Kol-fella
Old Norse Dictionary - kol-fellaMeaning of Old Norse word "kol-fella" in English.
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
- kol-fella
- d, (and kol-fellir, m.), to lose utterly, of a man who loses all his live stock from cold or hunger; hann kolfeldi, he lost his all; það varð kolfellir: it may be a metaph. from cutting wood for charcoal; or perhaps a remnant of an ancient Scandin. law term, preserved in early Swed., viz. kull-svarf = the death of mother and child in childbirth, and kjöl-svarf = of husband, wife, and child, all perishing at sea, see Schlyter. cp. Ld. ch. 18.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᚴᚢᛚ-ᚠᛁᛚᛚᛅ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- ch.
- chapter.
- cp.
- compare.
- m.
- masculine.
- metaph.
- metaphorical, metaphorically.
- n.
- neuter.
- Scandin.
- Scandinavia, Scandinavian.
- Swed.
- Swedish.
- viz.
- namely.
Works & Authors cited:
- Ld.
- Laxdæla Saga. (D. II.)