KÁLFR

(-s, -ar), m. calf; fig. small island (beside a large one).

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m. [Goth. kalbo = δάμαλις; A. S. cealf; Engl. calf; O. H. G. chalbâ; Germ. kalb; Dan. kalv; Swed. kalf]:—a calf; kýr ok kálfr, Fms. i. 168, vi. 260, 368, Njarð. 374, Gísl. 80, Eb. 316, 318, Fas. iii. 34, Grág. i. 502, N. G. L. i. 25: the phrase, ala öðrum þræl kálfs-eldi, to feed a thrall for another man as a calf, i. e. to feed a person who does nothing but eat, 31; hindar-k., a fawn, Str. 3: a whale-calf.

II. metaph. of a small island near a large one, eyjar-k.; Manar-k., the Calf of Man, at its southern extremity; Rastar-kálfr, the Calf of the island Rost.

β. hvann-kálfr, young angelica, Hervar. (Hb.) Gsp., cp. Gr. μόσχος: kálfa-kjöt, n. ‘calf-flesh,’ veal, Stj. 91: kálfs-belgr, m. a calf’s skin, Gísl. 118, Fas. iii. 621: kálfs-fætr, m. pl. a calf’s legs; flegnar kálfs fætr, flayed calves feet, of the stockings hanging about one’s legs.

III. metaph. a calf, i. e. a silly person, dunce; þú ert mesti kálfr!