Klengjask
Old Norse Dictionary - klengjask
Meaning of Old Norse word "klengjask"
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
- klengjask
- dep. [perh. akin to A. S. clingan, Engl. cling = to cleave to]:—to pick up a quarrel; ok varð Áskatli ílla við, ok þótti hann mjök klengst (MS. kleins) hafa til þessa máls, Rd. 272; ok á þat með engu móti í erfð at ganga. þóat sumir hafi ranglega við klengzt, N. G. l. ii. 402.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᚴᛚᛁᚾᚴᛁᛅᛋᚴ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- A. S.
- Anglo-Saxon.
- dep.
- deponent.
- Engl.
- English.
- gl.
- glossary.
- l.
- line.
- L.
- Linnæus.
- perh.
- perhaps.
- S.
- Saga.
Works & Authors cited:
- N. G. L.
- Norges Gamle Love. (B. II.)
- Rd.
- Reykdæla Saga. (D. II.)