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kór-prestr, n. choir-priest.
kórr (gen. kórs), m. choir, chancel.
kórs-bróðir, m. canon, = kanúkr.
kór-smíð, f. building of a choir;
-þili, n. panel of the choir.
krabba-mark, -merki, n. the zodiacal sign Cancer.
krabbi, m . a crab (k. gengr öfugr löngum).
krafa, f. claim, demand.
krafla (að), v. to make (slight) pawing movements with the hands.
krafsa (að), v. to paw, scrape, or scratch with the feet (uxinn krafsaði sem hross).
kraka (að), v. (1) to furnish with pales; (2) to grip the bottom (tóku þá akkerin at k.); (3) k. e-t upp, to fetch up from the bottom (krökuðu þeir hann upp ok fluttu til lands).
kraki, m. (1) pale, stake; (2) thin pole; (3) a kind of drag or boat-hook.
krak-ligr, a. slender, thin and weak.
krammr, a. half thawed (k. snjór).
kranga (að), v. to creep along.
krangr, a. weak, frail.
krank-dómr, m., -dœmi, n. ailing, illness;
-leikr, m. = -dómr.
krankr, a. (1) ill, silk; mér er krankt, I am ill; (2) sore, distressing.
krap, n. half thawed snow, slush.
krapa-drífa, f. shower of sleet;
-för, f. drift of thawed ice (in a river).
krapi, m. = krap.
krappa-rúm, n. 'strait-room' (a place before a ship's 'lypting').
krappr, a. (1) strait, narrow (kröpp leið); koma í krappan stað, to get into straits; (2) sharp, crafty (kröpp Guðrún).
krapta-, gen. pl. from 'kraptr';
-lán, n. gifts of strength (power);
-lifnaðr, m., -lif, n. virtuous life;
-lítill, a. weak, wanting strength;
-maðr, m. strong (virtuous) man;
-mikill, a. strong.
krapt-auðigr, a. (1) very powerful; (2) highly virtuous.
kraptr (-s, -ar), m. (1) might, strength, power; með öllum krapti, with might and main; (2) virtue; (3) superhuman being, angel.
krá, f. nook, corner.
kráka, f. crow (galandi k.).
krákr, m. crow or raven.
kráku-skel, f. mussel;
-stigr, m. 'crow-path', crooked way, zigzag;
-ungi, m. young crow.
krás, f. dainty (dýrðligar krásir).
kredda, f. creed (Lat. credo).
krefja (kref, krafða, krafðr and krafinn), v. to crave, demand, claim (k. e-n e-s); k. e-n máls, orða, to ask speech of one (engi þorði at k. hann orða); hann krafði dura, he asked to be let in, knocked at the door; refl., krefjast, to claim, with gen. (krafðist Hávarðr torfunnar).
kregð, f. pining away, a nickname.
kreista (-sta, -str), v. to squeeze, press; fig. to force, compel.
kreisting, f. squeezing, pressing.
krellr, m. pith, spirit, hardihood (engi krellr er í yðr).
kremja (krem, kramada, kramiðr, kramdr, or kraminn), v. to squeeze (hann kramdi hold af beinum); refl., kremjast, to be pinched, pine (from a wasting sickness).
krenkja (-ta, -tr), v. to make sick.
kreppa (-ta, -tr), v. to squeeze, press; k. at e-m, to press hard on one (krepptu þeir svá hart at þorgrími, at hann); impers., e-n kreppir, one becomes crippled; krepptr, crippled (hón var kreppt öll, svá at báðir fœtr lágu bjúgir við knén).
kreppa, krepping, f. strait, scrape (koma í kreppu).
kreppingr, m. handful (hafa krepping fullan).
kretta (pret. kratt), v. to murmur, complain (engi þorði um at kretta).
krikta (-kta, -kt), v. = kretta (þeir þoldu illa, ok kriktu um).
kring, adv. round; ganga í hring ok í kring, all around, round and round; í kring um, around, with acc. (þú skalt róa í kring um skútuna).
kringja (-da, -dr), v. (1) to encircle, surround (Birkibeinar kringdu bæinn þegar); usually with prep. 'um' (þeir kringdu um kirkjuna); (2) to go round (kringið um borgina).
kringla, f. disk, circle, orb.
kringlóttr, a. round, circular.

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