Kljá

Old Norse Dictionary - kljá

Meaning of Old Norse word "kljá" in English.

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

kljá: ð, [klé, pl. kljár], to fix the weights to a loom (see klé); mér þótti kljáðr vera vefrinn, Fms. xi. 49; harðkljáðr, hard stretched, Darr.: metaph., vera á enda kljáðr, to be finished, done; það er ekki á enda kljáð, there is no end of it as yet; vera út kljáðr, done; það er út kljáð um þau mál: kljá á enda, to wind up, to have done; er ek á enda kljáðr at þola þat lengr, Ísl. ii. 420.

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

Abbreviations used:

l.: line.

metaph.: metaphorical, metaphorically.

pl.: plural.

Works & Authors cited:

Darr.: Darraðar-ljóð. (A. III.)

Fms.: Fornmanna Sögur. (E. I.)

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