Kol-viðr
Old Norse Dictionary - kol-viðr
Meaning of Old Norse word "kol-viðr"
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
- kol-viðr
- m. ‘coal-wood,’ wood for charcoal, Nj. 58, Grág. ii. 298, Jb. 237; era sem kolvið kljúfi | karl sá er vegr at jarli, Fms. viii. (a ditty).
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᚴᚢᛚ-ᚢᛁᚦᚱ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- m.
- masculine.
Works & Authors cited:
- Fms.
- Fornmanna Sögur. (E. I.)
- Grág.
- Grágás. (B. I.)
- Jb.
- Jóns-bók. (B. III.)
- Nj.
- Njála. (D. II.)