Klettr
Old Norse Dictionary - klettr
Meaning of Old Norse word "klettr"
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
Old Norse word klettr can mean:klettr
- klettr
- m. [Dan. klint], a rock, cliff, Fær. 29; þar stendr skógar-klettr við Hafslæk, Þorsteinn gékk upp á klettinn, Eg. 717, Bs. ii. 111, Sturl. iii. 104, Gísl. 147; hár k., Grett. 101; þeir sjá hvar klettar tveir koma upp ór hafinu, Fas. ii. 248: in plur. a range of crags: poët., herða k., ‘shoulder rock,’ i. e. the head, Ls.; hjarna k., ‘harn rock,’ i. e. the head; hjálma-k., helmet crag, cp. Helm-crag in Westmoreland, Lex. poët.
- klettr
- COMPDS: klettabelti, klettafrú, klettaskora, klettasnös.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᚴᛚᛁᛏᛏᚱ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- cp.
- compare.
- Dan.
- Danish.
- i. e.
- id est.
- l.
- line.
- m.
- masculine.
- n.
- neuter.
- plur.
- plural.
- poët.
- poetically.
Works & Authors cited:
- Bs.
- Biskupa Sögur. (D. III.)
- Eg.
- Egils Saga. (D. II.)
- Fas.
- Fornaldar Sögur. (C. II.)
- Fær.
- Færeyinga Saga. (E. II.)
- Gísl.
- Gísla Saga. (D. II.)
- Grett.
- Grettis Saga. (D. II.)
- Lex. Poët.
- Lexicon Poëticum by Sveinbjörn Egilsson, 1860.
- Ls.
- Loka-senna. (A. I.)
- Sturl.
- Sturlunga Saga. (D. I.)