klekja

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Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse klekja, perhaps of imitative origin, akin to English cluck.

Pronunciation

Verb

klekja (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative klakti, supine klakið)

  1. to hatch
    Synonym: unga

Conjugation

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Old Norse

Etymology

Perhaps onomatopoeic.

Verb

klekja (singular past indicative klakti, plural past indicative klǫktu, past participle klaktr)

  1. to hatch

Conjugation

Descendants

  • Icelandic: klekja
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: klekkja, klekka
  • Swedish: kläcka
  • Danish: klække

References

  • klekja”, in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press