kolfella
sagnorðkol-fella
d, (and kol-fellir, ), to lose utterly, of a man who loses all his live stock from cold or hunger; hann kolfeldi, he lost his all; það varð kolfellir: it may be a from cutting wood for charcoal; or perhaps a remnant of an ancient law term, preserved in early , kull-svarf = the death of mother and child in childbirth, and kjöl-svarf = of husband, wife, and child, all perishing at sea, see Schlyter. 18.
Skammstafanir og tilvitnanir
- m.karlkyn (e. masculine)
- metaph.metaphorical, metaphorically.
- Scandin.Scandinavia, Scandinavian.
- Swed.Swedish.
- viz.namely.
- cp.compare.
- ch.chapter.
- Ld.Laxdæla saga. (D. II.)