klénn

From Old Norse klénn (“snug; little, puny”), from Middle Low German klên, klêne, from Old Saxon klēni, from Proto-West Germanic *klaini, from Proto-Germanic *klainiz (“clear, pure”), from Proto-Indo-European *g(e)lēi- (“gleaming”), from Proto-Indo-European *gel- (“to gleam”). Cognate with the English clean from the Middle English clene (“clean, clear, pure”) from the Old English clǣne (“pure, clear”).

• IPA^(key): /ˈkʰljɛtn/

klénn (comparative klénni, superlative klénastur)

1. poor, feeble
2. indisposed, under the weather

   Synonyms: vesallegur, lasinn, slappur

   Ég er eitthvað klén í dag.

   I'm a bit under the weather today.

3. short

   Synonyms: stuttur, smávaxinn

4. poor, lame

   Synonyms: lélegur, slappur, slaktur, ómerkilegur, lítilfjörlegur

   Þetta var nokkuð klént af þér...

   That was pretty poor of you...

5. (dated) pretty, snug, good

   Synonyms: snotur, góður

• klénveginn
• klénþurr

• beysinn
• burðugur
• frammistaða