Kringle

Old Danish Dictionary - kringle

Meaning of Old Danish word "Kringle", as defined by Otto Kalkar's Dictionary of Old Danish language.

The Old Danish word Kringle can mean:

  • go. 1), lægge i kreds, bøjning; spira, huad som er kringlet om oc om effter hin anden som reeb, der ligger i kringler. Colding, Etymol. 1211; tortuosus, krumsuebt oc snoedt, kringlet, i kring- ler. sst. 1841; Nucl. latinit. 1798e ovf. u. kringbøjet), 1912. Smlgn.; Aasen: kringla. — 2) danne kredse (blærer); der splitter det (2: smeltet bly) sig ad, oc her tilsammen søger,nu kringler det igien oc siør dig øjne. ; runde. Hexaem. 88. — 3) det kringler for ham 2: svimle. Moth. Smlgn. Grimm, Wb.: kringelp.

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

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Abbreviations used:

go.
gærningsord (verbum).
n.
norsk.
t.
tysk.

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