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Rh a liquid,  to the simmering sound; de kettle is. —, : [krȯt$i$l]. : [krȯt$ə$l] and [krot$ə$l]. — a) krusla,  krutla?,, to simmer (R.); b)  and  krutla, , to bungle, to niggle with something; krottla,, to mix; tangle. The meanings of “krutla, krottla”, given under b, are foreign to the verb.verb [sic] in, but senses a and b of the substantive.
 * [krȯ$ə$t$ə$l, krȯi‘t$ə$l, -əl (krȯƫəl)].

krotli, krotl-y [krȯtli], , to the sea: agitated; choppy (with small waves breaking against each other); a k. sea. of, 3.

krov [krȯv],, 1) the cut-up carcass of a (slaughtered) animal; de k. o’ a coo, o’ a sheep. 2) the lap of a (sitting) person, the angle between the breast and the knees; boy, come and sit i’ grannie’s k.! ( grannie,, grandmother). — In is found a form  or  [krof] in sense of the back of the carcass of a slaughtered animal. — krof, , the cut-up carcass of a slaughtered animal ( krov,, also: the inside of a body).

krovmark [krȯvma‘rk],, fat, lining the inside hollow of the back (along the spine) of an animal. The first part of the is , second part,, is doubtless the same word as $n$,, , marrow ( mergr).
 * see the preceding word. The

kru [krū],, an enclosure, fold, sheep-fold. Now commonly: [krø̄], which word has mainly superseded the older form . In old place-names:. kró (lambakró),, a fold (sheep-fold). cro,, a fold (sheep-fold). — A form [krō], found in the spoken language as well as in place-names, may spring from an original “krá” (see, ), or may be  cro.

kru [krū],, to drive sheep into a fold, = $wg$, ; to de sheep. króa,, in the “króa lömbin”, to close in the sheep (B.H.).

krubbet [krobət],, narrow; confined ; see the more common [krȯbət].

krubbi [krobi],, breastbone of a bird.   krabbe,, in sense of cartilaginous lamina.

kruf$h$,, see ,

†kruf$1$ [krof],, a crowd. See $1$,

kruff [krof],, a) a small wooden box for seed-potatoes; b) bait-box ( for holding limpets), of the same shape as and ; c) (oblong) box for holding sheep’s fodder; lamb’s crib. (in sense c reported from ). Cognate with and,   krufsen (krupsen) and krufsutt, , narrow.

krug$1$ [krūg],, a thole, , in a boat, only preserved as a sea-term, belonging to fishermen’s tabu-lang. “Shø blaws behint de ; guid be at de k.!” “it (the ling) ‘blows’ behind the boat; good luck at the thole!”  krókr, , hook; hoop. — In sense of sail, boat’s sail, used as a tabu-name , the word has arisen more recently from the verb. — A form [krukət] is reported from  as a sea-term for “hailin’-, ”, reel on a boat’s gunwale. $2$,

krug$1$ [krūg],, see ,

krug$1$ [krūg],, 1) to crouch low, sinking on all fours, in the phrase “to k. anesell [‘oneself’] doon!” 2) to arch the back, ready for attack, to an animal going to butt, = to set de.