KOL

Old Norse Dictionary Entry

KOL

Old Norse Dictionary Entry

Definitions

1 KOL

n. pl. [A. S. côl; Engl. coal; O. H. G. and Germ. kohlen; Dan. kul]:—coals, charcoal; kurla, kvista, svíða kol, brenna kol, Grág. i. 200, ii. 295, Nj. 57, Ölk. 34; göra kol, Grág. ii. 297; leiri ok kolum, Fms. ii. 59; elda viði ok hafa til kola, Grág. ii. 211; brenna at köldum kolum (see kaldr), Fms. iii. 92, passim; kalda-kol (see kaldr), cold ashes.

2 KOL

II. metaph., in compds, kol-svartr, kol-dimmr, coal-black; in pr. names (of dark skin, hair, beard), of men, Kolr, Kol-beinn, Kol-grímr, Kol-björn, Kol-finnr, Kol-skeggr; of women, Kol-finna, Kol-brún (q. v.), Kol-gríma, Landn.

3 KOL

COMPDS: kolagröf, kolakarl, kolameiss.

Runic Inscription

ᚴᚢᛚ

Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark

Abbreviations Used

Common Abbreviations

A. S.: Anglo-Saxon.
ch: chapter.
Dan: Danish.
Dan.: Danish.
Engl: English.
Engl.: English.
Germ: German.
Germ.: German.
gl: glossary.
gl.: glossary.
l.: Linnæus.
m.: masculine.
metaph.: metaphor, metaphorical.
n.: neuter.
O. H. G.: Old High German.
pl.: plural.
pr.: proper.
q. v.: quod vide.
S.: South, Southern.
v.: vide, verb.

Works & Authors

Fms.: Fornmanna Sögur. (E. I.)
Grág.: Grágás. (B. I.)
Landn.: Landnáma. (D. I.)
Nj.: Njála. (D. II.)
Ölk.: Ölkofra-þáttr. (D. II.)

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