Kjölr
Old Icelandic Dictionary - kjölrMeaning of Old Icelandic word "kjölr" in English.
As defined by A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic (Geir Zoëga):
kjölr Old Icelandic word can mean:
- kjölr
- (gen. kjalar, dat. kili; pl. kilir, acc. kjölu), m.
- kjölr
- 1) keel (brotnaði ~inn undir skipinu); sigla lausum kili, to sail with an empty ship; koma e-m á kjöl, to get one up on the keel (when the boat is capsized); niðr kili, down in the hold;
- kjölr
- 2) keel-shaped range of mountains (austr um Kjöl);
- kjölr
- 3) back of a book.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᚴᛁᚢᛚᚱ
Abbreviations used:
- acc.
- accusative.
- dat.
- dative.
- gen.
- genitive.
- m.
- masculine.
- n.
- neuter.
- pl.
- plural.
- e-m
- einhverjum.
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