krús

• IPA^(key): [kʰruːs]
• Rhymes: -uːs

From Middle Low German krūs, krōs, of uncertain ultimate origin, but Pokorny proposes an ultimate derivation from Proto-Indo-European *ger- (“to turn, bend”), similar to Proto-Germanic *krōkaz (“something bent, crooked”), *krukjō (“staff”).^[1]

krús f (genitive singular krúsar, nominative plural krúsir)

1. mug, jar, jug
   • Hver stal kökunni úr krúsinni í gær?

     Who stole the cookie from the jar (cookie jar) last night?

• skúr

From Latin crux

krús n (plural krusen, diminutive krúske)

1. cross

• “krús (I)”, in Wurdboek fan de Fryske taal (in Dutch), 2011