Klá
Old Norse Dictionary - klá
Meaning of Old Norse word "klá"
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
Old Norse word klá can mean:klá
- klá
- pres. klái, pret. kló, klótt, kló, pret. kleginn, [Scot. claw]:—to scratch or rub an itching spot; var fengin kona at klá honum fót sinn, Sturl. i. 189; hann kallaði á mik ok bað mik klá fótinn, Fms. ii. 187; síðan gekk konungr til svefns, ok kló ek fótinn, x. 331; ok vænti ek at nokkurir klái sárt síður, áðr vit Aron látimk báðir, Bs. i. 538; var þar fengin til kona um aptaninn er hann var kominn í rekkju, at klá fót hans, en er honum þótti of kyrt klegit, 462; ok þá er fótr minn hafði kleginn verit, Fb. i. 400,—the ancients seem to have had their feet rubbed in bed in order to bring on sleep.
- klá
- II. reflex., þar mundi eigi þykkja við kollóttan at klásk, Sturl. iii. 238, v. l.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᚴᛚᛅ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- l.
- line.
- pres.
- present.
- pret.
- preterite.
- Scot.
- Scottish.
- reflex.
- retlexive.
- v.
- vide.
- v. l.
- varia lectio.
Works & Authors cited:
- Bs.
- Biskupa Sögur. (D. III.)
- Fb.
- Flateyjar-bók (E. I.)
- Fms.
- Fornmanna Sögur. (E. I.)
- Sturl.
- Sturlunga Saga. (D. I.)