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Rh katta, see.

kattaful [kat··aful·] and kattiful [kat··iful·],, a kind of owl. *katt(ar)-fugl. See further ,

kattaklu [kat··aklū· (-kᶅū·), -klu·, ka$i$t··a-] and kattiklu [kat··iklū· (-kᶅū·), -klu·, ka$i$t··i- (käƫ··ɩ-)],, bird’s-foot trefoil, lotus corniculatus. *kattarkló, , cat’s claw. katteklo, trefoil, lotus corniculatus, kattarklo, , denotes partly the same plant (R.); also catcluke, kattarklógv,, denotes, to Landt, bog-asphodel, anthericum ossifragum, narthecium ossifragum. — From some places in Shetland is reported “ [kati]-flooer” = . —, in sense of tangled cluster or lump (: ka$w$t··iklū·), is hardly original, but is most probably a mingling of * [ kló,, claw] and clew,

kattaklur [(kat··aklūr·) ka$n$t··aklūr·, -klū$i$r·] and kattiklur [kat··iklūr·], , hubbub, hurry-scurry ( and ); a brawl, noisy quarrel ( and ); der wer [‘there was’] a k. atween dem. [ka$i$t··aklūr·, -klū$ə$r·]. [kat··iklūr·]. [kat··agɔr·i], [kat··igɔr·i (-går·i)], reported from and in sense of quarrel, is a corruption of. [ka$n$t··iklu·, käƫ··ɩ-], a brawl, quarrel, with dropped final r of the second part of [ka$n$t··akᶅū·, käƫ··a-]  and [ka$n$t··iklu·, käƫ··ɩ-], in sense of unruly, noisy crowd or flock (a crowd of boys, cats), is the same word. — applied to cats scratching each other. *katta(r)klór, “cats’ scratching”;  kattarklor, , a scratch made by a cat. The partial dropping of the final r in may be due to influence of the preceding word.

kattamillaskrua [kat··ameᶅ·askrū··a, ka$n$t··a-, -məᶅa-], in the phrase “to rin k.”, to play at hide and seek among the corn-stacks (de ). Other forms: [kat··amel·iskrū·] , [kat··amȯᶅ·askrū··] , [kaƫ··ɩmeᶅ·ɩskrū··, käƫ··ɩ-] , and : [kat·ameᶅ·a, katameᶅ·a, -məᶅ·a, ka$i$t·a-] , and [ka$ə$ta, käƫa] ; to rin k. For the etymology of this tripartite word see further ,.

katthus [kat(t)ô̆s, ka$i$t(t)ô̆s, kat(t)ȯs (-əs), käitô̆s (käithô̆s)],, porch in front of the door. The forms “ka$i$t(t)ôs, käit(h)ôs” are peculiar to, and “kat(t)ȯs, -əs” to With -  kätte, kett, , a small, locked closet, kiette, kiætte,, a narrow corner, closet (Molb.), (and ) kitte,, a space surrounded by a wall made of boards, and keta,, = kota, , a small compartment or nook in a house (B.H.). For other names of porch in , see and.

kattiram [kat·irām·],, properly cat’s paw, now commonly used of a small, ragged-looking cloud, in  , small, detached, ragged clouds flying before the wind. “cats’- [kraməks]” is a more common designation for clouds of this kind. *kattar-hrammr. [rām] and, , paw, cat’s paw;

kattjugla [kat·jog·la] and kattjugl [kat·jog·əl],, horned owl (eagle-owl), strix bubo. Also a) [kat·jɔg·əl, -jȯg·əl], [kat··iȯg$n$l·], and b) [kat(t)ul]. *katt-ugla. kattugla, kattula, kattuggla, , katugle,, tawny owl, strix aluco. kattugla, kattúla,, a) snowy 26