Kulk

Old Danish Dictionary - kulk

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

The Old Danish word Kulk can mean:

  • no.
  • 1) den øverste del af struben og spiserøret; astra- lagus, kulk vnder hagen. Vocab. 1514; , ruma, kwick pas strwbes. sst.; H, Smith, Lib, voc. lat. 40; nodosum tracheæ arteriæ caput, dicitur laryns, strube, kolek. M.Pors, De nomenel.1032, —
  • 2) så meget, der kan synkes på en gang, slurk; hand neppe bunden skuer i stober, ja før den sidste kulk af ham er svelled ned. Sorte-rup, Poet. Smaasager; Moth. Smlgn. Rietz: kålk.

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

Abbreviations used:

no.
navneord (substantivum).
n.
norsk.
t.
tysk.
et.
enkelttal (singularis).

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