f. = klekking; [klektan and klekking are prob. akin to Goth. -klahs in niu-klahs; cp. also klekkjen = brittle, Ivar Aasen]:—chicken-heartedness; so in the phrase, hann er engi klektunar maðr, i. e. he is no chicken, he is a daring, dangerous man, Sturl. iii. 282; ok sé þú svá fyrir at hann er engi klektunar maðr, Eb. 90 new Ed., Nj. 105; for the various readings (klectun, kleckun, klecting, klektun) see Nj. Johnson. 214.