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crush; pinch. See further under krampi, sb.

krumpet [kro‘mpət], adj., 1) curved, appl. to a boat’s keel (to facilitate the rowing); keel-krumpet, of a boat: having a sharply curved keel. Fe. 2) crook-backed, humped; a k. or k.-backed body (person), a k.-backed coo. Fe. 3) shrunk; shrivelled up, = perf. part.: krumpet (k. op) from krump, vb.; see ante. — Cf. Sw. and Da. krumpen, adj., crooked, stiff and bent, properly perf. part. of an old *krimpa, vb., a) to be bent, crooked, shrunk; b) to shrivel up; to make crooked.

krumpin [kro‘mpɩn (kru‘mpɩn)], sb., a sharp curve, esp. of the curve of a boat’s keel in order to facilitate the rowing: a keel-k. (opp. to “keel-fettin”, the keel-rounding, which is better for sailing). Fe. *krumpan or *krumping. See krump¹, sb. and vb., and krumpet, adj.

krumplikin [kro‘mp··lɩkɩn·], sb., a codling, = porr. Sound (Lerwick, M.). Prob. an original *krympill or *krympl, denoting something shrivelled up, shrunk or stunted. Cf. No. krumpa and krympa, Sw. krympa, Da. krympe, vb., to shrink; Sw. krympling, m., a cripple; poor little wretch. The dim. ending -(i)kin in the Shetlandic word is doubtless the same as in, e.g. Eng. manikin, O.Dut. manneken, sb., formed by analogy.

krun [krūn], sb., 1) a crown; garland. 2) the crown of the head. 3) summit. As a place-name krun denotes a) circular hill-top; b) a hill with a circular top; thus: de Krun o’ de Øra (Uⁿ.), hill-top; de Krun o’ Winjerhul (U^wg.), hill-top; de Krun o’ Katfirt’ (N.), a hill; de Krunens [krūnəns] o’ Kollaster (Sa^e.), hills: *krúnurnar. Shetl. St. p. 125. — O.N. krúna, f., a crown; a wreath; the crown of the head. The word is found in Norway as the name of

mountains and of farms. Shetl. krun, in a more extended sense, top, point, assimilates to Eng. crown, sb.

†krunter [kro‘ntər], sb., the gurnard, Trigla. Sandw., Du. L.Sc.? See kront, vb., and cf. gronter, sb.

krupen [krupən, krup^ən (krup^əm)], perf. part., crawled, crept. Conn. See further kropen, perf. part.

krupp [krup], sb., cramp. The second part in the compd. sandikrupp; q.v.

kruppen [(kropən) krop^əm], adj. (perf. part.), shrunk; contracted; doubled up (of the body or limbs); a k. body; to stand k. Sa. See kroppen, adj.

kruppin [krupin, -ɩn] and kruppen [krupən], sb., 1) the body; now only found in a few phrases, as: Blessins be upo dy k.! bless your body! 2) man, person, mostly jocularly or mockingly: an odd or poor individual. “Du is a kruppin”, you are a queer one (Uⁿ.). Puir kruppin! poor fellow! (Fo.). Siccan a k.! what a queer person! Fy upo yon k.! fy fa’ [‘befall’] yon k.! may misfortune befall him (her), that “body”! he (she) ought to be ashamed. Also kruppiin (kruppjin) [krup·iɩn·] (Sa. occas.); fy fa’ yon k.! — More rarely kroppin, -en [(krɔpɩn) kropin, -ɩn, -ən]. — O.N. kroppr, m., the body. The form of the Shetl. word springs from the accusative with added definite article: kroppinn, *kruppinn.

krus [krūs, krô̅s (krus, krô̆s)], sb., 1) a jug (made from clay), a small, cup-shaped earthen vessel, partly a) for holding train-oil, “øli [‘oil’]-k.” (Ireland, Du.: krūs), partly b) in which to form and bake a dough of meal filled with fish-livers in the centre; “liver-k.” (N.Roe: krô̅s). 2) dough of meal with fish-livers in the centre, baked in a krus (stoneware jug or cup-shaped vessel); a