kolfr
Old Norse
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Proto-Germanic *kulbaz (“round object”), possibly from Proto-Indo-European *gel- (“to form into a ball”).[1] Perhaps related to Middle Low German kolve (“bulb”).
Noun
[edit]kolfr m
- clapper, tongue of a bell
- a kind of bolt
- svá skjótt (snart) sem kólfi skjóti (skyti)
- swift as an arrow
Derived terms
[edit]Descendants
[edit]- Icelandic: kólfur
- Faroese: kúlvur
- Norwegian Nynorsk: kolv; (dialectal) kóv’e, køłv, kæłv, kałv, kvolv, kvøłv
- Norwegian Bokmål: kolv
- Elfdalian: kuov
- Old Swedish: kolver
- Swedish: kolv (dialectal)
- Danish: kolv (dialectal)
References
[edit]- Entry "kólfr" on page 248 in: Geir T. Zoëga "A Concise Dictionary of Old Islandic", Oxford at the Claredon Press (1910).