Definitions
Definitions
1 kefla
ð, to gag a lamb, so as to prevent its sucking; sagði at lömbunum væri tregast um átið fyrst er þau eru nýkefld, Eb. 244.
2 kefla
II. to mangle; kefla þvátt, to mangle linen, freq. in mod. usage; ‘þar vartú at er maðr kefldi þvátt’ is prob. the true reading of the corrupt passage ‘er feaðr kleði þvátt’ in Skálda 162 (Thorodd); the MS. prob. had kelþi = kelfði (as the word is sounded), and aþr, which two words the transcriber mistook for kleþi and peaþr.
Runic Inscription
Runic Inscription
kefla
The runic text above represents the Old Norse word "kefla" as it might appear in runic inscriptions from the Viking Age (c. 800-1100 CE).