Kufl
Old Norse Dictionary - kufl
Meaning of Old Norse word "kufl"
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
- kufl
- m., older form kofl, [Engl. cowl; mid. Lat. cuculus], a cowl, Fms. v.ii. 245, ix. 531: a cowled cloak, Landn. 218, Fas. ii. 541, Fs. 74. kufls-höttr, n. (-hattr, Fms. v. 182), a cowl, Fms. iii. 162, Fas. i. 9.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᚴᚢᚠᛚ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- Engl.
- English.
- gl.
- glossary.
- id.
- idem, referring to the passage quoted or to the translation
- l.
- line.
- Lat.
- Latin.
- m.
- masculine.
- mid. Lat.
- middle Latin.
- n.
- neuter.
- s. v.
- sub voce.
- v.
- vide.
Works & Authors cited:
- Fas.
- Fornaldar Sögur. (C. II.)
- Fms.
- Fornmanna Sögur. (E. I.)
- Fs.
- Forn-sögur. (D. II.)
- Landn.
- Landnáma. (D. I.)