Kúla
Old Norse Dictionary - kúla
Meaning of Old Norse word "kúla"
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
Old Norse word kúla can mean:kúla
- kúla
- u, f. [Germ. kugel, whence mod. Dan. kugle], a ball, knob; tjald-kúla, blý-kúla: the phrases, göra nú at þeim kúlur á hermanna hátt, Bs. i. 519; marka kúlur í höfði e-m, to make balls in one’s head, i. e. to beat soundly, Band. 13 new Ed., prob. from some game; gor-kúla, a kind of fungus: medic. a hump.
- kúla
- COMPDS: kúlubakr, kúlunefr.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᚴᚢᛚᛅ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- Dan.
- Danish.
- f.
- feminine.
- Germ.
- German.
- i. e.
- id est.
- m.
- masculine.
- medic.
- medicine, medically.
- mod.
- modern.
- n.
- neuter.
- prob.
- probably.
Works & Authors cited:
- Band.
- Banda-manna Saga. (D. II.)
- Bs.
- Biskupa Sögur. (D. III.)