Köggull
Old Norse Dictionary - köggull
Meaning of Old Norse word "köggull" (or kǫggull)
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
- köggull (kǫggull)
- m., pl. köglar, the joints in the fingers and toes; at af skýfðum fremstum köglum fóta ok fingra, Stj. 379; skeindisk Kormakr á þumal-fingri ok klofnaði köggullinn, Korm. 88, Sturl. i. 31; ok loddi köggullinn í sinunum, Lv. 86, Magn. 536: metaph. a small piece, mó-köggull, tað-k.
Orthography: The Cleasby & Vigfusson book used letter ö to represent the original Old Norse vowel ǫ. Therefore, köggull may be more accurately written as kǫggull.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᚴᚢᚴᚴᚢᛚᛚ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- l.
- line.
- m.
- masculine.
- metaph.
- metaphorical, metaphorically.
- n.
- neuter.
- pl.
- plural.
- v.
- vide.
Works & Authors cited:
- Korm.
- Kormaks Saga. (D. II.)
- Lv.
- Ljósvetninga Saga. (D. II.)
- Magn.
- Magnús Saga jarls. (E. II.)
- Stj.
- Stjórn. (F. I.)
- Sturl.
- Sturlunga Saga. (D. I.)