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Rh  the voice in singing or speaking.

krestin [(krɛstɩn) kræstɩn], , hard toil and struggle, in carrying a heavy burden (on the back), also of laborious rowing; we ’re had a k. See ,

†kribb,, see , and ,

kribbage [krɩbədᶎ],, a poor wretch, emaciated creature (person or animal); a puir [‘poor’] k. May be either a *krypp- to something shrunken or stunted ( kryppa,, to shrivel up, kryppill, , a cripple) or *krepp- ( krepp,, partly a narrowing, partly a falling-off in condition). also kripp,, a little child. For a change pp > bb in Norn see Introd. V (also N. Spr. VII), § 38 a. Edm. gives “cribbage, the person, the body of a person”, with, from kroppr,

kribbi, kribi [kribi],, an oblong, flat wooden vessel in which the fisherman keeps his fishing-line ( haddock-line)' when going a-fishing. . a form arisen by i-mutation or through of crib,, from an older *krubb; see further ,

kriel [kri̇̄əl, kri̇̄$n$l] and krier [kri̇̄ər, kri̇̄$n, w$r],, sea-term in fishermen’s tabu- for a cock. kría,, as the name for a sea-swallow; kria,, to shout; rejoice.

krig(g) [krɩg],, to hook, to grip and let loose again, of an anchor or sinker on a fishing-line, catching the sea-bottom, and having to be loosened again; de (the sinker on the line) was ; we could feel de anchor. krœkja,, to hook. The vowel is developed irregularly in Shetlandic.

krigga [krəga],, cover or shelter against bad weather, crouching position; to stand in k. , = kroka,, to crouch (against bad weather), krøkke, “krykja” from “kruk”, crouching position. See further $ə$, , and ,
 * kryk- or *krykk-.  krykja,

krigi, kriggi [krɩgi, krəgi], , corner, sharp angle in a wall or fence; a k. in a dyke (fence). [krɩgi; : krəgi]. As a place-name sometimes to a creek; thus: “de  [krɩga]”: a narrow creek in the isle of Muckle Roe. — kriki and krikr, kríkr,, a bend; curve; angle; krik and krikk,, a sharp angle, corner. — A rare form [krēg], curvature, in place-names may have arisen from “kríkr”, as long e in Norn is sometimes a development of í; thus “ [krēga]-burn”, name of the bend of a stream, winding part of a stream, running into Vidlin Loch, Different from this *, though etymologically connected, and similarly pronounced, is the loan-word craig,, the throat. ,, a narrow pass, , is the same word as.

krigi-set, kriggi-set [krɩg·isɛt·, krəg·isɛt·, -sæt·],, to drive an animal into a corner, into a sharp angle,, in a fence in order to catch it; to k.-s. a horse or sheep. [krɩgi-; : krəgi-]. *krik(a)-setja, to put into a corner. See the preceding word, and ,

krik [krik],, a defile in the landscape, narrow pass, cleft. Also : a trap ( corner or angle of a fence in which to catch an animal; see, , and , ). As a place-name is found “de [kri̇̄g]”: a