Klíningr
Old Norse Dictionary - klíningr
Meaning of Old Norse word "klíningr"
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
Old Norse word klíningr can mean:klíningr
- klíningr
- m. [klining, Ivar Aasen], buttered bread; kasta klíningnum ok könnunni, cp. the Engl. proverb ‘to throw the helve after the hatchet,’ Fms. viii. 413, v. l.: as a nickname, Orkn.: the word is still used in the old sense in Norway.
- klíningr
- II. in Icel. it is only used of cakes of cow-dung.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᚴᛚᛁᚾᛁᚾᚴᚱ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- cp.
- compare.
- Engl.
- English.
- gl.
- glossary.
- l.
- line.
- m.
- masculine.
- n.
- neuter.
- v.
- vide.
- v. l.
- varia lectio.
- Icel.
- Iceland, Icelander, Icelanders, Icelandic.
Works & Authors cited:
- Fms.
- Fornmanna Sögur. (E. I.)
- Ivar Aasen
- Ivar Aasen’s Dictionary, 1850.
- Orkn.
- Orkneyinga Saga. (E. II.)