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St.?). — No. krympa, vb., to squeeze; press, Da. krympe, vb., to shrink; Sw. krympa seg, Da. krympe sig, to wince.

krimpet [krɩ‘mpət, krə‘mpət], adj., having a scalloped edge, pinked (Du.). A form krimp [krɩ‘mp, krə‘mp], in sense of scarce, scrimp, is L.Sc. Jam.: crimpe, adj.).

krimpi [krɩ‘mpi], sb., a whimpering person, a person that is always complaining. U. From krimp, vb. 2.

kring [krɩŋ], sb., 1) a halter round the neck of an animal by which to lead it, esp. a rope binding or tying two animals (sheep, horses) together, either by passing it round the neck or feet of both, or (esp. in case of horses) by tying the one animal to the tail of the other the better to drive them. 2) two animals (sheep, horses) tied together by means of kring (k. 1); a k. o’ sheep, o’ horses. — O.N. kringr = hringr, m., a circle; ring; No. kring, m., also inter alia a chain (of connected links or osier).

kring [krɩŋ], vb., 1) to tie two animals (sheep, horses) together by means of kring (sb. 1; see the preceding word); to k. horses or sheep (lambs). 2) appl. to rope, tether: to become entangled; de tedders o’ de two kye (cows) kringd togedder [‘together’] (U.). — O.N. kringja and hringja, vb., to encircle, surround.

kring [krɩŋ], prep. and adv., around; about. Fo. O.N. í kring and “kring”, adv., about; around, (í) kring um, about (prep.).

kringband [krɩŋband, -bānd], sb., = kring, sb. 1.

kringl- or kringel [krɩŋəl]-bread, sb., a kind of round loaf, brought from Norway. Edm.: kringle-bread. Brand (Zetland): cringel-bread. — No. kringla, f., a) a round disk, a

circle, = O.N. kringla; b) a twisted roll of bread or cake, Sw. kringla, Da. kringle.

kripmaliri [krip·mali̇̄·ri], sb., nickname for the so-called sandilu, a kind of plover, charadrius hiaticula. Metaph. applied to a person having an uneven gait, now running, now stopping; to geng like [lek] a k., to walk like a plover. Fe. or Wh. The first part of the compd. is prob. an original *krymp (*krypp-), denoting a small, feeble creature, prop. a stunted creature. kripma- may be a metathesis of krimpa-. The second part is to be classed with No. lira, vb., to move forward in jerks, to sneak along, Sw. dial. lira, vb., to turn and twist; to move in a lively but quiet manner.

krisk, vb., and krisket, adj., see kriks and krikset.

krist [krɩst, krist], vb., 1) to exert oneself, to take great pains without making progress; du ’s kristet [krɩstət] as lang wi’ it (Fe.). 2) to walk wearily, groaning under a heavy burden on one’s back. 3) to whimper, complain slightly and continually; to sit kristin at de fire. N.I. Parallel form to krest, vb., q.v. While krest springs from O.N. kreista, vb., krist is most prob. an original *krysta; cf. No. krysta, vb., = kreista, Da. kryste, Goth. kriustan. Ork. kreest, vb., to squeeze; pinch; press (Denn.), = O.N. kreista.

kro [krō], sb., a corner; nook; small space in which something is kept, esp.: a) a space in a corner of de but (kitchen and living-room) for storing potatoes, a taati-k. [taati: ‘potato’]; see lodi¹, sb.; b) a corner of de but for keeping peats; de peat-k.; now more comm.: peat-nook [L.Sc. nook, a corner]; c) in a boat: a small box fastened under de stamron (knee-timber of the stem). Sometimes by transference: a heap