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Rh the substantival ending -ek, and represents an older * from kippa. kippa,, inter alia to collect; draw together. kippa, , to snatch; pull. See the preceding word.

kippel [kɩpəl, k$i$ɩpəl (ᶄɩpəl)], , a small bunch or bundle; a k. o’ tings; a k. o’ herrings. l-derivative of *kipp- (bunch). See ,

kipper-corner,, see -corner.

†kipperwari, -wäiri [ᶄep·ərwa$i$r·i, -wäi·ri],, tabu-name, sea-term for tongs. The first part of the is possibly to be derived from kippa,, to snatch; pull. Or -?: from keppr,, a cudgel; stick? -wäiri: wire?

kirikin [ᶄir··ɩkɩn·, ᶄer··ɩkɩn·], , see ,

kirk [ke‘rk, kə‘rk],, a church, kirkja. is, however, most to be regarded as a form; in place-names the word is generally found in forms as - [(kjȯ‘rk) ᶄȯ‘rk], [ᶄø‘rk] and  [kȯ‘rk], the first mentioned. Examples: Kjorkabi [ᶄȯ‘r··kabi·], name of a farm: *kirkju-bœr. de Kjorkidelds [ᶄȯ‘r··kɩdɛlds·] (Aith, ) and de Kjorke- or Kjørkidelds [ᶄȯ‘r··kə-, ᶄø‘r··kɩidɛlds·], pieces of land: *kirkju-deildir. Korki [kȯ‘rki]-field (Clumlie, ). Kjorkigert (Korkigert), Korkegert [ᶄȯ‘r··kɩge‘rt·: Hoswick, ], names of farms, and names of pieces of land: *kirkju-garðr. ?K(j)orkhul [ᶄȯ‘rkol: and Kwarf, ; kȯ‘rkul: ], name of a hill and of a farm: ?*kirkju-hóll. de Kjorkalis [ᶄȯ‘r··kalis·], slopes, hill-sides: *kirkju-hlíðir. ?Korkaseter [kȯ‘r··kaset·ər] : ?*kirkju-setr. See Shetl. Stedn. pp. 85 and 179. Words compounded with “kirk” denote either that a church stood on the site, or that the site belonged to a church. With the place-names compounded with “kirk”, kyrkja, “kiorkja”, besides “kirkja”, kyrkja, kjørkja, and other forms, as well as kyrka.
 * kȯ‘'r··kɩge‘rt: ; kȯ‘r··kəgə‘rt·:

kirkasukn, -sukni [ke‘r·kasuk·ən (-sok·ən), -suk·ni; kə‘r·ka-], kirksukni [ke‘rk·suk·ni, kə‘rk·suk·ni], , properly parish; congregation, but now only used in  senses: 1) great crowd of people, multitude. such as [ke‘rk·suk·na] and  [ke‘rk·søk·ni]. 2) the buried dead of a parish; the dead, buried in a church or churchyard (as distinguished from those who perished at sea). : and. A.L. and Edm.: kirkasucken. 3) supernatural vision appearing as: a) a multitude of spirits, seen in a churchyard ( at night); b) a crowd of people, seen at night, a crowd of people coming from a church; : (, -). — kirk-sookan (Dennison) is used of a kind of pillory, strap for the neck in a pillory. —  kirkju-sókn,, parish; congregation. — See ,
 * , with parallel forms

kirkfolk [ke‘rkfɔk, kə‘rk-], , church-goers, church-people, kirkjufólk, kirk-folk.

kirki [(ᶄɩ‘rki) ᶄe‘rki], disagreeable, convulsive cough; he’s gotten a k., a k.-host. The word is also used adjectivally: a k. host. — [ᶄɩr··ɩkɩn·, ᶄer··ɩkɩn·],, is doubtless the same word, a) cramp, stiffness in the neck, a k. i’ de neck; b) short illness of uncertain kind, some sort o’ k. —  kjerkja,, cramp in the neck, drawing the head backwards; stiffness, crick in the neck. 27*