kimbill

kimbill
m. [kumbl], a little trunk, a bundle (= auka-pinkill); kimbill næfra, N. G. L. i. 101. kimla-bönd, n., prop. trusses, a metrical term, in which a foot is added (trussed) to the end of each line, Edda 135, 136; brands hnigþili randa stranda, where ‘stranda’ is the additional foot (kimbill).

An Icelandic-English dictionary. . 1874.

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