klé

See also: kle

Old Norse

Alternative forms

• kljár

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *klewô. Compare with lé for the common breaking pattern.

Noun

klé m (genitive kljá, plural kljár)

1. loom weight stone

Declension

  Declension of klé (weak an-stem)

masculine	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	klé	kléinn	kljár	kljárnir
accusative	kljá	kljánn	kljá	kljána
dative	kljá	kljánum	kljám	kljánum
genitive	kljá	kljáns	kljá	kljánna

Related terms

• kljá

Descendants

• Norwegian Nynorsk: kljå

Further reading

• Zoëga, Geir T. (1910) “klé”, in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 242; also available at the [https://archive.org/stream/concisedictionar001857

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