Kjölr
Old Norse Dictionary - kjölr
Meaning of Old Norse word "kjölr" (or kjǫlr)
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
Old Norse word kjölr can mean:kjölr
- kjölr (kjǫlr)
- m., kjalar, dat. kili, mod. kjöl, plur. kilir, acc. kjölu; [Engl. keel, which seems to be of Norse origin, as the A. S. uses quite a different word for carina; Dan. kjöl; Swed. köl]:—a keel; klökkr k., Lex. Poët.; langir, svalir kilir, id.; rísta kaldan sjá kili, Edda (Ht. 101); brotnaði kjölrinn undir skipinu, FS. 152; laust skipit svá at þegar horfði upp kjölrinn, Ld. 142; höggva skip í sundr ok auka at kili, FmS. viii. 372; koma e-m or komask á kjöl, to get on the keel when a boat is capsized, ix. 320; þeir létu fallask í kjölinn niðr, vii. 288; ok er niðr hlaupinn drykkr allr í kjöl á skipinu, xi. 233; land Ránar, kjalar, stála …, Edda 66; þeir segjask eigi fá tré svá stórt né gott at heyri til kjalarins, Fb. i. 433; ok hvelfir svá skipinu, at hón ríðr um þveran kjölinn, ii. 26; rifnaði skipit neðan, ok var skjótt undan kjölrinn, Bs, i. 842: phrases, sigla lausum kili, to sail with a loose keel, with an empty ship, Ó. H. 115: in poetry, kjalar-slóð, kjalar stigr, keel-track, keel-path = the sea; kjalar-land, id., Lex. Poët.
- kjölr (kjǫlr)
- II. metaph. a keel-shaped range of mountains; há fjöll liggja eptir endilangri mörkinni ok eru þat kallaðir Kilir, Eg. 58: esp. as a local name of the mountain Kiölen between Sweden and Norway, Eb. 2, 4, Hkr. i. 137, passim; as also in Iceland, Landn., Sturl.
- kjölr (kjǫlr)
- 2. the back of a book; biskup lét búa ok líma öll blöðin í kjölinn, Ísl. ii. 460; bók gyllt á kjöl, a gilt book, freq. in mod. usage: as also the inner margin of a book when open, whence the phrase, lesa ofan í kjölinn, to read closely; hann hefir ekki lesit ofan í kjölinn, of superficial, loose reading.
- kjölr (kjǫlr)
- COMPDS: kjalarhæll, kjalarleið, kjalartré.
Orthography: The Cleasby & Vigfusson book used letter ö to represent the original Old Norse vowel ǫ. Therefore, kjölr may be more accurately written as kjǫlr.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᚴᛁᚢᛚᚱ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- acc.
- accusative.
- A. S.
- Anglo-Saxon.
- Dan.
- Danish.
- dat.
- dative.
- Engl.
- English.
- gl.
- glossary.
- id.
- idem, referring to the passage quoted or to the translation
- l.
- line.
- m.
- masculine.
- mod.
- modern.
- n.
- neuter.
- plur.
- plural.
- S.
- Saga.
- Swed.
- Swedish.
- esp.
- especially.
- metaph.
- metaphorical, metaphorically.
- freq.
- frequent, frequently.
Works & Authors cited:
- Edda
- Edda. (C. I.)
- Fb.
- Flateyjar-bók (E. I.)
- Fms.
- Fornmanna Sögur. (E. I.)
- Fs.
- Forn-sögur. (D. II.)
- Ht.
- Hátta-tal. (C. I.)
- Ld.
- Laxdæla Saga. (D. II.)
- Lex. Poët.
- Lexicon Poëticum by Sveinbjörn Egilsson, 1860.
- Ó. H.
- Ólafs Saga Helga. (E. I.)
- Eb.
- Eyrbyggja Saga. (D. II.)
- Eg.
- Egils Saga. (D. II.)
- Hkr.
- Heimskringla. (E. I.)
- Landn.
- Landnáma. (D. I.)
- Sturl.
- Sturlunga Saga. (D. I.)