kafli
nafnorð, karlkyn
Merkingar
a, m. [akin to kefli, q. v.; Swed. bud-kafle], a piece cut off; esp. a buoy fastened to a cable, net, or the like, Gþl. 427, 428; meðal-kafli, a ‘mid-piece,’ a sword’s hilt.
- 2.
metaph., tók at leysa ísinn köflum, the ice began to thaw into floes, Þórð. 11 new Ed.: in mod. usage, köflum and með köflum (adverb.), now and then, ‘in bits.’
- II.
mod. a piece, bit, episode, and the like; lesa lítinn kafla, miðkafli, a ‘mid-piece.’
Skammstafanir og tilvitnanir
Skammstafanir
- m.
- karlkyn (e. masculine)
- q. v.
- quod vide.
- Swed.
- Swedish.
- esp.
- especially.
- metaph.
- metaphorical, metaphorically.
- Ed.
- edition, editions, edited.
- mod.
- modern.
- adverb.
- adverbially.
Tilvitnuð rit
- Gþl.
- Gulaþings-lög. (B. II.)
- Þórð.
- Þórðar saga hreðu. (D. V.)