Klak-laust
Old Norse Dictionary - klak-laust
Meaning of Old Norse word "klak-laust"
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
- klak-laust
- or klakk-laust, n. adj. [A. S. clæcleas = free], scatheless, unhurt; komask k. af, to come off unhurt, Finnb. 262; at vit mundum eigi klakklaust skilja, Fb. i. 417; ef ek komumk nú á brott klakklaust at sinni, FmS. iv. 312; ok verð því feginn at þú komisk klakklaust á brott, FaS. iii. 98; þar sem aðrir komask eigi klaklaust þó nauðsyn beri til, FmS. vi. 299, (klaclaust, Mork. 61, l. c.)
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᚴᛚᛅᚴ-ᛚᛅᚢᛋᛏ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- adj.
- adjective.
- A. S.
- Anglo-Saxon.
- l.
- line.
- l. c.
- loco citato.
- n.
- neuter.
- S.
- Saga.
- v.
- vide.
Works & Authors cited:
- Fas.
- Fornaldar Sögur. (C. II.)
- Fb.
- Flateyjar-bók (E. I.)
- Finnb.
- Finnboga Saga. (D. V.)
- Fms.
- Fornmanna Sögur. (E. I.)
- Mork.
- Morkinskinna. (E. I.)