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464 of potatoes or peats in a corner of de but; see the senses a and b. — In sense of a fold, small enclosure (= ), is found in the obsolete * (sheep-fold). — krá,, a nook; corner.

krobb [krȯb],, small enclosure, a) for young cabbage-plants, planti-k., = planti-; b) for pigs, and adjoining the sty, grice-k.. a narrow space. *krubba; see the words.

krobb [krȯb],, to narrow, confine; to pinch for room. In a special sense: to keep (a child) in check, to k. a bairn; de bairn is never [krȯbəd], the child is never ruled, always gets its own way. The word is also found in, but in Shetlandic it may be of Norn origin (*krubba); see below ,

krobbek [krȯbək],, a crib, box, a) lamb’s crib, a box for holding fodder for lambs ; b) a wooden box in which bait ( limpets) is gathered and kept (mostly square, with gable-shaped ends between which is fastened a string, serving as a handle), bait-k., limpet-k. (= and ). In, (Ireland)  [krȯbi], bait-k. —, , krubba, , a crib, a box for holding fodder; krubba, to B.H.: a jar, and krubbufat,, a deep dish, deep bowl. (and ) crub = crib,

krobbet [krȯbət],, narrow; confined; pinched for room, = krubben, krubbutt,

krobbi [krȯbi],, a small hollow, hole in which plants, potatoes, are planted. ? Edm.: , a place or hole in which potatoes, , are covered up. confined space, and the same word as and ,

krod or krodd [krȯd],, to cram together (living beings), to crowd; in  [krȯdəd], , crowded (with something living), swarming; de room or path was wi’ folk. The word is pronounced from (and ) “crowd”, and can therefore be referred to kryda (*krjoda, kruda) or “kroda seg”,, to crowd; swarm. kroda,, a crowd. See and ,

kroder [krȯdər],, properly a murmur, slight indication of sound, reported in sense of a small piece of news, in the phrase “a k. o’ news”. “Ony [‘any’] k. o’ news de day [‘to-day’]”? krytr, , a gentle sound (a murmur, grumble). Closer in form to the word is krutr,, given in Fr. as noise, tumult, doubtless, like “krytr”: a murmur, grumble.

kroddins [krȯ$n$dɩns],, small particles of curd floating in the whey after churning.. In the same sense as the word is found  krodde,  ( grit or small, hard particles floating in a liquid, = krot, ; also greaves, = krota, ). Otherwise crouds, cruds,, which is  curd(s).

krodni [krȯdni],, a crowd, multitude, a k. o’ folk, o’ horses, o’ sheep; in a k. (forming a dense crowd).  kroda,, a crowd. See, , , , and ,

kroff,, see ,

krog [(krog, krɔg) krōg],, shelter against bad weather; to tak’ k., to take shelter. See, , and $i$,

krog [krog, krɔg, krōg, krȯg], , to crouch (to bend the back) against bad weather, rain or cold; to shelter against bad weather (rain); to k. f(r)ae a shooer [‘shower’]; to