Klæki
Old Norse Dictionary - klæki
Meaning of Old Norse word "klæki"
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
Old Norse word klæki can mean:klæki
- klæki
- n. (in mod. usage klækr, m.), [perh. akin to klekja and Goth. klahei = pusillanimity]:—disgrace, cowardice; kvað mönnum klæki í vera, ef einn Víkverskr maðr skal yfir oss ganga hér í frændhaga várum, Hkr. iii. 395; oss er þat klæki, segir hann, ef …, Fms. v.i. 269; at honum væri hvárki at síðan skömm né klæki, Sturl. iii. 150; allir verðum vér þá at klækjum, Fms. v. 204; haf nú þetta, ok með bæði skömm ok klæki, Gísl. 63; en nú hafit ér ánauð ok þrælkon ok þar með stórklæki ok níðingsskap, Ó. H. 227; bera æfinlegt klækisnafn at þora eigi at hefna þín, Fms. ii. 69; klækis högg, a dastardly blow, Bjarn. 66, (a pun.)
- klæki
- COMPDS: klækisefni, klækjafullr, klækislaust, klækismaðr, klækisnafn, klækisorð, klækisskapr, klækisverk.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᚴᛚᛅᚴᛁ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- Goth.
- Gothic.
- l.
- line.
- m.
- masculine.
- mod.
- modern.
- n.
- neuter.
- perh.
- perhaps.
- s. v.
- sub voce.
- v.
- vide.
Works & Authors cited:
- Bjarn.
- Bjarnar Saga. (D. II.)
- Fms.
- Fornmanna Sögur. (E. I.)
- Gísl.
- Gísla Saga. (D. II.)
- Hkr.
- Heimskringla. (E. I.)
- Ó. H.
- Ólafs Saga Helga. (E. I.)
- Sturl.
- Sturlunga Saga. (D. I.)