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.)
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