Kolla

Old Norse Dictionary - kolla

Meaning of Old Norse word "kolla"

As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:

Old Norse word kolla can mean:kolla

kolla
u, f., prop. a deer without horns, a humble deer, a hind; féll hann þar á grasvöllinn hjá kollunni, Str. 4, 7; hirtir allir ok kollur, Karl. 476, (hjart-kolla, q. v.)
kolla
2. a cow; kollu hali, a cow’s tail, Bjarn. (in a verse); þat heita Kollu-vísur, er hann kvað um kýr út á Íslandi, Fms. vi. 366, Bjarn. 43, cp. 32.
kolla
3. in mod. usage, esp. a humble ewe; æ, þarna er hún Kolla mín blessuð komin af fjallinu! Piltr og Stúlka 20; Mó-kolla, Grett.
kolla
4. of a girl; frið-kolla, a ‘peace-maid,’ Swed. Dal-kulla = the maid of the Dales.
kolla
II. a pot or bowl without feet.
kolla
III. naut. one of the cleats in a ship (?), n. G. l. ii. 283, v. l. kollu-band, n. the stay fastened to the kolla.

Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᚴᚢᛚᛚᛅ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements

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Abbreviations used:

f.
feminine.
l.
line.
prop.
proper, properly.
q. v.
quod vide.
v.
vide.
cp.
compare.
n.
neuter.
esp.
especially.
mod.
modern.
Swed.
Swedish.
L.
Linnæus.
naut.
nautical.
v. l.
varia lectio.

Works & Authors cited:

Karl.
Karla-magnús Saga. (G. I.)
Str.
Strengleikar. (G. II.)
Bjarn.
Bjarnar Saga. (D. II.)
Fms.
Fornmanna Sögur. (E. I.)
Grett.
Grettis Saga. (D. II.)
N. G. L.
Norges Gamle Love. (B. II.)
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