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402 owl, strix nyctea ( to H. C. Müller); b) strix passerina? (Landt). katogle,, eagle–owl,eagle-owl, [sic] strix bubo (Barry). — [kat··aful·] is reported from   in the same sense as .  to another report (from , ), [kat··iful·] is understood as barn owl, strix flammea. *katt(ar)-fugl.

kattmoget [kat·mō·gət, kat·mog·ət], , partly a) light-coloured (grey, dirty-grey, more rarely white) with dark belly, partly conversely b) dark-coloured (on the back) with light belly;  to sheep; a k. sheep, yowe [‘ewe’]. The word is quite common, and is occasionally found in both senses in the same neighbourhood or village. This word can scarcely be any other than an original *katt-mǫgóttr, the first part of which is the word cat ( kǫttr, kattr, ), the second part is, , having the belly of a certain colour, differing from that of the body. In sense a, which seems to be the more frequent one, the first part of the, -, probably denotes the ground-colour of the body, somewhat restricted by the second part,, denoting the particular colour of the belly (see the concluding remark under, , and  reyðriggjutur, , “reyðriggjut kúgv”, denoting a red cow having a back of a different colour,  white; now  also applied to a red-backed cow). From , where [-mogət] is found in sense b, as a further explanation the is reported: “The lambs are born dirty-grey or ‘cat-coloured’ and turn out ‘kattmoget’ during the summer.” — From, , is reported a form [kɩd·mog·ət] = b. — [-mogət] is sometimes used in sense of dirty, of a dirty face, “a k. face”; thus in, where the word otherwise is found in sense a.

kattmollet [kat·mȯᶅ·ət],, applied to sheep: having light-coloured nose and jaws; a k. sheep. ? Reported by J.I. The meaning of the word is not quite certain. By J. Inkster it is reported in sense of wry-mouthed, to sheep. Doubtless having a nose like a cat. The last part of the for * from múli, , muzzle; snout; hanging lip. See ,, ,

kav [kāv],, see ,

kav [kāv],, 1) to press on one’s way, to walk at a great pace, to stride; to come , to geng . 2) to be troubled, with short breath, caused by great exertion; to gasp for breath; to pant. ; to be  [kāvɩn], to be out of breath. 3) to rush about, to work in a restless, foolish way, running from one place to another; to geng aboot. 4) to eat greedily, taking large mouthfuls; to k. ; de coo [‘cow’] is. b) to grumble; to insist upon something in a tiresome way; to k. aboot somet’in’. Also [kjāv] . 6) a) of the sea during a storm: to foam in breaking, to throw up spray when a strong gale takes hold of a breaking wave ; de sea ower us, the sea-spray flew about us ; b) more rarely as, of storm: to raise the sea, to throw up spray; de wind is de sea. 7) to snow in drifts; to snow fast and thick (in a snowstorm); he is, it is snowing fast and thick, the snow is drifting; he is and ; see , bear,   [kāvd] under or in under, quite covered with snow; de