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Rh krampe and krappe,, cramp, contraction of the sinews.

krapp$2$ [krap],, the angular space in the interior of a house between the upper part of the stone wall and the lower part of the roof (the rafters); de k. o’ de wa [‘wall’]. This space above the wall is a general depository for small things. — Doubtless narrow space; see ,, and  krappa-rúm, , handed down in a different sense of a space (the third from the stern) in an ancient ship-of-war. krepp,, a narrowing. crap, , the top of any thing. ,

krapp [krap],, 1) close; scant, of wind, mostly contrary wind, making it difficult for sailing; a k. wind. In the same sense krapp, 2) of the sea: choppy, with short, crested waves; k. sea. 3) of the stem of a boat: sharply bent upwards; of a boat: having the stem sharply bent upwards, = kroppstemnd, ower (very) k. i’ de stem. — krappr,, strait; narrow.
 * k. stems; de boat is

krappin [krapɩn],, meal and fish-livers crushed together ; meal-dumplings, filled with fish-livers (Swinister, ). Mostly in the form [kråpɩn, kråpən], and denoting meal and fish-livers crushed together, stuffed into the head of a fish and boiled; k.-head. — Originally doubtless the same word as, , with change mp > pp ( and $1$, ). The word merges with “crappit head”, head of haddock, stuffed with oatmeal, suet, , from “crap”,, to fill, stuff.

kravi [kravi, krāvi],, a swarm, large (collected) flock, crowd; a k. o’ dogs, a k. o’ fish. . Also to inanimate objects: a heap; mass; great pile; a k. o’ waar [ ware, seaweed]. sea- weed]. , [krăvi]: [krāvi]:. — Possibly to be classed with krade,, dense crowd (R.), kraðak,, a swarm, crowd (B.H.). v (-vi), in that case, raises some difficulty, and therefore an original *kraf, in sense of crawling, creeping things, might be indicated; krava,, to crawl, creep.

craw-pil [krâpi̇̄l (-pɩ̄l, -pil)], , a kind of testaceous animal, to be found on the foreshore. Mostly used : small, black shell-fish on the foreshore.  kráku-skel, kraakeskjel,, mytilus edulis; craw,, = crow. ,, small shell-fish; pile, , a particle; grain. See ,

craws’-court [krâs-ko‘rt],, 1) “crows’ court”, a gathering of crows holding conference and judgement (generally resulting in an attack on one of the flock, leaving it dead on the spot), = krákuting,  2) comparatively and mockingly: boisterous assembly discussing insignificant matters with much and useless talk, = krákuting, kraaketing,

craw-siller [krâ-sɩlər],, glimmer, a kind of mineral (stone, cleavable into very thin, glittering, flexible plates), mica. kraakesylv, kragesølv, ,

craw-sten, -stane [krâstēn, -sten], , = craw-siller.

craw-tang [krâtaŋ],, “crow seaweed”, a variety of yellowish seaweed, growing in small clusters on a single stalk among the so-called on the sea-shore. , Reported from to the kind of seaweed growing on the sea-shore above the so-called or sea-wrack. : craw-tang = : ?

krechin,, see.