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(göltrinn svamm þar til af gengu klaufirnar); (3) beast, head of cattle.
klaufa-gangr, m. tramp of cattle.
klausa, f. clause, passage.
klaustr, n. cloister, convent.
klaustra-fólk, n. convent folk;
-lif-naðr, m. convent life;
-menn, m. pl. convent people.
klaustr-ganga, f. entering a convent;
-garðr, m. convent wall.
klá (klæ; kló, klógum; kleginn), v. to claw, scratch, rub (hann bað mik klá fót sinn).
kláði, m. itch (þegar brá kláða miklum á hvarmana).
kláð-sjúkr, a. scabby.
kláfr (-s, -ar), m. a kind of box carried on horseback.
klám, n. obscene, filthy language.
klám-högg, n. an opprobrious blow;
-yrði, n. foul language.
kláp-eygr, a. goggle-eyed, staring.
klárr (-s, -ar), m. hack, cart-horse.
klé (gen. kljá; pl. kljár), m. one of the stones to keep the warp straight in the old upright loom.
klefi, m. closet (cf. svefnklefi).
kleggi (gen. -ja), m. cleg, horse-fly.
kleggi (gen. -ja), m. cock of hay.
kleif (pl. -ar), f. cliff, rocky ascent.
kleima (-da, -dr), v. to daub, dabble.
kleiss, a. lisping (k. í máli).
klekja (klek, klakta, klaktr and klakinn), v. to hatch (= k. út).
klektunar-maðr, m. chicken-hearted man (hann er engi -maðr).
klenging (pl. -ar), f. vexatious action.
klengi-sök, f, a vexatious suit, klengjast (d), v. to interfere or intrude oneself vexatiously.
kleppr, m. plummet, lump.
klerka-fólk, n., -lýðr, m. the clergy;
-siðir, m. pl. clerical customs;
-söngr, m. church music.
klerk-dómr, m. learning;
-liga, adv. like a clerk, learnedly;
-ligr, a. clerkly, scholar-like.
klerkr (-s, -ar), m. (1) cleric, clerk, scholar; (2) clergyman, esp. of the minor orders.
klettr (-s, -ar), m. rock, crag.
kliðr, m. din, murmur.
klif, n. cliff, scaur, = kleif.
klifa (að), v. to repeat, harp on the same thing (also, k. á e-u); refl., klifast við e-n, to wrangle with one.
klif-gata, f. way along a cliff.
klifra (að), klifrast, v. to climb.
klingja (-da, -t), v. to ring, jingle.
klippa (-ta, -tr), v. to clip, cut; k. sauði, to shear sheep.
klífa (klíf; kleif, klifum; klifinn), v. to climb (konungr kleif upp í einn bakka; k. bratta brekku).
klígja (-ða), v. to feel nausea (hón klígir mjök).
klígja, f. nausea.
klína (-da, -dr), v. to smear; k. brauð, to butter bread.
klíningr, m. buttered bread.
kljá (kljái, kljáða, kljáðr), v. to fix the weights (cf. 'klé') to a loom; vera á enda kljáðr, to have done; er ek á enda kljáðr at þola þat lengr, I can bear itno longer.
kljár, m. = klé.
kljúfa (klýf; klauf, klufum; klofinn), v. to cleave, split (hann hjó þegar í skjöld Hrúts ok klauf allan niðr); skammt upp klofinn, having a short fork, short-legged.
klof, n. the space between the legs, the fork.
klofa-rúm, n. ship's cabin near the mast;
-stef, n. 'cleft burden', a form of refrain in a 'drápa'.
klofi, m. (1) cleft, rift (in a hill); cleft stick; verða í klofanum, to be caught in a trap; (2) door-groove; lúka upp hurðu, or lúka aptr hurð, árniðjan klofa, to open, or shut, the door halfway; hurð hnigin á rniðjan klofa, half shut; reka aptr hurðina (or lúka hurðinni) í klofa, to shut the door; (3) the forks to support tents on board a ship (höggva tjöldin or klofum); (4) snuffers.
klofna (að), v. to be cloven, to split.
klokka, f. = klukka.
kló (pl. klœr, dat. klóm), f. (1) claw, talon; (2) clew (of a sail).
klóa-gangr, m. scratching (fighting) with claws.
klóast, v. refl. to fight with claws.
kló-dýr, n. a beast with claws, beast of prey;
-fugl, m. bird of prey.

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