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450 k., see , , — k. , a) to come to an end, to have nearly finished some work or other, = koma at enda; we ’re comin’ or accident; som’tin’ is [‘has’] come at him; what’s come  de coo?  koma at, inter alia α) to come to a certain point, so that something is at hand; β) to come over one, to overwhelm; and koma at e-m, to happen (of an accident). — k., inter alia of a fishing-line which has chanced to stick fast to the sea-bottom, round, or under, a stone, and is carefully jerked up: to become loose, to slip out (with a jerk), — , ; de line cam’ frae . — k. , to happen, occur, = koma á,  koma paa (up-paa); in other senses see “k. upon (upo)”. — k. , to get on, to become known, =  koma upp. — k. : d) to grow, to become something more or greater; jokingly or ironically: du is comin’ till, you surpass my expectations. alia to grow to manhood; koma til e-s, inter alia to become something. b) to recover; to regain strength; in a similar sense koma til (tee), to revive, to come to (of a person in a swoon). — k. [‘to’], in the phrase “ill come tø”,, properly to come off badly, of a cow calving before due time, or applied to a woman who has been confined before her time; “shø’s ill come tø” .  koma til, inter alia to happen, occur. — k.  (upo), a) to meet, to run across, koma á; b) to come over one, applied to frame of mind, = koma á; der ’r a come upon him. — k., to occur in a certain manner (well or ill), to k. weel  or ill wi’, =  koma (væl, illa) við;  koma við, inter alia to happen, occur. — In fishermen’s tabu- at sea is used the phrase “come till itsell [‘itself’]”, of the fishing-line, in sense of to break; mostly in : de line is come till itsell, the line is broken.
 * b) to happen, of a misfortune
 * and koma til, inter

†kom(b) [kɔm, kom],, of waves: to form a crest (of foam); of the sea: to form crested waves, combers; de sea is. . Also, “kame, kaim [kɛm, kem, ᶄɛm, ᶄem]”, with form of the word; thus on (: ᶄɛm); to k.. — Denoting, in contrast to comb,, not the breaking but only the lifting of long, high waves, and may then be an old *kamba, to form crest or top. See * and *, , sharp-crested mountain ridge, and compare, and

komin [kōmɩn],, that which is suitable for one to do, is one’s duty; to be in ane’s k., to be one’s duty; hit [‘it’] is guid or ill i’ dy k. to dø it, it becomes you well or ill to do that; hit is ill i’ dy k., it is ungrateful of you, it is a poor return. Also in : ; hit is ill i’ dy. — koma,, in sense of to be one’s duty, something one is obliged to do (koma 6 in Fr.).

, a bush, heather-bush; under (a) k. Only preserved in a riddle in Norn; see Introd. : *kǫnglu, ,, of *kangla, kǫngull,, a cluster of berries; kongla,, a fir-cone (kongul, , a cluster of berries), kangel,  also  kang, , a long, drooping, leafy twig or branch of a conifer, kangla,, to strip off leaves or seed. — For the stressed ending in the word see Introd. V (also N.Spr. VII), § 41.
 * kongalu [kɔŋ·galū·, kåg·gəlū·],