Kimbill
Old Norse Dictionary - kimbill
Meaning of Old Norse word "kimbill"
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
- kimbill
- m. [kumbl], a little trunk, a bundle (= auka-pinkill); kimbill næfra, n. G. L. i. 101. kimla-bönd, n., prop. trusses, a metrical term, in which a foot is added (trussed) to the end of each line, Edda 135, 136; brands hnigþili randa stranda, where ‘stranda’ is the additional foot (kimbill).
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᚴᛁᛘᛒᛁᛚᛚ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- L.
- Linnæus.
- m.
- masculine.
- n.
- neuter.
- prop.
- proper, properly.
Works & Authors cited:
- Edda
- Edda. (C. I.)
- N. G. L.
- Norges Gamle Love. (B. II.)