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478 found of these, as many would be the children in the future marriage. Skerries. — kúpa,  kupa, , a round vessel; a bowl, a hollow, something hollowed out. In sense 3,  is more closely allied to kopa,, small hollow or pit. In the form, , the final n is a relic of the old definite article. See ,

kupi,, see ,

kupikapp [kup··ikap·],, a deep, round wooden bowl. is *kúpa,, a bowl (see , ). With regard to ( form: cap) for , , a cup, see the latter word.

kur [kūr],, 1) to stoop; crouch; to sit bending forward, to sit . 2) to doze; to sit , to sit dozing; — to rest ( in a somewhat bent or huddled-up posture), to doze; to lie or sit. “de hen is ” is said of a hen, the wings of which hang limp, and which is expected to die. 3) to be unwell; to be dejected or dispirited; to geng aboot; a ting, a dispirited or sad creature. —  and  kura,, a) to crouch; to hang one’s head; to cower; b) to rest; to lie still; to doze ( and in a somewhat bent posture), in also to be dejected or dispirited.  kúra,, to be at rest; to be idle;  kúra, , to be unwell; to be dejected; kure, , to lie (sit) still; to rest; (of birds) to hatch (in also: to dip down, to hide oneself). cour,, to stoop; to crouch.

assembly. Coll. L. L. Bonaparte in E.D.D.:, people in a turbulent uproar.
 * kuralag?, confused, noisy

kurf [ko‘rf],, (rough) surface; de k. o’ de land; — epidermis, the hairy side of leather. Cognate with the word are partly skurv, , a) scurf, b) scab, skorv,, an uneven plane; partly korpa, , and korp,, thick, knotty bark.

kurl$n$, kurel [kūr$1$l (kô$ə$r$ə$l), kur$ə$l, kor$ə$l, -əl],, to crouch in bending forward; to sit ower de fire, ,   of ,

kurl$ə$, kurel [kur$2$l, kurəl],, to make a cooing sound, to sing or chirp low and softly, to a bird. , Also  [kjur$ə$l, kjor$ə$l, -əl]:,  kurla, , to make a cooing sound, from “kurra”,

kurr [korr],, a casual remark; slight rumour of something; I only heard a k.; hit [‘it’] was just a k. “Has du ony news? No [‘not’] a k.”, not the least (not the slightest news).  kurr,, a) a murmur; b) a rumour; talk.

kus [kus (kos)],, thrown-up heap, of dried mould: a muldi [mȯldi, møldi] k., muldi-k. a k. o’ peat(s), a pile of peat, a small, round pile of peat. a) heap of stones flung together, under which small fish (small coalfish: , ) are kept until almost putrid; b) a heap of small fish (small coalfish) kept in the above-mentioned manner; a k. o’ or. For a form [kjȯs, kjɔs (kjos)] in the see further under, In Unst the form is used  in the “muldi-k.” and “a k. o’ peat(s)”;, on the other hand, to a pile of stones covering small coalfish and to a heap of small coalfish under a pile of stones: a k. o’. — In place-names is found as the name of hills and rocks, mostly roundish in shape. As the name of hills, : de Kus o’ Buster ; Kus-knowe [‘-knoll’]