Kyndill
Old Norse Dictionary - kyndill
Meaning of Old Norse word "kyndill"
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
Old Norse word kyndill can mean:kyndill
- kyndill
- m. [cp. Lat. candela], a candle, torch, Sturl. iii. 172; hreinir kyndlar, Sól. 69; kyndil ok kerti, Edda ii. 429; Ey-kyndill, Island-taper, name of an Icel. lady of the beginning of the 11th century from her taper-formed figure, Bjarn.
- kyndill
- COMPDS: kyndilljós, kyndilmál, Kyndilmessa.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᚴᚢᚾᛏᛁᛚᛚ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- cp.
- compare.
- Icel.
- Iceland, Icelander, Icelanders, Icelandic.
- l.
- line.
- Lat.
- Latin.
- m.
- masculine.
- n.
- neuter.
Works & Authors cited:
- Bjarn.
- Bjarnar Saga. (D. II.)
- Edda
- Edda. (C. I.)
- Sól.
- Sólarljóð. (A. III.)
- Sturl.
- Sturlunga Saga. (D. I.)