta smaken), to lose its taste; to become stale, sour, partly kasta, : “kastar í kjötið”, the meat is beginning to decay (B.H.). For the use of the word in , such as aboot-,, mooth-, see these

kast [kast],, 1) to cast, fling, kasta. 2) to set out fishing-tackle, a fishing-net. 3) to make a quick movement, a cast or turn. 4) applied to wind: to chop about. 5) to hand one something, and of a quick action; k. me here my jacket! . 6) to reject; cast off; , (-), and , as well as, 7) in the phrase “to k. de door”, during a snow-storm: to heap up snow in the doorway to prevent drifting snow from penetrating into the house . 8) in collocation with certain adverbs. k., to make an exchange; dey cuist [k$i$øst, kjøst] aboot deir kye, they exchanged cows ; when de day and de night cuist [kjøst] aboot, when the nights began to grow longer than the days or conversely, at the equinox ; see aboot-, k., a) , to propose, bring into discussion,  to upbraid, reproach, to k. somet’in’  to ane; b)  , to come to light. — kasta,, to cast, to throw out a fishing-net; to reject,  and kasta,, also inter alia α) to make a sudden or quick turning; β) (of wind) to blow unsteadily; γ) to carry or bring in a hurry (with this   5). With  7 (k. de door)   “kasta ned (nedre)” in sense of to cover with things thrown together. With “k. ”   kasta um (about), to exchange, and “kasta seg”, to be changed suddenly. With “k. ”  kasta upp, to propose, bring into discussion, and  cast up, α) , to upbraid, reproach; β) , to occur (accidentally), to come to light. — A form * [kasta, kāsta] with preserved infinitive-a is found in an obsolete Norn verse, belonging to a troll myth (Skere, skere skulma: see Introd., Fragments of Norn).

kastel [kāstəl],, de k.,k., [sic] the castle, old name for the ruin “Munes [mūnɛs] castle, de castle o’ Munes” . Pronounced from the common word “castle [kasəl, kas$s.-e$l]”, and therefore to be derived from  kastali,, a castle, stronghold.

kassen, kasten [kasən], properly of, , but now often used as an adjective, in senses: 1) rejected; unserviceable; useless; a k. ting; see,  6. 2)  to the state or taste of food or drink: no longer fresh; stale, sour, disagreeable, of fish  and (whey mixed with water) or milk. The word, also in this latter sense, is from, ; see , 14, sour or stale taste, as well as and  kasta, , mentioned there. Probably a mingling with another word — kasen, , sourish, somewhat decayed (no longer fresh), of fish;  kasaðr, , beginning to decay by having lain in a heap (B.H.). “k. fish”, however, is applied to fish which has been hung up, and not lain in a heap ( kǫs).