Kinn-kjálki

Old Norse Dictionary - kinn-kjálki

Meaning of Old Norse word "kinn-kjálki" in English.

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

kinn-kjálki
a, m. the jaw-bone. Lex. Poët.

Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᚴᛁᚾᚾ-ᚴᛁᛅᛚᚴᛁ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements

Abbreviations used:

m.
masculine.

Works & Authors cited:

Lex. Poët.
Lexicon Poëticum by Sveinbjörn Egilsson, 1860.
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