Kiöl

Old Swedish Dictionary - kiöl

Meaning of Old Swedish word "kiöl" (or kiøl) in Swedish.

As defined by K.F Söderwall's dictionary of Medieval Swedish:

kiöl Old Swedish word can mean:

kiöl (kiøl): 2) höglät områe mellan (bebyggda) dalar. e. låglandsområden? ödemark, utmark? ss ort- namn. Se C. Lindberg, Terrängordet köl (khäl, kielas) 6 f., 268 ff., Des., amn och bygd 31: 108 ff., D. Strömbäck ib 29: 150 ff., N. Ahnlund, Svenskt och nordiskt 19 ff.

Orthography: Early Old Swedish used different letters for ä and ö, so kiöl may have also been written as kiøl

Part of speech: nn

Possible runic inscription in Medieval Futhork:ᚴᛁᚯᛚ
Medieval Runes were used in Sweden from 12th to 17th centuries.