klegg

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Norwegian Nynorsk

ein klegg

Etymology

Inherited from Old Norse kleggr. Compare Danish klæg (which may be a Norwegian borrowing) and English cleg.

The dialectal conjugated forms having -ggj- (like kleggjer, kleggjen etc.) are from Old Norse kleggi (compare Faroese and Icelandic kleggi).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /klɛɡː/, /klæɡː/
  • IPA(key): /kleɟː/ (parts of Trøndelag) (from Old Norse kleggi) (Can we verify(+) this pronunciation?)

Noun

klegg m (definite singular kleggen, indefinite plural klegger or kleggar, definite plural kleggene or kleggane)

  1. horsefly, cleg

Synonyms

Descendants

  • → Swedish: klegg, klägg (dialectal)

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