Kjöltr
Old Norse Dictionary - kjöltr
Meaning of Old Norse word "kjöltr" (or kjǫltr)
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
- kjöltr (kjǫltr)
- n. [qs. kjötl, from kitla, q. v.], in hósta-kjölt, a tickling cough.
Orthography: The Cleasby & Vigfusson book used letter ö to represent the original Old Norse vowel ǫ. Therefore, kjöltr may be more accurately written as kjǫltr.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᚴᛁᚢᛚᛏᚱ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- n.
- neuter.
- qs.
- quasi.
- q. v.
- quod vide.
- v.
- vide.