Kapall
Old Norse Dictionary - kapall
Meaning of Old Norse word "kapall"
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
Old Norse word kapall can mean:kapall
- kapall
- m., pl. kaplar, [Lat. caballus; whence Fr. cheval]:—a nag, hack, in mod. usage also a mare; naut ok kapla, Rd. 284, Pd. 49; þrjú hundrað í köplum, Vm. 32; lifði engi kvik kind eptir nema öldruð kona ok kapall, D. I. i. 246; lestfæran kapal járnaðan ok alfæran, H. E. ii. 505; kapal-lán, lending a k., id. kapal-hestr, m. and kapal-hross, n. = kapall, Eg. 730, Fms. ii. 231.
- kapall
- II. in mod. usage, a truss of hay; fimtán kaplar heys, five trusses, of a known weight or bulk.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᚴᛅᛒᛅᛚᛚ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- Fr.
- French in etymologies.
- id.
- idem, referring to the passage quoted or to the translation
- l.
- line.
- Lat.
- Latin.
- m.
- masculine.
- mod.
- modern.
- n.
- neuter.
- pl.
- plural.
Works & Authors cited:
- D. I.
- Diplomatarium Islandicum. (J. I.)
- Eg.
- Egils Saga. (D. II.)
- Fms.
- Fornmanna Sögur. (E. I.)
- Fr.
- Fritzner’s Dictionary, 1867.
- H. E.
- Historia Ecclesiastica Islandiae. (J. I.)
- Pd.
- Placidus-drápa. (A. III.)
- Rd.
- Reykdæla Saga. (D. II.)
- Vm.
- Vilkins-máldagi. (J. I.)