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406 a) kekkur,, a lump, = kökkur ( kǫkkr, ); b) kekki, kikki, ,, in the “hafkikki”, a variety of very plump whale (B.H.), and “holdakikki” = holda-hnoða, , a sleek animal (B.H.). kikk(ä)r,, a lump.

kegi-buckle [keg··ibok·el], , something distorted; tangled lump; in a k.-b., entangled.  is an original *keikr;  keik, , a twisting, dislocation, ; see further $1$, “buckle”, often used uncompounded in in sense of tangled lump, is doubtless buckle, See -buckle,

kegl, kegel [kegəl, ᶄegəl],, 1) the thickest part of a fishing long-line, now the part next to the sinker, de  (= 20 fathoms). and Skalowa (Scalloway) [kegəl]. 2) badly and unevenly spun woollen yarn; in a wider use of the word: work badly done. [kegəl]. In the senses mentioned under 2 the word is also used in a tangled lump; tangled state; in a k. [kegəl]. 4) a talk about a thing without coming to any decision. [kegəl]. 5) toil and moil; struggle; I had a guid [‘good’] k. wi’ dis piece o’ wood, afore I gat [‘got’] it (home).  [ᶄegəl]. Also [ᶄɩgəl]:  6) wrangle, quarrel.  [ᶄegəl]. Also  [ᶄɩgəl]: —  kjegl,  kegl,, ( a winding, that which is wound on a wheel of a winch) a twisting and turning; quarrel. for the first three senses of the  word, see ,
 * [keglɩns] . 3)

kegl, kegel [kegəl, ᶄegəl], , 1) a) to twine, to wind in and out, to an uneven twining; hit [‘it’] is and in. [(kegəl) ᶄegəl]. Also [ᶄɩgəl]. b) to k. onyting [‘something’], to twine, plait or spin carelessly and badly; to k.   (straw-bands), to k.  worsed [‘worsted’]. [kegəl].  [keglət] , , twined (plaited, spun) carelessly and badly : [kegəld] :  to worsted, or to a piece of woollen work: badly and carelessly spun or worked , = . 2) to entangle. , de lambs is [kegəld], the lambs’ tethers have become entangled ; de corn was [kegəld], the corn lay tangled on the ground, blown down by the wind . 3) to perform a task in an awkward manner, to leave work half finished; to stand [keglɩn, ᶄeglɩn] at a ting ; to k. [kegəl] wi’ (or aboot) somet’in’ . 4) to rock backwards and forwards. [ᶄegəl]; to sit [ᶄeglɩn] upo de chair, = (see , ); to sit  at de ayre [‘oar’], to pull slackly (swaying the body to and fro): The word is also reported in the form  [ᶄɩgəl] in sense of to rock. 5) to overbalance oneself, to tumble down, by becoming entangled in something; to k. ower. [kegəl]. 6) to snap at each other or another, to fight in jest or play; de coo [‘cow’] was wi’ de bull. [kegəl: ; kegəl and ᶄegəl: ]. 7) to make vain efforts to catch, taking hold and letting go repeatedly, to a dog, which is pursuing a sheep or some other animal (a rabbit); [ᶄegəl] and  [(kɩgəl) ᶄɩgəl]; de dog  [ᶄɩgəld] de sheep. 8) to talk about a thing without coming to any decision. [kegəl]. 9) to dispute angrily; to wrangle, used of a petty quarrel; and [ᶄegəl]. Also  (: ᶄɩgəl.
 * kɩgəl, ᶄɩgəl). — *kegla and
 * kikla. kjegla,, a) to spin,