Klökkr
Old Norse Dictionary - klökkr
Meaning of Old Norse word "klökkr" (or klǫkkr)
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
Old Norse word klökkr can mean:klökkr
- klökkr (klǫkkr)
- adj., with a characteristic v, acc. klökkvan, etc., prop. bending, pliable, as of a reed; klökkr kjölr, Bs. i. 483 (in a verse); varð Mariusúðin klökk mjök ok skaut lykkjunum. Fms. viii. 199; klökk stál, of a ship, Edda (Ht.); á klökkva saumför, Orkn. 104 (in a verse).
- klökkr (klǫkkr)
- II. metaph. soft, crying faintly, moved to tears; hann varð við þetta klökkr mjök … ok segir honum til vandræða sinna, Rd. 50; Jón ætlaði en sem fyr biskup með kúgan klökkan at göra, Bs. i. 289: broken-hearted, Eb. 78 (in a verse); þá urðo þeir klökkvir (they lost heart) ok flýðu frá Þóri, Hkr. Cd. Fr. 264; at hann skyldi gráta sem barn, ok lítill þróttr mundi í honum vera, at hana varð svá klökkr við þetta, Ó. H. 300; konungs-dóttir varð klökk við orð hans ok bliknaði, Karl. 100.
Orthography: The Cleasby & Vigfusson book used letter ö to represent the original Old Norse vowel ǫ. Therefore, klökkr may be more accurately written as klǫkkr.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᚴᛚᚢᚴᚴᚱ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- acc.
- accusative.
- adj.
- adjective.
- etc.
- et cetera.
- m.
- masculine.
- n.
- neuter.
- prop.
- proper, properly.
- Cd.
- Codex.
- Fr.
- French in etymologies.
- l.
- line.
- metaph.
- metaphorical, metaphorically.
Works & Authors cited:
- Bs.
- Biskupa Sögur. (D. III.)
- Edda
- Edda. (C. I.)
- Fms.
- Fornmanna Sögur. (E. I.)
- Ht.
- Hátta-tal. (C. I.)
- Orkn.
- Orkneyinga Saga. (E. II.)
- Eb.
- Eyrbyggja Saga. (D. II.)
- Fr.
- Fritzner’s Dictionary, 1867.
- Hkr.
- Heimskringla. (E. I.)
- Karl.
- Karla-magnús Saga. (G. I.)
- Ó. H.
- Ólafs Saga Helga. (E. I.)
- Rd.
- Reykdæla Saga. (D. II.)