Keilir
Old Norse Dictionary - keilir
Meaning of Old Norse word "keilir"
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
- keilir
- m. a wedge (cp. Germ. keil); ef maðr brýtr há af skipi manns eðr keili, n. G. l. i. 325, Edda (Gl.) keili-selgr, keilis-múli, a, m. a nickname, Landn.: a cone-formed mountain, a local name in the south of Icel.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᚴᛁᛁᛚᛁᚱ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- cp.
- compare.
- Germ.
- German.
- Icel.
- Iceland, Icelander, Icelanders, Icelandic.
- l.
- line.
- L.
- Linnæus.
- m.
- masculine.
- n.
- neuter.
Works & Authors cited:
- Edda
- Edda. (C. I.)
- Landn.
- Landnáma. (D. I.)
- N. G. L.
- Norges Gamle Love. (B. II.)