Dictionary:klett

Nynorn

Etymology

From Old Norse klettr (ONP)

Shetland use

An Etymological Dictionary of the Norn Language in Shetland (1928–1932)

Jakobsen, Jakob

klett¹ [klɛt, klæt], sb., 1) detached rock, esp. on the sea-shore; kletts, pl., sea-rocks; low-lying rocks on the coast; to dry fish on de “kletts”. In place-names, in which the word has a wider application (cliff, rock), it is sometimes found with more or less perfectly preserved, old terminations, e.g.: Klettin rø [klɛtən or klæten rø̄] (Hillswick, Nm^w.), prop. name of a red rock, “*klettrinn rauði”, but now only preserved as the name of a farm: *undir klettinum rauða. Kletterne [klæt••ərnɛ•] (, Y.), def. form in the pl.: *klettarnir. de Kletters [klætərs] (Noss near Bressay): *klettar, O.N. pl. form with added Eng. pl. -s. “de Klettins”, fishing-bank near M.Roe (De^w.): “*klettar-nir” with added Eng. pl. -s. Elsewhere commonly: “Klett” and (in pl.) “Kletts”. A form “Kletta [klɛta]” (Ai.), name of a rocky hill, corresponds to No. klitta, f., = klett, m. 2) a large stone, intended for a certain purpose, esp.: a) (large) ballast-stone (Nm.); b) sinker of a fishing-line, mostly used as a tabu-name (Du.); see kappi, sb.; c) a whetstone (Du.), = glanklett, glan(i). 3) a pike; pointed fin, esp. of a shark (or whale) and of a ray; de k. o’ de ho, de kletts o’ de skate (Nmⁿ.). — O.N. klettr, m., (detached) rock; cliff; crag, prop. and originally in a more extended meaning clod. In Ork. and Caithness dial. esp. of a detached rock in the sea.

Pronunciation

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Alternate Forms

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Noun

klett

1. cliff

Inflection

nm.s.1	Singular		Plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Nominative	klett	kletten	klettar	klettarne
Accusative	klett	kletten	kletta	klettana
Dative	kletti	klettenon	kletton	klettonon
Genitive	kletts	klettsens	kletta	klettana

Synonyms

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