Kurfaldi
Old Norse Dictionary - kurfaldi
Meaning of Old Norse word "kurfaldi"
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
- kurfaldi
- a, m. a coal cutter (?), a mean churl, cp. Dan. kulsvier, Fms. vi. 363 (in a verse).
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᚴᚢᚱᚠᛅᛚᛏᛁ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- cp.
- compare.
- Dan.
- Danish.
- m.
- masculine.
- n.
- neuter.
Works & Authors cited:
- Fms.
- Fornmanna Sögur. (E. I.)