kefli
nafnorð, hvorugkyn
Merkingar
n. [kafli], a cylinder, stick, piece of wood; álnar löng kefli öll ok smæri, Jb. 317; viðar-reki fylgir allr nema kefla reki, Vm. 130, Grett. 169 new Ed., Fms. vii. 170, xi. 347, Fs. 137; rísta rúnar á kefli, to carve Runes (magical characters) on a k., Gísl. 67, Eg. 605, Grett., Sd. 140, 141: a gag, Fms. ii. 179.
- II.
a mangle; svá eru Flosa ráð sem fari kefli, F.’s plans are a rolling cylinder (= Gr. οἱ δε κυλίνδροις ἄλλοτ ἐπ ἀλλα φέρονται), the metaphor being probably taken from a mangle:—laga-kefli, see lög.
Skammstafanir og tilvitnanir
Skammstafanir
- n.
- hvorugkyn (e. neuter)
- Ed.
- edition, editions, edited.
- Gr.
- Greek.
Tilvitnuð rit
- Jb.
- Jóns-bók. (B. III.)
- Vm.
- Vilkins-máldagi. (J. I.)
- Grett.
- Grettis saga. (D. II.)
- Fms.
- Fornmanna sögur. (E. I.)
- Fs.
- Forn-sögur. (D. II.)
- Gísl.
- Gísla saga. (D. II.)
- Eg.
- Egils saga. (D. II.)
- Sd.
- Svarfdæla saga. (D. II.)