Kaðall
Old Norse Dictionary - kaðall
Meaning of Old Norse word "kaðall"
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
- kaðall
- m., dat. kaðli, [prob. like Engl. cable, borrowed from mid. Lat. capulum, caplum; the word perhaps denotes twisted ropes, for in olden times the Scandinavians made their cables of walrus skin, svörðr]:—a cable, esp. as a naut. term, Fms. ii. 279, vii. 82, 283, Ó. H. 28, Fas. ii. 543, Gullþ. 8, passim.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᚴᛅᚦᛅᛚᛚ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- dat.
- dative.
- Engl.
- English.
- esp.
- especially.
- gl.
- glossary.
- id.
- idem, referring to the passage quoted or to the translation
- l.
- line.
- Lat.
- Latin.
- m.
- masculine.
- mid. Lat.
- middle Latin.
- naut.
- nautical.
- prob.
- probably.
- þ.
- þáttr.
Works & Authors cited:
- Fas.
- Fornaldar Sögur. (C. II.)
- Fms.
- Fornmanna Sögur. (E. I.)
- Gullþ.
- Gull-Þóris Saga. (D. II.)
- Ó. H.
- Ólafs Saga Helga. (E. I.)