Klakkr
Old Norse Dictionary - klakkr
Meaning of Old Norse word "klakkr"
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
- klakkr
- m. a peg, prop. the peg of a pack-saddle on which the packs are hung; setja, lypta á klakk, to lift to the k.; hrökkva upp af klökkunum, to be flung down from the k., freq.:—metaph. heavy, peaked clouds (ský-klakkar, klakka-ský), íllviðris-k., q. v.: in local names of peaks (two and two), Dimunar-klakkar in Breiðifjördr.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᚴᛚᛅᚴᚴᚱ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- freq.
- frequent, frequently.
- m.
- masculine.
- metaph.
- metaphorical, metaphorically.
- prop.
- proper, properly.
- q. v.
- quod vide.
- v.
- vide.