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Rh kjǫlr,, a) the keel (of a vessel); b) mountain ridge.

keel-draught [kildraχt (-drāχt)], , false keel, = drag, kjøldrag,

keel-hogg [kil·hɔg·],, see $2$,

kefl,, see ,

kefs [kæfs],, to be unhandy, to make awkward, clumsy movements in work or gait, spilling what one is carrying, ; what is du gaun [‘going’] for like yon [‘that’]? ; to k. and work and walk. ,  [kæfst] and [kæfsət],, applied to worsted, a piece of woollen work: badly or carelessly spun or worked,, =. Also [käfs (kä$ə$fs)]; : and. ; — kafsa,, to grab; to move one’s hands continually; to stir something about (R.). See, ( 3: and  kava), with which is related by derivation.

kefset [kæfsət],, unhandy; untidy; awkward, spilling what one is carrying; a k. body, craeter’ [‘creature’]. Also [käfsət (kä$ə$fsət)]. . *kafsóttr. See ,

kefsi [kæfsi],, unhandy, untidy and awkward person (who spills what he is carrying). The word is noted down in in the form [käfsi (kä$ə$fsi)]. See the two preceding words.

keger$1$ [kegər (k$i$egər), ᶄegər], , a twisting; winding; turning; sprain; twist (of thread or rope); a k. i’ de (the rope). ; The word is more extented in the sense of crick in the neck (nape of the neck) caused by spraining, a k. i’ de neck. Sometimes in a wider sense of stiffness in a member or joint (caused by spraining). and : kegər and ᶄegər. : kegər. From is reported a form, [kek],  to a crick in the neck, a i’ de neck. This latter form is found used in other senses, differing from ; see further , and  — *keikr. keik, , a) a bending, twisting; crookedness; dislocation; b) stiffness in the neck (from keeping it long in one position), halskeik. - in is the fossilized, masculine nominative ending. — [kegər] in sense of badly twisted band or rope may either be classed with $1$ or may be an original ; see,  2 and ,

of a ling or cod; inflated stomach. Only handed down as a sea-term, tabu-name. “to blaw [‘blow’] de k. (its k.)”, applied to a ling (or cod): to blow the stomach out into the mouth, while struggling to get off the hook; de ling (or cod) is blawn [‘has blown’] its k. For kíkur,, (inflated) stomach of a whale, inflated and dried for keeping train-oil in. kik (ii), , skin of a sheep taken off entire, inflated, and used as a buoy (R.).
 * keger$2$ [kegər],, the stomach
 * from an original *kíkr.

keger [kegər, ᶄegər],, to twist; wind; distort; entangle; de coo or sheep is (entangled) i’ de tedder [‘tether’]. [ᶄegər]. of $wg$, — Merges with ,, 2.

kegga-piltek, kigga-piltek [kega (k$1$ega) pʌ‘ltək, ᶄega pʌ‘ltək],, a big, plump, young coalfish, not yet fully developed: four- or five-year-old coalfish, (young coalfish). The period of development for a coalfish is said to be six years. The word is found in the form [gega (g$i$ega), ꬶega pʌ‘ltək]. The first part of the is an original *- or *-.