Klektan
Old Norse Dictionary - klektan
Meaning of Old Norse word "klektan"
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
- klektan
- f. = klekking; [klektan and klekking are prob. akin to Goth. -klahs in niu-klahs; cp. also klekkjen = brittle, Ivar Aasen]:—chicken-heartedness; so in the phrase, hann er engi klektunar maðr, i. e. he is no chicken, he is a daring, dangerous man, Sturl. iii. 282; ok sé þú svá fyrir at hann er engi klektunar maðr, Eb. 90 new Ed., Nj. 105; for the various readings (klectun, kleckun, klecting, klektun) see Nj. Johnson. 214.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᚴᛚᛁᚴᛏᛅᚾ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- cp.
- compare.
- f.
- feminine.
- Goth.
- Gothic.
- i. e.
- id est.
- l.
- line.
- n.
- neuter.
- prob.
- probably.
Works & Authors cited:
- Eb.
- Eyrbyggja Saga. (D. II.)
- Ivar Aasen
- Ivar Aasen’s Dictionary, 1850.
- Nj.
- Njála. (D. II.)
- Sturl.
- Sturlunga Saga. (D. I.)