Definitioner
Definitioner
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.
Runskrift
Runskrift
kefla
Runtexten ovan representerar det fornnordiska ordet "kefla" som det kan visas i runinskrifter från vikingatiden (ca. 800-1100 e.Kr.).