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448 in the horizontal, midmost hearthstone; de k. o’ de heart’-, = de. . 3) (dented) corner of a plaited straw-basket; “de k. o’ a ”, referring to the corner of an old basket, which has lost its shape (see, ).  . 4) short stem of a pipe; de k. o’ de pipe. — In sense 1 a are found also without k-derivation: and  (-ek is the diminutive ending in the latter); in sense 2 also. — *kulkr. of *kúl-; kúla,, a bump; swelling; and kul (uu),, and kula, , a bump. kolk (kulk),, is doubtless the same as the Shetlandic word, but used in a different sense: a bungle; badly done work, originally something knobby or lumpy.

koll$n$ (koil) [kɔᶅ, kɔil],, 1) sea-term, a name in fishermen’s tabu-lang. at sea for head, head of a fish; smite de k.! chop its (the ling’s) head off! Also in the  [grō·kɔᶅ·] or with anglicising of the first part: grey-, grey k., sea-term, tabu-name for mouse,  grey-head [ grár kollr, *grákollr].  . 2) a protecting cover of straw, placed over the top of a hay- or corn-stack, against rain; chiefly in the “head k.”; [(kɔᶅ) kɔil (kåil)]. In the same sense: -tap [‘top’] and “-tett (-tate)” ( tate, tatte,, a small quantity; tuft of wool; lock of hair, ; þáttr, , a single strand of a rope; a part of something);  — In sense of hay-stack a form [kɔl (kɔ$ba$l)] is found, alternating with “cole [kōl]”. The latter form is doubtless (Jam.: cole), and the use of in sense of hay-stack is probably due to influence ( and, : coll, , hay-stack), though a derivative *kyllingr, from kollr, is found in sense of small hay-stack in (kylling, ), and in  (kyllingur [tᶊɩdlɩŋgȯr]); the word “kollr” itself is not found in this sense in the Northern languages, but certainly it is found in sense of the rounded top of a hay-stack. Original words in for hay-stack, such as and ,, are found only in a metaphorical sense, used comparatively; see further under these words. 3*) round-topped hill, knoll; now found only in place-names, chiefly as the first part of, and pronounced in many different ways [kɔl (kɔ$1$l), kɔᶅ (koᶅ, kåᶅ), kȯl, kȯᶅ, kɔil (kȯil)]. Examples: Kollafirt’. [kɔl··afe‘rt·] : *kolla-fjǫrðr; Kollevo [kȯᶅ··əvo·] : Shetl. Stedn. p. 121. —  kollr, , the head; rounded top, summit; crag, knoll.

man, noted down only in a sea-song in Norn from in the “ k. [ᶊagdə kåᶅ]”, or [ᶊa$s$də (ᶊagdə) kåᶅə gambli, ᶊagdə kåᶅa gamla], the old man said so, *sagði karl, sagði karlinn gamli. karl, , a man. The now current form [karl, kārl] in, in spite of its likeness to karl, or rather on account of its inconsistency with Norn phonology ( rl for ll, softened, palatal l), is scarcely
 * koll$s$ [kåᶅ],, a man, an old