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Rh k. in under; to stand (for de cauld). Also as : to k. a shooer, to dodge a shower by taking shelter. Sometimes to crouch so as to hide oneself in order to spy, sneak about in a bent position, spying upon another; dey ’re aboot (said of two persons watching each other). — Mostly with short vowel; reported with long vowel from ; —   kroka,, to bend; kroka,, to bend oneself, to huddle oneself up (against bad weather,  to cattle); kroka,, to take shelter from the rain and bad weather; krukke, krøkke,, to bend one’s back, huddle oneself up.

kroga$w$ [kroga, krɔga, krōga], , shelter against bad weather; to tak’ k., to take shelter; to stand in k., in a k., to get atill [‘into’] k.; in under k. of the preceding word.

word is quite obsolete, and the memory thereof, preserved in, is due to the fact that a skerry off Noness in Sandwick parish, , is called [krō··gaskær·i] (by people in Sandwick), and “Crawskerri” (by people in Levenwick). kráka,, a crow. and craw = crow. - and Craw-, in the said place-name, have scarcely any connection originally with the name of the bird, any more than with many of the Northern place-names beginning with
 * kroga$1$ [krōga],, a crow. The
 * Krak-.

krogabøl [krog··abøl·],, enclosure, , for giving shelter to animals against bad weather. , See, , and $2$,

krogen, krogin [krogən, krɔgən (krogɩn, krȯgən)],, that huddles itself up against bad weather, or  against the cold; susceptible to cold, unable to stand the cold; a k. body or craeter’ [‘creature’]. krokinn, kroken and krøkjen, , crooked; bent. See, , and ,

krogg [krȯg],, raised, curved back, the high, curved part of a swine’s back nearest the neck. Also [grȯg]. krugg, , the top of the back; raised, humpy back. See $n$,

krogg [krȯg],, to raise one’s back and shoulders, to shrug one’s shoulders, to k. upon anesell; he [krȯgəd] upon him. word.
 * krugga. Derived from the preceding

krogi,, see ($n.-e$),

krogset [krȯgsɛt·, -sæt·],, to drive one or more animals into a corner, and catch it (them) there; to k. de sheep. Also [kruk·sæt·]:  *króksetja, to put into a corner. See further ,

kro [krō]-head,, “rib-head” in a boat, = “knee-head”; see further under that word as well as (knee-timber), and -tae, - is another form of - in “-tae” = -tae.

kroil, and, see , and

kroitel, and, see , and

krok [krok, krɔk],, a heap; cluster, of potatoes forming a single root; der ’r a k. o’ taatis [‘potatoes’] under dat “shoe” (potato-top). May be hraukr, , (conical) pile or heap ( rauke,, ridge of earth covering a row of potatoes), or a word cognate with hraukr, (   hroki, hrokr,, handed down in sense of heaped measure, and  kroka, , a cluster, a small quantity of 30