the keel of the god Ull

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(-s, -ar), m. poet. ship.

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m., in sense and declension to be distinguished from kjölr, a keel; [A. S. ceôl; North. E. keel = a flat-bottomed boat for carrying coals; O. H. G. cheol, chiel]:—a keel, barge, ship: this word is freq. in old poetry, even in such as Vsp., but in prose it only occurs twice, and in both instances of English ships; whereas in A. S. it is freq. even in pr. and local names, as Ceolmund, Chelsea: it was prob. borrowed from the English:

α. in poetry; kjóll ferr austan, Vsp.; snefgir kjólar, Hkv. I. 48; kjóla-valdi, a keel-wielder, Hým. 19; ríða kjól, Rm. 45; kjóla keyrir, a keelman, Landn. 223 (in a verse); hæls hleypi-kjólar, poët. the leaping keels of the heels = the feet, Fms. vi. (in a verse); arin-kjóll, ‘hearth-keel’ = a house, Ýt.; Ullar kjóll, the keel of the god Ull = the shield, Rekst. 6: kjól-rennir, m. a keel-runner, sailor, Bs. i. (in a verse).

β. in prose; en hón (the lightning) laust siglu-tré á kjól einum, er flaut fyrir bænum, einn hlutr af trénu varð at skaða manni er kominn var á kjólinn at kaupa glys, en enga sakaði aðra þá er á kjólnum vóru, Fb. ii. 175; sigldu þar at hafi kjólar tveir er komnir vóru af Englandi ok ætluðu til Dyflinnar, … þeir Sveinn lögðu at kjólunum, … hann hafði tekit af kjólunum vín mikit ok mjöð Enskan, Orkn. 462, 464 (ch. 116).