Kol
Old Norse Dictionary - kol
Meaning of Old Norse word "kol"
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
Old Norse word kol can mean:kol
- kol
- n. pl. [A. S. côl; Engl. coal; O. H. G. and Germ. kohlen; Dan. kul]:—coals, charcoal; kurla, kvista, svíða kol, brenna kol, Grág. i. 200, ii. 295, Nj. 57, Ölk. 34; göra kol, Grág. ii. 297; leiri ok kolum, FmS. ii. 59; elda viði ok hafa til kola, Grág. ii. 211; brenna at köldum kolum (see kaldr), FmS. iii. 92, passim; kalda-kol (see kaldr), cold ashes.
- kol
- II. metaph., in compds, kol-svartr, kol-dimmr, coal-black; in pr. names (of dark skin, hair, beard), of men, Kolr, Kol-beinn, Kol-grímr, Kol-björn, Kol-finnr, Kol-skeggr; of women, Kol-finna, Kol-brún (q. v.), Kol-gríma, Landn.
- kol
- COMPDS: kolagröf, kolakarl, kolameisS.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᚴᚢᛚ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- A. S.
- Anglo-Saxon.
- Dan.
- Danish.
- Engl.
- English.
- Germ.
- German.
- gl.
- glossary.
- l.
- line.
- m.
- masculine.
- n.
- neuter.
- O. H. G.
- Old High German.
- pl.
- plural.
- S.
- Saga.
- metaph.
- metaphorical, metaphorically.
- pr.
- proper, properly.
- q. v.
- quod vide.
- v.
- vide.
Works & Authors cited:
- Fms.
- Fornmanna Sögur. (E. I.)
- Grág.
- Grágás. (B. I.)
- Nj.
- Njála. (D. II.)
- Ölk.
- Ölkofra-þáttr. (D. II.)
- Landn.
- Landnáma. (D. I.)