Klessa
Old Norse Dictionary - klessaMeaning of Old Norse word "klessa" in English.
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
klessa Old Norse word can mean:
- klessa
- 1. t, to clot, daub: reflex. klessast, to talk thick, Anecd. 10: part. klesstr = kleiss (q. v.), Fms. x. 39, v. l.
- klessa
- 2. u, f. [kleksa, Ivar Aasen], a clot, Skáld H. R.; blek-k, an ink-clot, etc.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᚴᛚᛁᛋᛋᛅ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- l.
- line.
- part.
- participle.
- q. v.
- quod vide.
- reflex.
- retlexive.
- v.
- vide.
- v. l.
- varia lectio.
- etc.
- et cetera.
- f.
- feminine.
- R.
- Rimur.
Works & Authors cited:
- Anecd.
- Anecdoton. (H. II.)
- Fms.
- Fornmanna Sögur. (E. I.)
- Ivar Aasen
- Ivar Aasen’s Dictionary, 1850.
- Skáld H.
- Skáld Helga-rímur. (A. III.)