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Rh to cackle, almost assimilates in form to.

korhird,, see ,

kork,, see ,

†korka [kå‘rka] and †korkin [kå‘rkɩn], , oats. (korka) and (korkin). Used as a tabu-name, sea-term in , oaten bread ; see *$n., bu$, — korki,, oats, from Irish coirce, corca.

korkalit [kå‘r··kalɩt· (kɔ‘r··ka-)], , red dye (purple), produced from crab’s-eye lichen,, = korkalitur, korkelit,   Otherwise more : [kɔ‘r··kelɩt·, kå‘r··ke-] or [kɔ‘r··kɩlɩt·, kå‘r··kɩ-]. See below ,

†korki [kɔ‘rki, kå‘rki],, crab’s-eye lichen, lichen tartarea. From this lichen is extracted a purple colour. and [(kɔ‘rka) kå‘rka]:  korki, (West ) korke,, , from corcar. corkes. denotes also a red (purple) colour, prepared from crab’s-eye lichen.

korki [kɔ‘rki, kå‘rki]-ba’,, a round lump (ba’) of prepared , a lump of red (purple) dye, — korkaleivur ( hleifr,, a round loaf).

korl,, see $1$,

?kormoget [kərmō·gət],, having an impure, light grey colour, with a darker coloured belly, applied to animals; a k. sheep. , For ? see , Or a parallel form to ? see under ,

kormollet [kȯrmoᶅ·ət, kȯrmȯᶅ·ət, kormȯᶅ·ət (kɔr-)],, 1) having a large, ugly mouth, a) used by children and young persons of old women who are (were) harsh with them, and b) of cows; a k. coo. [kȯrmoᶅ·ət]. 2) ill-looking, having a disagreeable, repulsive appearance ap- pearance and a queer, ugly face; a k. body. [kȯrmȯᶅ·ət; : kormȯᶅ·ət (kɔr-)]. [kȯrmȯᶅ·ət]. — The word may be an original *kýr-mýltr or -múlóttr, "having a mouth (muzzle) like a cow”. The first part of the, in this case, is (kýr) of  kýr, , a cow. For the second part  see , and , , from the , treated here, is another  [kȯrmȯᶅ·ət] =  [kȯrmȯᶅ·gət], having a dirty face, soiled ([kȯrmȯᶅ·gət]: ), which is a parallel form to , ; see further under ,  In sense 2 (ugly and disagreeable in appearance), the two words are, however, merged together; likewise in sense c of the word  , surly and peevish, which  is a , “cow-mouthed”, “ugly-mouthed”, repulsive.
 * , — Different

korn, corn [kōrn, kō$1$rn, kårn], , corn, still commonly used in a sense handed down from the old language: a morsel; grain; a tiny part of anything, a (little) corn, = korn,  The older Norn-form of the word was * [kɔ$w$n, kɔᶇ, kȯᶇ]; see under *, forms as *- from horn, * from barn.

corn-deld, -djeld,, see , (and $n$),

corn-gild [kōrn·gɩld· (-ꬶɩld·)], , payment,, for the damage done by one man’s sheep on another man’s corn. *korn-gild (gjald). See *,

corn-skepp [kōrnskɛp, kōrnsᶄɛp, -skæp],, a large straw-basket for stamping corn in. See $ə$ (and $i$),

korp [kå‘rp],, to emit rattling sounds, to be dying. *korpa,