KYLFA
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u, f. [Engl. club; Germ. kolbe; Dan. kolle]:—a club, Fms. i. 177, xi. passim, Sd. ch. 14: the saying, láta kylfu ráða kasti, to take a chance, metaphor from the ball and the bat. kylfu-högg, n. a blow with a club, Fms. xi. 144, Fas. ii. 367.
II. the club-formed beak on a ship’s stem; svartar kylfur, Sighvat.