Kol-bítr

Old Norse Dictionary Entry

Kol-bítr

Old Norse Dictionary Entry

Definitions

1 kol-bítr

adj. ‘coal-biter,’ coal-eater, a popular name of an idle youth sitting always at the fireside, cp. Dan. askefis, as also aschbrödel in the German legends; Starkaðr var hímaldi ok kolbítr ok lá í fleti við eld, Fas. iii. 18; hann hefir upp vaxit við eld ok verit kolbítr, ii. 114; Beigaldi var kolbítr, Eg. 109.

Runic Inscription

ᚴᚢᛚ-ᛒᛁᛏᚱ

Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark

Abbreviations Used

Common Abbreviations

adj
adjective.
adj.
adjective.
ch
chapter.
cp
compare.
cp.
compare.
Dan
Danish.
Dan.
Danish.
Germ
German.
id
idem, referring to the passage quoted or to the translation
n.
neuter.
p.
page.

Works & Authors

Eg.
Egils Saga. (D. II.)
Fas.
Fornaldar Sögur. (C. II.)
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