Kakali
Old Norse Dictionary - kakali
Meaning of Old Norse word "kakali"
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
- kakali
- a, m. a nickname, Sturl.; [cp. Germ. kachel, O. H. G. chachala]: = an earthen pot; whence the mod. kakal-ofn, m., Germ. kachel-ofen, an oven, prop. of clay.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᚴᛅᚴᛅᛚᛁ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- cp.
- compare.
- Germ.
- German.
- l.
- line.
- m.
- masculine.
- mod.
- modern.
- O. H. G.
- Old High German.
- prop.
- proper, properly.
Works & Authors cited:
- Sturl.
- Sturlunga Saga. (D. I.)