Kýla

Old Norse Dictionary - kýla

Meaning of Old Norse word "kýla"

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

kýla
d, to fill a bag, to fill one’s belly with a thing; kýla vömb sína á miði ok mungáti, Fs. 4, Fms. i. 493; kemba lömb | kýla fulla þeirra vömb, Jón Þorl.; kýla öl, to tipple ale, drink hard, Fms. vii. 190.

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:

l.
line.

Works & Authors cited:

Fms.
Fornmanna Sögur. (E. I.)
Fs.
Forn-sögur. (D. II.)
Jón Þorl.
Jón Þorláksson.
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