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467 (, West Bothnia) kraum’ (kröum, krööm),, a) to sick persons: to wince; whimper; b) to complain; to be impatient; to grumble.  kraumen = kraunen, , sensitive; whimpering (krauna,, to shrink from; to whimper). krauma, , to simmer. See ,

krommin [krȯmɩn],, on the old wooden plough: a wooden clamp fixed to the so-called (the piece of wood to which the plough-share is fixed); a piece of wood between the plough-share (de sock) and the mould-board (de mukkel ). to be classed with  kramme, , a hoop on a wooden shoe.

kronk [krɔ‘ŋk],, indisposition; malingery, he’s gotten a k. Abbreviated form through influence of the adjective. krankdómr and krankleikr,, ailing; sickness.

kronk (krunk) [krɔ‘ŋk, kro‘ŋk], , 1) sick, indisposed. and 2) cross-grained, disobliging. 1 is krankr,, weak, frail, In sense 2  may be either “krankr” or “krangr”. krange,, a cross, disobliging person, to be classed with krangr,, weak, frail. For a change ng > nk in Norn see Introd. V (also N.Spr. VII) § 31.

†kront (kroint) [krȯ‘ᶇt (krȯi‘nt)], , to whimper; complain; to and. Originally doubtless the same word as krymta, , to press; crush, which also is the original meaning of, , the use of , Note, however,  croyn, , to bellow; whine; whimper, and “crointer, croynter”,, as the name of the gurnard of the genus Trigla.

†krontel [krȯ‘ᶇtəl],, to curl; crisp; mostly in. - ., Possibly with krynta,, to make oneself smart; to crisp, “kryntel” in “krynteldyr”, , dressed-up doll. might, however, also represent an older *, and, in that case, be crunkle,, to crease; to rumple.

kropen [kropən, krɔpən, krɔp$n$m], krupen [krupən, -$n$m, krop$ə$m], , crawled, crept; de bairn is k. awa’ [‘away’]. The word is an older Norn form besides the now common “crept” of “creep”, kropinn, crept, of krjúpa, , to creep. With u: krupen,

kroppen [krɔpən, kråpən; krɔp$ə$m, kråp$ə$m],, properly , shrunk; contracted; doubled up; crooked, bent. Mostly in the forms “krɔp$ə$m, kråp$ə$m” ( the forms of of this word, given under, ). a k. body, a) a shrivelled-up person with a doubled-up or shrunken body; b) a crooked or bent person. In expletives, wishing evil: k. be de fingers, at [‘that’] dø sicc a ting! may the fingers become crooked that do such a thing! k., shrivelled. — kroppinn, bowed together, crooked, of kreppa,, to clench; pinch; press.

kroppin$ə$ [kråpɩn, -ən],, meal and fish-livers crushed together (stuffed into a fish’s head); see further and ,

kroppin$ə$ [kropɩn (krɔpɩn), -ən], , body, person; see further , which is the common form.

kros [(krōs) krō$1$s],, (a dainty), a nice gift, ironically  to a slight thing, a trifle, received as a gift; dis [‘this’] is a k.  , — krás,, a dainty. the use of the words, , $2$,

kross$ə$, cross,, a cross; see , sb. 30*