Kaf-hlaup
Old Norse Dictionary - kaf-hlaup
Meaning of Old Norse word "kaf-hlaup"
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
- kaf-hlaup
- n. a deep snow-drift, Eg. 74, Fms. viii. 400, ix. 366, v. l.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᚴᛅᚠ-ᚼᛚᛅᚢᛒ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- l.
- line.
- n.
- neuter.
- v.
- vide.
- v. l.
- varia lectio.
Works & Authors cited:
- Eg.
- Egils Saga. (D. II.)
- Fms.
- Fornmanna Sögur. (E. I.)