Klökkr

Old Norse Dictionary Entry

Klökkr

Old Norse Dictionary Entry

Definitions

1 klökkr (klǫkkr)

adj., with a characteristic v, acc. klökkvan, etc., prop. bending, pliable, as of a reed; klökkr kjölr, Bs. i. 483 (in a verse); varð Mariusúðin klökk mjök ok skaut lykkjunum. Fms. viii. 199; klökk stál, of a ship, Edda (Ht.); á klökkva saumför, Orkn. 104 (in a verse).

2 klökkr (klǫkkr)

II. metaph. soft, crying faintly, moved to tears; hann varð við þetta klökkr mjök … ok segir honum til vandræða sinna, Rd. 50; Jón ætlaði en sem fyr biskup með kúgan klökkan at göra, Bs. i. 289: broken-hearted, Eb. 78 (in a verse); þá urðo þeir klökkvir (they lost heart) ok flýðu frá Þóri, Hkr. Cd. Fr. 264; at hann skyldi gráta sem barn, ok lítill þróttr mundi í honum vera, at hana varð svá klökkr við þetta, Ó. H. 300; konungs-dóttir varð klökk við orð hans ok bliknaði, Karl. 100.

Orthography

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Runic Inscription

ᚴᛚᚢᚴᚴᚱ

Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark

Abbreviations Used

Common Abbreviations

acc.
accusative.
adj
adjective.
adj.
adjective.
bisk
bishop.
Cd.
Codex.
ch
chapter.
etc.
et cetera.
Fr
French in etymologies.
Fr.
French in etymologies.
l.
Linnæus.
m.
masculine.
metaph.
metaphor, metaphorical.
n.
neuter.
num.
numeral.
p.
page.
prop
properly.
prop.
properly.

Works & Authors

Bs.
Biskupa Sögur. (D. III.)
Eb.
Eyrbyggja Saga. (D. II.)
Edda
Edda. (C. I.)
Fms.
Fornmanna Sögur. (E. I.)
Fr.
Fritzner’s Dictionary, 1867.
Hkr.
Heimskringla. (E. I.)
Ht.
Hátta-tal. (C. I.)
Karl.
Karla-magnús Saga. (G. I.)
Ó. H.
Ólafs Saga Helga. (E. I.)
Orkn.
Orkneyinga Saga. (E. II.)
Rd.
Reykdæla Saga. (D. II.)

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