Kalda-kol
Old Norse Dictionary - kalda-kol
Meaning of Old Norse word "kalda-kol"
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
- kalda-kol
- n. pl. a law phrase, ‘cold-ashes;’ göra kaldakol á jörðu, to make the hearth cold, to desert a farm, punishable on the part of a tenant, Gþl. 339, Jb. 210, cp. Hænsa Þ. S. ch. 9.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᚴᛅᛚᛏᛅ-ᚴᚢᛚ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- ch.
- chapter.
- cp.
- compare.
- l.
- line.
- n.
- neuter.
- pl.
- plural.
- S.
- Saga.
Works & Authors cited:
- Gþl.
- Gulaþings-lög. (B. II.)
- Jb.
- Jóns-bók. (B. III.)