Kljá
Old Norse Dictionary - kljá
Meaning of Old Norse word "kljá"
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
- kljá
- ð, [klé, pl. kljár], to fix the weights to a loom (see klé); mér þótti kljáðr vera vefrinn, Fms. xi. 49; harðkljáðr, hard stretched, Darr.: metaph., vera á enda kljáðr, to be finished, done; það er ekki á enda kljáð, there is no end of it as yet; vera út kljáðr, done; það er út kljáð um þau mál: kljá á enda, to wind up, to have done; er ek á enda kljáðr at þola þat lengr, Ísl. ii. 420.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᚴᛚᛁᛅ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- l.
- line.
- metaph.
- metaphorical, metaphorically.
- pl.
- plural.
Works & Authors cited:
- Darr.
- Darraðar-ljóð. (A. III.)
- Fms.
- Fornmanna Sögur. (E. I.)