kolfr

Old Norse

Etymology

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

kolfr m

  1. clapper, tongue of a bell
  2. a kind of bolt
    • svá skjótt (snart) sem kólfi skjóti (skyti)
    • swift as an arrow

Derived terms

Descendants

  • 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

  1. ^ Kroonen, Guus (2013) “kulba(n)”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)‎[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 309

Further reading

  • Zoëga, Geir T. (1910) “kolfr”, in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 248; also available at the Internet Archive
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