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410 generally in sense of a big woman, and commonly used in the form , by mingling with cairl(e) = carl,, a man. — In place-names the word is applied to detached rocks, mostly by the water-side or in the sea, and then often in the form [kelin, keᶅɩn, (kælən) käᶅən], in which word the development rl > ll is more in accordance with the rules of phonology. Thus in several places in Fetlar, de and de piri  [keᶅɩn, käᶅən] (Hammersness, ), the big and the small “crone”; de : a) in “de Gjo o’ Litleland”, [käᶅən]; b) in Ramnagio,. [käᶅən]; c) by the isle of Uyea, “Øja”, [kelin]. Sometimes also in the form  as a place-name,thus: “de ”, detached rock near “de Loch o’ Skellister”, —  kerling,, (old) woman.

kernatansi,, see.

kerro [kɛrro, kærro],, tabu-name, sea-term for spinning-wheel. The word is to be classed with kirra,, to tremble, quiver, (Scania) kirra,, to swing.

kervi, kirvi [kervi (ᶄervi, ᶄɩrvi)], , a bunch, bundle, truss; a certain quantity of grass, and of rushes; a k. o’, a bundle of rushes. More rarely to straw. Reported from [kervi] in a special sense, a bundle of rushes. Edm. has “kirvie” in a wider sense (“a certain quantity of straw or grass”), but especially in the phrase “a k. o’ floss”. An earlier form with f, [k$w$æ‘rfi, ᶄæ‘rfi], “a k. o’ ”, is preserved in —  kerf, kerfi, , a bunch, bundle, kjerve, , a bundle of leafy twigs, ; kärfve,, and kærv, , a sheaf, sheaf of corn.

kes [kē$e$s, ᶄē$mo$s, ᶄɛs],, a heap, pile, in the  ; kas(a),, and kase, , kas, and, a heap, pile. See, ,

kes [kē$s$s (ᶄē$i$s, ᶄɛs)],, to pile up, to peats (to be dried); to k. peats. ,, and kasa,, to pile up. kasa, ,
 * to bury in a kǫs (a heap).

kessi [(kesi, kɛsi) keᶊɩ, kɛᶊɩ; keᶎɩ, kɛᶎi],, a carrying-basket, made of straw or dried dock-stalks, for transport of peats or manure. Partly to a basket for carrying on the back, partly to one used for transport on a pack-horse. More rarely [ᶄeᶊi]. In Papa Stour [kiᶊək] and [kɩ̄si, kɩ̄zi], “docken-k.”, denote a smaller basket, a basket for holding bait, made of dried dock-stalks. . — *kessa. kjessa,, an osier-basket, used on a pack-saddle, also a high, narrow basket for carrying on the back. of kass(i),, a basket. and Caithness: cassie =.
 * [kɩᶊɩk], a small

kessibel [keᶊ··ɩbəl], an old, worn-out and ragged basket,. for [pɛl, pæl], a rag.

kessilepp [keᶊ··ɩlɛp·, kɛᶊ··ɩlɛp·, -læp·; keᶎ··ɩ-, kɛᶎ··ɩ-],, a piece of a broken or worn-out basket, ; a torn basket with the bottom loose. From Papa Stour the word [kɛᶊ··ɩlæp·] is reported in the same sense as, a fish-creel;  to a basket than. [keᶊ··ɩlap·]:, — is leppr,, a small piece or part of something, a patch.

kessiriva,, see ,

ketl, kettel [kɛtəl, kætəl],, applied to cats: to litter, kitten. kittle, ,
 * . kjetla,,  and

ketlin [kɛtlɩn (ᶄɛtlɩn), ketlɩn (ᶄetlɩn)], , a kitten. Also [kɩtlɩn (ketlɩn, ᶄetlɩn)]. ketlingr,, a kitten; and kittling,