Kýll
Old Norse Dictionary - kýll
Meaning of Old Norse word "kýll"
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
- kýll
- m. [cp. Lat. culeus], a bag; var þér svá troðit í kýl sem korni í belg, Fms. vii. 21; hann bar kýl Þórs, he carried Thor’s knapsack, Edda 28; karl ok kýll, beggar and scrip, Nj. 274, Sturl. ii. 52.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᚴᚢᛚᛚ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- cp.
- compare.
- l.
- line.
- Lat.
- Latin.
- m.
- masculine.
Works & Authors cited:
- Edda
- Edda. (C. I.)
- Fms.
- Fornmanna Sögur. (E. I.)
- Nj.
- Njála. (D. II.)
- Sturl.
- Sturlunga Saga. (D. I.)