Kleggi

Old Norse Dictionary - kleggi

Meaning of Old Norse word "kleggi" in English.

As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:

kleggi Old Norse word can mean:

kleggi: a, m. [klegg, Ivar Aasen; cp. North. E. and Scot. cleg = a horse-fly]:—a cleg or horse-fly, Stj. 481. 1 Sam. xxiv. 14; mý eða kleggja, Eluc. 22; flugur þær er kallask af alþýðu kleggjar, Best. 2.

kleggi: II. a cock of hay (hey-kleggi), Háv. 53, Fb. i. 523.

Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᚴᛚᛁᚴᚴᛁ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements

Abbreviations used:

cp.: compare.

m.: masculine.

North. E.: Northern English.

Scot.: Scottish.

v.: vide.

Works & Authors cited:

Eluc.: Elucidarium. (F. II.)

Ivar Aasen: Ivar Aasen’s Dictionary, 1850.

Stj.: Stjórn. (F. I.)

Fb.: Flateyjar-bók (E. I.)

Háv.: Hávarðar Saga. (D. II.)

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