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Rh twine ( on the wheel of a winch, kjegla, ); b) : to mouth (words), to wrangle. kegla,, to wind yarn badly, and keglast, , to wrangle, brawl, quarrel. — In a few of the given senses, as well as in the form , there may be the possibility of a merging in  Norn of “kegla” with other words, as a) “kikla”: kikla,, to make short turns and twists, (R.), and b) keggle,, to be unsteady; to stand insecurely. See ,

for halibut. The form, the diphthong “ei”, indicates that the word is not originally Norn, but rather borrowed recently from Norwegian: kveita,, halibut. — Beside a still more corrupted form [kræita] is reported from
 * keita [kæita],, sea-term, tabu-name

kek [kek],, 1) a twisting, dislocation; stiffness caused by spraining, a k. i’ de neck (stiffness in the neck). 2) a bending backwards; stiff, erect bearing with backward-bent head and shoulders; to geng [‘go’] wi’ a k.; he’s gotten a k. upon him, he walks along stiffly (bending head and shoulders backwards). Is doubtless the same word as $wg$,, see this word as well as, Might, on the other hand, be cognate with ; kikk,, a spraining; stiffness.

kek [kek],, to bend or twist backwards,  to the bending backwards of the head and shoulders; he [kekəd] his head back. Also “k. ower”; he is gaun [‘going’] wi’ his head [kekət] ower. keikja, , to bend the upper part of the body backwards; keika,, a) to bend back; b) to dislocate (a member or joint);  keikjask,  keika seg, to bend the upper part of one’s body backwards.

kel$wg$ [kēl, kē$1$l],, referring to rabbits: to bring forth young. , *keila? May be associated with keila,, a) female genital parts; b) female creature.

kel$1$ [kēl (kē$ə$l), ᶄē$2$l],, to move very slowly; to geng [‘go’] aboot; “de mill is (kelin aboot)”, applied to a water-mill when grinding very slowly on account of the stream being low. [ᶄē$ə$l] and [kēl (kē$ə$l)]. kjala, , to have difficulty in doing a thing, to drudge (R.).

kel$n$ [k$n$ē$ə$l, ᶄē$n$l],, 1) , applied to sheep: to rub the wool loose against any fixed object, or to tear it with the teeth when the skin itches (on account of parasites); de sheep is   de oo’ [‘wool’], her oo’. 2)  , applied to sheep: to lose the wool owing to parasites (sheep-tick); de oo’ is aff o’ de sheep. — The word is an original *kila. kila (kiila), (R.), = kitla,, to itch; “kitla seg” also: to rub oneself, owing to itching.

kelda [kɛlda, käᶅda] and keldi [kɛldi (kældi), ᶄɛldi],, 1*) source, spring of water. . In this sense the word is now found only as a place-name,  de Well Kelda [kɛlda] (Øri, ); Smorkelda [smȯr-, smərkäᶅ·da] , a spring in which, from olden times, fresh churned butter has been washed: [käᶅa], in the name “Kellabrunn” [käᶅ··abron·] (Velji, ), a spring, well: *keldu-brunnr. 2) patch of soft, sandy sea-bottom between the rocks in a fishing-ground. , : . “we ’re fa’en [‘fallen’] upon a ”. Also used as the name of a fishing-place: de [kældi]
 * smjǫr (smœr)-kelda. Also *