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454 to croak hoarsely, applied to the raven; korpr,, the raven. gorpa,, to croak ( to the raven, gorpur).

korpnibset [kɔrᶇɩb·sət],, snub-nosed, short-faced. [(kərᶇɩb·sət) ᶄɩrᶇɩb·sət]: Like “-faced”. — Properly “short-beaked”. For the first part - see further under , The second part is a of näbb,,  nebb, ,  nef, ).
 * nebb, beak ( nebb and

korr$1$ [kȯr (kȯrr)],, in the “de k. o’ ”, the quietest part of the midsummer-night, the dead of the midsummer-night. ; In also  [kȯrl], de k. o’. — kyrð,, rest, quietness (kyrr,, quiet, still). — kurr, (= kyrr, kjørr, quɩet,quiet, [sic] still), in  as “paa det kurraste”, in the middle of the night, and “kurraste natti”, in the dead of night.

korr$2$ [kȯrr],, a slight sound, a murmur, negatively “no a k.”, not the slightest sound or indication; der’ wer (there was) no a k. o’ his head; der’ wer no a k. among dem. Also referring to a cooing or clucking sound, of hens;  ; see,  — kurr,, a murmur, a grumbling, growling.

korr [kȯrr],, to coo, to cluck, of hens perceiving something that fixes their attention. . — kurra,, to murmur; grumble, growl,

korr [kȯrr],, hushaby! korra,, to sing low to children (korríró, cradle-song, lullaby), and see ,

korri [kȯri],, a small, lively fellow; applied to children and small animals. “My k.!” my treasure, my honey!. also of dogs , in fondling address, and as the name of a dog. In the first given sense is  the same word as kurre, , a) the squirrel; b) a small, lively boy. In sense of dog, and as the name of a dog, another “kurre” is found in, with which cur, For a possible merging of “*kurri’’ and kærr, , dear, in the “my ”, see the following word.

korri [kȯri],, 1) small, lively, cheerful and quick, commonly applied to children and small animals; a k. little fellow. , 2) in fondling address to a child: my k. ting (lamb)! my k. ting! my sweet little honey! Edm. gives : “pretty, dear, amiable”. — For the etymology of the word in sense 1 see under, In sense 2 there seems to be a mingling of *kurri with kærr, , dear, in partly, as “my !” (see the preceding word) is also used with ! my ''dear! my treasure!''

korrnorr [kȯr·nȯr·], and : I), a murmur; mutter, negatively; he never said k., he never said a word. II) , ''be quiet! be silent!'' — The first part is $n$,, a murmur; the second part is, , in this merely intensive, noted down in the same sense. The initial k in the second part might easily be dropped in the said See and , (and ), in which “i” and “ø”, in the second parts are, respectively, due to adjustment of sound.

kors, cors [(kɔ‘rs) kå‘rs],, 1) fiery-cross in shape of a small, wooden cross-pin; formerly used especially when tithes were to be collected, and was stuck above the door when sending round from house to house. Also 2) express