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Kla chlâftra,, ‘length of the outstretched arms, fathom’; for a similar development of meaning , , also  and. *klêftra or *klêftri,, is wanting, so too the corresponding forms in the cognate languages. Its connection with clyppan,  to clip, ‘to embrace,’ Swiss χlupfel, ‘armful of hay’ ( root klē̆p), makes it probable that the word is related to  glěbti, ‘to encircle with the arms,’ glėbýs, ‘armful,’ glóbti, ‘to embrace’ (root glêb). The variant lâfter (lâhter),  and, ‘fathom,’ is obscure.   ,, from the  klage,  chlaga, , ‘complaint,’  ‘a wail as an expression of pain’; wanting in all the early periods of the  languages except ; adopted as a legal term in  in the form of klögun. ModHG and klagen, from  chlagôn. The pre- root is probably glak or glagh; yet cognates are wanting.   ,, ‘spasm in the throat,’ from klam ( klammes), , ‘cramp, oppression, fetter’; corresponding to  clom (o before m, or rather mm, for a), , , and , ‘firm grip, talon, claw, fetter’;. also chlamma,  klamme,   , ‘to squeeze,’ from  klęmmen ( bichlęmmen), ‘to seize with the claws, squeeze in, press together’;   beclęmman,  klemma. — ,, ‘defile,’ from  klemme, klemde, , ‘narrowness, cramping,’  not yet found.   ,, ‘cramp, clamp, brace,’ from the  klammer, klamer, klamere, ,  *klamara, , is wanting;  klǫmbr ( klambrar), , ‘vice,’ and  klamere point to a  *klamra or *klamara, , which is connected with the  root klam, ‘to press together,’ appearing in. The  klampfer,, and the   forms   and  (Carinthian) are abnormal;  also  clamp and the   klamp, ; the labial following the m presents some difficulties. the next word.   ,, ‘clamp,’ not yet found in ; from ;  klamp, ‘cramp, cleats.’ The strictly  form is  , ‘cramp’;   klamp,  clamp, and the   klampi.   ,, ‘sound, clang,’ from the  klanc ( klanges), , with the variant klanc ( klankes),  chlang;   klank, , ‘clang, sound,’ as well as  clank and clang;  *clong, *clonc, are wanting, so too  *klaggs and *klagks;  also  klunc (klunges), , ‘sound,’ and klinc (klinges), , ‘tone, clangour.’ The form klank with a final k is to be regarded perhaps like  compared with ,  with , and  with  kið ( also ), i.e., k represents kk for Aryan kn; glank (or rather glangh) is perhaps the Aryan root of the  cognates, unless we are tempted to regard   as a new onomatopoetic word (  κλαγγή,  clangor).   ,, ‘clap, slap, blow,’ only, adopted from , like its cognates. Only, , ‘to clatter,’ is current in without any presumption of its being borrowed; perhaps it is onomatopoetic. , ‘blow,’ is phonetically klapf, klaf,, ‘report, crack’;.  ,, ‘clear, bright; evident,’ from. klâr, ‘bright, pure, beautiful’; adopted in from  clârus;  clear,  clêr, is borrowed from  clair. ,, ‘slovenly,’ a word;  ‘dirty and wet’ (of the weather), then used especially in a figurative sense;   klaten, ‘dirt, dung,’ allied to. , ‘clap,’,  simply; allied to  cognates for ‘to resound’;   kletsen, ‘to crack a whip,’  to clash. ,, ‘to pick or dig out, cull, from klûben,  chlûbôn, ‘to pluck to pieces, cleave’; Goth *klûbôn is wanting. The root klū̆b anciently formed another ; see, under which further references are given.  ,, ‘claw, talon, fang,’ from the  klâwe, klâ,  chlâwa, chlôa,  ( , from  brâwa). The variants in and  render it difficult to determine the  form;  clâ, cleá, cleó ( clâwe), clawu (ă?) are also difficult to explain phonetically;  *klêwa,, is probable, although  kló allows us to infer a graded form, *klôwa,. The common stem means<section end="Klaue" />