klektan
nafnorð, kvenkyn
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.
Skammstafanir og tilvitnanir
Skammstafanir
- f.
- kvenkyn (e. feminine)
- prob.
- probably.
- Goth.
- Gothic.
- cp.
- compare.
- i. e.
- id est.
- Ed.
- edition, editions, edited.
Tilvitnuð rit
- Ivar Aasen
- Ivar Aasen’s Dictionary, 1850.
- Sturl.
- Sturlunga saga. (D. I.)
- Eb.
- Eyrbyggja saga. (D. II.)
- Nj.
- Njála. (D. II.)