kölna

See also: kolna, kólna, kolná, and kôlňa

Swedish

Alternative forms

• kiölna, kjölna (obsolete spellings)

Etymology

From Old Swedish kølna, from Old Norse kylna. Cognate with Danish kølle, English kiln, Old English cyln, ultimately from Latin Latin culina (“portable stove”). The verb has been used since 1706 (to kindle a fire) and 1873 (to dry malt).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /²ɕøːlna/
• Rhymes: -²øːlna

Noun

kölna c

1. an oast, a kiln; a room or building for drying malt and hop

Declension

Declension of kölna

		nominative	genitive
singular	indefinite	kölna	kölnas
	definite	kölnan	kölnans
plural	indefinite	kölnor	kölnors
	definite	kölnorna	kölnornas

Related terms

• effektivkölna

Verb

kölna (present kölnar, preterite kölnade, supine kölnat, imperative kölna)

1. to dry (malt or hop) in a kiln

   Malten kölnades över öppen eld

   The malt was dried over an open fire

2. (dialectal) to light a fire in a fireplace, to kindle a fire
   • 1950, Olof Bernhoff, “Gyingasaung”, in Saunga frau maakena: dikter på östgöingskt mål med ordlista, page 6:

     Au rönningna, doi kjölnade, stoe höja klara luo.

     On the clearing, they lit fires, large tall clear flames.

Conjugation

Conjugation of kölna (weak)

	Active		Passive
Infinitive	kölna		kölnas
Supine	kölnat		kölnats
Imperative	kölna		—
Imper. plural1	kölnen		—
	Present	Past	Present	Past
Indicative	kölnar	kölnade	kölnas	kölnades
Ind. plural1	kölna	kölnade	kölnas	kölnades
Subjunctive2	kölne	kölnade	kölnes	kölnades
	Participles
Present participle	kölnande
Past participle	kölnad
1 Archaic. 2 Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs.

References

• kölna in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• kölna in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)