Kýfla
Old Norse Dictionary - kýfla
Meaning of Old Norse word "kýfla"
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
- kýfla
- u, f. an ogress (?), Fms. viii. 305; perhaps better gylfra, q. v.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᚴᚢᚠᛚᛅ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- f.
- feminine.
- q. v.
- quod vide.
- v.
- vide.
Works & Authors cited:
- Fms.
- Fornmanna Sögur. (E. I.)