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jocular; skurrilous (Icel.). O.N. kerska, kerski, f., cheerfulness; mirth; fun.

kimek, kimmek [(ᶄɩmək) ᶄemək], sb., quite a small, grass-grown strip or spot between rocks, esp. in pl. kim(m)eks, small, grass-grown spots, “kim(m)eks” o’ girs [‘grass’]. Uⁿ. Cf. No. kime (kimm), m., a strip, small stretch; a narrow, pointed piece of land lying among surroundings of a different sort, skogarkime, small stretch of woodland.

kimp [(kɩ‘mp) ᶄɩ‘mp], sb., hasty movement; dash of the waves, commotion in the sea with short, choppy waves, esp. at change of wind; cross-sea; a k. i’ de sea. U. (Uⁿ.). No. kimp, m., jerk, cast or twist (of the body), kimpen, adj., inter alia restless.

kimp [ᶄɩ‘mp], vb., 1) in boat-fishing: to haul up the fishing-line with quick, short jerks; to jerk up the line a few fathoms when it has reached the sea-bottom; this is to prevent the line from sticking there. Uⁿ. Mostly in the expression “kimpin [ᶄɩ‘mpɩn] fadoms [‘fathoms’], kimpi-fadoms”, partly a) uneven pulling up of the fishing-line with short jerks; the fathoms, which the line is hauled up in this way; hail [‘haul’] steadily! not dat [‘that’ = those’] short kimpi-fadoms! (Uⁿ., Norwick); b) the number of fathoms which the line is hauled (jerked) up from the sea-bottom; de kimpin fadoms (Yⁿ.), kimpin and kimpi fadoms (Uⁿ.). While kimpin must reasonably be regarded as a form in the pres. part., kimpi however may be a substantive *kimp- as the first part of compd. (see kimp, sb.) or an adjective: jerky; unsteady. 2) to draw a straw along the incisions (bens; see ben, sb.) made by the point of a knife on an injured part of the body, esp. the leg, to make

the blood flow and keep the wound open. Uⁿ. — From a “*kimpa” in sense of to make quick movements or jerks. No. kimpa, k. (paa) seg, vb., to start up, making short jerks or turns with the body, kimpen, adj., inter alia restless. — hjimp (*himp), vb., q.v., is closely cognate with kimp, and used in the same senses.

kims [kɩ‘ms, ᶄɩ‘ms], sb., 1) a sudden or quick movement, turn of the head or body. 2) a sudden, capricious whim. 3) short, dashing waves; cross-sea; a k. i’ de sea, = kimp, sb. U. (Uⁿ.). — The word is to be classed with No. kimsa, Da. kimse, vb., to toss the head, etc.

kims [kɩ‘ms, ke‘ms, ᶄɩ‘ms], vb., 1) to make quick movements, sudden turns of the head or body, esp. applied to a foolish, somewhat distracted person. 2) applied to the sea: to become agitated; to rise, dash violently; de sea is kimsin, kimsin op. U. The verb is now seldom used; see the more common kims, sb., and kims, kimset, adj.

kims [(kɩ‘ms, ke‘ms) ᶄɩ‘ms, ᶄɩ‘mps (ᶄe‘mps)] and kimset [kɩ‘msət, ᶄɩ‘msət], adj., 1) a) making quick movements and sudden turns of the head or body, esp. of a foolish, somewhat distracted person; a k. body. Partly also used (in fishermen’s lang.) of fish: nibbling at the bait without taking it; de fish is kims, the fish only nibbles at the bait (Uⁿ.). Uⁿ.: kims. Nmⁿ. (N.Roe) and Conn.: kimset. b) touchy; sulky, kimset and sulky. Nm. 2) restless; unsteady; feverish; “he has a kimset way aboot him” (N.Roe), partly including the senses given under 1. 3) talking abruptly, giving short, dry answers; a k. body. Nmⁿ. occas. (N.Roe): kims and kimset. 4) frolicsome, merry and foolish, flighty. Uⁿ. (kims). 5) silly, wanton, half-witted. Uⁿ. (kims, kimslike). — A