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kefli

nafnorðhvorugkyn
[kafli], a cylinder, stick, piece of wood; álnar löng kefli öll ok smæri, 317; viðar-reki fylgir allr nema kefla reki, 130, 169 new , vii. 170, xi. 347, 137; rísta rúnar á kefli, to carve Runes (magical characters) on a k., 67, 605, , 140, 141: a gag, ii. 179.
II. a mangle; svá eru Flosa ráð sem fari kefli, F.’s plans are a rolling cylinder (= οἱ δε κυλίνδροις ἄλλοτ ἐπ ἀλλα φέρονται), the metaphor being probably taken from a mangle:—laga-kefli, see lög.
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