Kjálki
Old Norse Dictionary - kjálkiMeaning of Old Norse word "kjálki" in English.
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
kjálki Old Norse word can mean:
- kjálki
- a, m. [Engl. cheek; O. H. G. chelch; mid. H. G. kelch]:—the jaw-bone; höku ok kjálka, Fms. ii. 59, vii. 141, passim.
- kjálki
- II. a kind of sledge; draga kjálka, Gm. 47; görði Bárðr kjálka hverju kvikendi, ok lét hvert draga sitt fóðr, Landn. 226.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᚴᛁᛅᛚᚴᛁ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- Engl.
- English.
- gl.
- glossary.
- id.
- idem, referring to the passage quoted or to the translation
- l.
- line.
- m.
- masculine.
- mid. H. G.
- middle High German.
- O. H. G.
- Old High German.
- n.
- neuter.
Works & Authors cited:
- Fms.
- Fornmanna Sögur. (E. I.)
- Gm.
- Grímnis-mál. (A. I.)
- Landn.
- Landnáma. (D. I.)
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