Kol-bítr
Old Norse Dictionary - kol-bítr
Meaning of Old Norse word "kol-bítr"
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
- kol-bítr
- adj. ‘coal-biter,’ coal-eater, a popular name of an idle youth sitting always at the fireside, cp. Dan. askefis, as also aschbrödel in the German legends; Starkaðr var hímaldi ok kolbítr ok lá í fleti við eld, Fas. iii. 18; hann hefir upp vaxit við eld ok verit kolbítr, ii. 114; Beigaldi var kolbítr, Eg. 109.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᚴᚢᛚ-ᛒᛁᛏᚱ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- adj.
- adjective.
- cp.
- compare.
- Dan.
- Danish.
- n.
- neuter.
Works & Authors cited:
- Eg.
- Egils Saga. (D. II.)
- Fas.
- Fornaldar Sögur. (C. II.)