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krampe and krappe, m., cramp, contraction of the sinews.

krapp² [krap], sb., the angular space in the interior of a house between the upper part of the stone wall and the lower part of the roof (the rafters); de k. o’ de wa [‘wall’]. F.I. This space above the wall is a general depository for small things. — Doubtless narrow space; see krapp, adj., and cf. O.N. krappa-rúm, n., handed down in a different sense of a space (the third from the stern) in an ancient ship-of-war. No. krepp, m., a narrowing. L.Sc. crap, sb., the top of any thing. Cf. esins, sb. pl.

krapp [krap], adj., 1) close; scant, esp. of wind, mostly contrary wind, making it difficult for sailing; a k. wind. In the same sense No. krapp, adj. 2) of the sea: choppy, with short, crested waves; k. sea. 3) of the stem of a boat: sharply bent upwards; of a boat: having the stem sharply bent upwards, = No. kroppstemnd, adj.; k. stems; de boat is ower (very) k. i’ de stem. — O.N. krappr, adj., strait; narrow.

krappin [krapɩn], sb., meal and fish-livers crushed together (U.; Sa.); meal-dumplings, filled with fish-livers (Swinister, De.). Mostly in the form kroppin [kråpɩn, kråpən], and esp. denoting meal and fish-livers crushed together, stuffed into the head of a fish and boiled; k.-head. — Originally doubtless the same word as krampi, sb. (q.v.), with change mp > pp (cf. kramp and krapp¹, sb.). The word merges with L.Sc. “crappit head”, head of haddock, stuffed with oatmeal, suet, etc., from “crap”, vb., to fill, stuff.

kravi [kravi, krāvi], sb., a swarm, large (collected) flock, crowd; a k. o’ dogs, a k. o’ fish. Nm^{n., w}. (N.Roe; Esh.). Also appl. to inanimate objects: a heap; mass; great pile; a k. o’ waar [L.Sc. ware, sea-

weed]. Esh., Nm^w. [krăvi]: Esh. [krāvi]: N.Roe. — Possibly to be classed with No. krade, m., dense crowd (R.), Icel. kraðak, n., a swarm, crowd (B.H.). v (-vi), in that case, raises some difficulty, and therefore an original *kraf, in sense of crawling, creeping things, might be indicated; cf. Sw. dial. krava, vb., to crawl, creep.

craw-pil [krâpi̇̄l (-pɩ̄l, -pil)], sb., a kind of testaceous animal, to be found on the foreshore. Mostly used collect.: small, black shell-fish on the foreshore. Cf. O.N. kráku-skel, No. kraakeskjel, f., mytilus edulis; L.Sc. craw, sb., = crow. Shetl. pil, sb., small shell-fish; No. pile, m., a particle; grain. See kroklin, sb.

craws’-court [krâs-ko‘rt], sb., 1) “crows’ court”, a gathering of crows holding conference and judgement (generally resulting in an attack on one of the flock, leaving it dead on the spot), = Fær. krákuting, n. 2) comparatively and mockingly: boisterous assembly discussing insignificant matters with much and useless talk, = Fær. krákuting, No. kraaketing, n.

craw-siller [krâ-sɩlər], sb., glimmer, a kind of mineral (stone, cleavable into very thin, glittering, flexible plates), mica. No. kraakesylv, Da. dial. kragesølv, n., id.

craw-sten, -stane [krâstēn, -sten], sb., = craw-siller.

craw-tang [krâtaŋ], sb., “crow seaweed”, a variety of yellowish seaweed, growing in small clusters on a single stalk among the so-called golatang (q.v.) on the sea-shore. Y^h., Fe. Reported from Fe. appl. to the kind of seaweed growing on the sea-shore above the so-called bongtang or sea-wrack. Fe.: craw-tang = Y^h.: golatang?

krechin, sb., see krekin.