kölna

See also: kolna, kólna, kolná, and kôlňa

Swedish

Alternative forms
  • kiölna, kjölna (obsolete spellings)

Etymology

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).

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

Noun

kölna c

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

Declension
Declension of kölna 
Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative kölna kölnan kölnor kölnorna
Genitive kölnas kölnans kölnors kölnornas
  • effektivkölna

Verb

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.

Conjugation
Conjugation of kölna (weak)
Active Passive
Infinitive kölna kölnas
Supine kölnat kölnats
Imperative kölna —
Imper. plural1 kölnen —
Present Past Present Past
Indicative kölnar kölnade kölnas kölnades
Ind. plural1 kölna kölnade kölnas kölnades
Subjunctive2 kölne kölnade kölnes kölnades
Participles
Present participle kölnande
Past participle kölnad
1 Archaic. 2 Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs.

References
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