Klumba
Old Norse Dictionary - klumba
Meaning of Old Norse word "klumba"
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
- klumba
- u, f. and klubba, Fagrsk. 49, O. H. l. 70, Hkr. ii. 175, Rb. 1812. 18: a club, Fms. iv. 246, xi. 129, Sd. 147, Bév., El. (Fr.); klumbu-fótr, a club foot; klumbu-nef, a snub nose.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᚴᛚᚢᛘᛒᛅ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- f.
- feminine.
- Fr.
- French in etymologies.
- l.
- line.
- L.
- Linnæus.
- v.
- vide.
Works & Authors cited:
- El.
- Elis Saga. (G. II.)
- Fagrsk.
- Fagrskinna. (K. I.)
- Fms.
- Fornmanna Sögur. (E. I.)
- Fr.
- Fritzner’s Dictionary, 1867.
- Hkr.
- Heimskringla. (E. I.)
- O. H. L.
- Ólafs Saga Helga Legendaria. (E. I.)
- Rb.
- Rímbegla. (H. III.)
- Sd.
- Svarfdæla Saga. (D. II.)