KLEGGI

Old Norse Dictionary Entry

KLEGGI

Old Norse Dictionary Entry

Definitions

1 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.

2 KLEGGI

II. a cock of hay (hey-kleggi), Háv. 53, Fb. i. 523.

Runic Inscription

ᚴᛚᛁᚴᚴᛁ

Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark

Abbreviations Used

Common Abbreviations

cp: compare.
cp.: compare.
m.: masculine.
North. E.: Northern English.
p.: page.
Scot.: Scottish.
v.: vide, verb.

Works & Authors

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

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