Kleppr
Old Norse Dictionary - kleppr
Meaning of Old Norse word "kleppr"
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
Old Norse word kleppr can mean:kleppr
- kleppr
- m. [cp. Dan. klippa = a rock; Germ. klumpen; A. S. clympre]:—a plummet, lump, BS. i. 806 (of a comet’s tail), Konr. 31; blý-kleppr, q. v.
- kleppr
- II. a local name in Icel.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᚴᛚᛁᛒᛒᚱ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- A. S.
- Anglo-Saxon.
- cp.
- compare.
- Dan.
- Danish.
- Germ.
- German.
- m.
- masculine.
- n.
- neuter.
- q. v.
- quod vide.
- S.
- Saga.
- v.
- vide.
- Icel.
- Iceland, Icelander, Icelanders, Icelandic.
- l.
- line.
Works & Authors cited:
- Bs.
- Biskupa Sögur. (D. III.)
- Konr.
- Konráðs Saga. (G. III.)