Kleggi

Old Norse Dictionary - kleggi

Meaning of Old Norse word "kleggi"

As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:

Old Norse word kleggi can mean:kleggi

kleggi
a, m. [klegg, Ivar Aasen; cp. North. E. and Scot. cleg = a horse-fly]:—a cleg or horse-fly, Stj. 481. 1 Sam. xxiv. 14; mý eða kleggja, Eluc. 22; flugur þær er kallask af alþýðu kleggjar, Best. 2.
kleggi
II. a cock of hay (hey-kleggi), Háv. 53, Fb. i. 523.

Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᚴᛚᛁᚴᚴᛁ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements

Abbreviations used:

cp.
compare.
m.
masculine.
North. E.
Northern English.
Scot.
Scottish.
v.
vide.

Works & Authors cited:

Eluc.
Elucidarium. (F. II.)
Ivar Aasen
Ivar Aasen’s Dictionary, 1850.
Stj.
Stjórn. (F. I.)
Fb.
Flateyjar-bók (E. I.)
Háv.
Hávarðar Saga. (D. II.)
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