kölna

• kiölna, kjölna (obsolete spellings)

From Old Swedish kølna, from Old Norse kylna. Cognate with Danish kølle, English kiln, Old English cyln, ultimately from Latin Latin culina (“portable stove”). The verb has been used since 1706 (to kindle a fire) and 1873 (to dry malt).

• IPA^(key): /²ɕøːlna/
• Rhymes: -²øːlna

kölna c

1. an oast, a kiln; a room or building for drying malt and hop

• effektivkölna

kölna (present kölnar, preterite kölnade, supine kölnat, imperative kölna)

1. to dry (malt or hop) in a kiln

   Malten kölnades över öppen eld

   The malt was dried over an open fire

2. (dialectal) to light a fire in a fireplace, to kindle a fire
   • 1950, Olof Bernhoff, “Gyingasaung”, in Saunga frau maakena: dikter på östgöingskt mål med ordlista, page 6:

     Au rönningna, doi kjölnade, stoe höja klara luo.

     On the clearing, they lit fires, large tall clear flames.

• kölna in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• kölna in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)