kylfa

Icelandic

Etymology

Inherited from Old Norse kylfa, from kolfr (“bolt, clapper”)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈcʰɪlva/
• Rhymes: -ɪlva

Noun

kylfa f (genitive singular kylfu, nominative plural kylfur)

1. bat, club, cudgel
2. (baseball, cricket) bat
3. (ice hockey) stick

Declension

Declension of kylfa (feminine)

	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	kylfa	kylfan	kylfur	kylfurnar
accusative	kylfu	kylfuna	kylfur	kylfurnar
dative	kylfu	kylfunni	kylfum	kylfunum
genitive	kylfu	kylfunnar	kylfa, kylfna	kylfanna, kylfnanna

Old Norse

Etymology

Probably related to kolfr (“bolt, clapper”). This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.

Noun

kylfa f (genitive kylfu)

1. a club

Declension

Declension of kylfa (weak ōn-stem)

feminine	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	kylfa	kylfan	kylfur	kylfurnar
accusative	kylfu	kylfuna	kylfur	kylfurnar
dative	kylfu	kylfunni	kylfum	kylfunum
genitive	kylfu	kylfunnar	kylfna	kylfnanna

Derived terms

• kylfuhǫgg

Descendants

• Icelandic: kylfa
• Old Danish: kylwæ, kølwæ
  • Danish: kølle
    • Norwegian Bokmål: kølle
    • → Norwegian Nynorsk: kølle

Further reading

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