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Rh kongel [kɔŋgəl (kåŋgəl)],, 1) a piece of dough made into a or circular, thick cake (barley- or oat-cake), raw . 2) a small piece of peat (piece of burning peat). ? Edm.: “, a piece of burning peat”. kongul,, a small piece of peat. kongul (East ),, kongla, , kangel,, a fir-cone, “kongul” also means a cluster of berries (West ). See the preceding word, and , The root-meaning of the word is doubtless lump. For the relation between the two different meanings of  the relation between ,, and boglo,

kongi [kɔŋgi],, sea-snail, spiral-formed shell.,  kong, , and kongur (fjörukongur), , sea-snail.

konglalavin [koŋ·glalā·vin],, = , 1 (a piece of dough made into a brøni). For the second part see ,

konk, konki (kjonki),, illness, a very bad cold, see ,

konn,, to become acquainted or familiar with something (a place), to become accustomed to a haunt, referring to cattle, kept in a certain pasture, in order to get them accustomed to the place. Only reported in the form , [kȯdən] from Sandness on “keep de coo dere, untill shø ”, keep the cow there till she gets familiar with or used to the said pasture. — kynnask, , to become acquainted, to make acquaintance with someone or something (kunnr,, known); kynna,, to let a person get familiar with one, and kynnast, , to make oneself familiar (with someone). — In the verb the i-mutation is dropped. Change of nn to dn, especially prominent in the Foula dialect, has formerly been common on the greater part of Westside (,, , , Foula and ). Examples of the changes ll > dl, nn and rn > dn, on , are found in Introd. V (also N.Spr. VII), § 42; note further the Foula forms, such as - from - ( kinn,, the cheek), and in the Hildina ballad (Foula ballad), from kann, can, of kunna, In Norn $h$ll and $w$nn, rn, are found as ll and nn respectively in the other parts of Shetland, often ( in the ) with softened, palatal pronunciation.

konn,, acquainted with; familiar with; accustomed to, referring to cattle having become accustomed to a certain pasture. Only reported from, , in the form , [kȯdən]. “de coo is no k. yet”, the cow is not yet accustomed to the pasture. kunnr,, a) known; b) familiar (with), being acquainted with or having knowledge of. For the change nn > dn in Norn on see under the preceding word.

(kɔ̇ᶇ·-)],, a kind of cornworm (that creeps into the ears of corn, ruining them), zabrus gibbus. *korn-maðkr, corn-worm. : derivative, with i-mutation, of older worm. For the change ðk > rk and  mark = makk, , maggot; worm ( literary : mask). Another name for the said worm is -worm, “ear (of corn)-worm”;
 * konnmerki [kɔ$w$n·mæ‘r·ki, kȯᶇ·mæ‘r·ki
 * , maðkr,, maggot;

[kɔ‘ᶇ··taplok·ər], , small (the angler), Lophius piscatorius. — kunta, cunnus. See †,

†kop,, see , 29*