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488 [kuᶊ(ᶊ)] and  [kəᶊᶊ]. and “kyss!” as a shout by which to scare away cats.

køtel [(køtəl) ᶄøtəl],, an old, blunt knife (for gutting fish; whittle). Also [kjøtəl]. kytel,, a wooden knife.

køti (køti-oil),, liver-oil which has collected on decayed fish-livers; see further ,

køtl, køtel [køtəl (k$i$øtəl)],, to work awkwardly, to bungle, to k. at or aboot a ting. to cut with a blunt knife? See , associated with kiltra (kjaltra, kjeltra),, to bungle, to scamp.

†køttikel [køt··ɩkəl·],, tough, difficult, to a piece of work; a k. job.

køvi [køvi],, a small basket (straw-basket), for holding limpets, bait, = and. ,,  an original i-mutation, denoting a round or convex object. a)  kúfr, kuv,, rounded top (see , ); b) kyva, , = kuva, vb,vb., [sic] partly to round off, partly to be curved inwards at the top, to vessels and baskets.
 * kýfi, formed from *kúf- by