klé

See also: kle

Old Norse

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *klewô. Compare with 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

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 Internet Archive