Blóð-kýll
Old Norse Dictionary - blóð-kýll
Meaning of Old Norse word "blóð-kýll"
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
- blóð-kýll
- m. a blood-bag; metaph. a blood-sucker, a leech, Fms. ii. 317.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᛒᛚᚢᚦ-ᚴᚢᛚᛚ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- m.
- masculine.
- metaph.
- metaphorical, metaphorically.
Works & Authors cited:
- Fms.
- Fornmanna Sögur. (E. I.)