Kollr

Old Norse Dictionary - kollr

Meaning of Old Norse word "kollr" in English.

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

kollr Old Norse word can mean:

kollr
m. [Scot. coll = a hay-cock], a top, summit; ok mændu upp ór kollarnir, of hayricks, Sturl. i. 179; á kolli fjallsins, Stj. 399, þúfna-kollar.
kollr
II. the head, crown; ungr maðr, vaxit hár af kolli, Fær. 9; piltar tveir léku á gólfinu, þeim var sprottið hár ór kolli, Fb. i. 258.
kollr
2. a shaven crown; hann rakar af þeim hárit, ok görði þeim koll, Háv. 56; görðir þú þér þá koll, Nj. 181, Fas. i. 234; honum skal raka koll; bræða skal koll hans, n. G. l. i. 334.
kollr
3. phrases, ok lát hans vándskap koma honum í koll, let his wickedness fall on his own pate, Stj. 485; geta í kollinn, to guess true (koll-gáta); koll af kolli, from head to head, one after another; það gekk svo koll af kolli; kínka kolli, to nod; hnippa kolli hvár at öðrum, Grett. 166 new Ed.: um koll, Dan. om kuld, head over heels; þeir rótuðu um koll taflinu, Vígl. 17, (rótuðu fyrir honum taflinu, new Ed. l. c.); hrinda e-m um koll, Fas. iii. 545.
kollr
4. a pet name, a boy, my boy! hví vildir þú, kollr minn! ljúga at okkr Máríu? cp. kolla, Bs. i. 600; gló-kollr, a fair-haired boy.
kollr
5. a ram without horns; Mó-kollr, Grett., (kolla, a ewe.)
kollr
6. a nickname, hæru-kollr, hoary head; æði-k., downy head, Landn.: a pr. name, Kollr, id.: in compds, Koll-sveinn, Hös-kollr, q. v.; Snæ-kollr, Landn.

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

Abbreviations used:

l.
line.
m.
masculine.
Scot.
Scottish.
L.
Linnæus.
v.
vide.
Dan.
Danish.
gl.
glossary.
l. c.
loco citato.
n.
neuter.
cp.
compare.
id.
idem, referring to the passage quoted or to the translation
pr.
proper, properly.
q. v.
quod vide.

Works & Authors cited:

Stj.
Stjórn. (F. I.)
Sturl.
Sturlunga Saga. (D. I.)
Fb.
Flateyjar-bók (E. I.)
Fær.
Færeyinga Saga. (E. II.)
Fas.
Fornaldar Sögur. (C. II.)
Háv.
Hávarðar Saga. (D. II.)
N. G. L.
Norges Gamle Love. (B. II.)
Nj.
Njála. (D. II.)
Grett.
Grettis Saga. (D. II.)
Vígl.
Víglundar Saga. (D. V.)
Bs.
Biskupa Sögur. (D. III.)
Landn.
Landnáma. (D. I.)
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