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Rh — *klýp-. klypa,, a) narrow space; b) fissure in a rock (bergklypa); c) a miser, and “klype”,, a narrow ravine. See ,

kläip [kläip, kläi‘p],, to pinch, to be stingy, = klypa, klýpa,, to pinch; squeeze. See the preceding word. ,, which is found in a different sense, is the same word as ,

kläipet [kläipət, kläi‘pət],, 1) pinched; lean . 2) stingy; miserly; see ,

kläit [kläi‘t],, properly , smack! he fell k. upon his back or face, he fell heavily on his back or face. . clyte,, with a heavy fall; heavily. klett,, a crack, cracking blow or fall., , and compare and , and

kleberg or kleber [klēbər, klebər], , a kind of soft stone: steatite, soap-stone. and several places. [klē··bərsten·, kleb··ərsten·]. a) [klēvər], [klɩ̄··vərsten·], and b) [klø̄··bərsten·] are reported from and respectively, in sense of a stone tied before the horns of a bull apt to charge =, — That the second part of the is most an original “berg” (stone, rock) is apparent from a couple of place-names: Kleberg [klēbærg]: ; Klebergswick , now pronounced: [kleb··ərswɩk·], but in a deed dated the 4th of March, 1360, (issued in Sandwick, Unst) it is called “i Klebergi”. also klybberg,, steatite (R.). Possibly, however, a, different from , has merged with the latter; klæber, klæbbr and klabberstein (see R. under “klybberg”), which is to be classed with “klæbe”, and klabba,, (to adhere), as well as  and clabber,, soft, sticky mud. With in    kli,, fine (soapy) mass; fine, tough clay,, klæg,  and , adhesive kind of earth, (alluvial) clay, clæg,, clay, klei,, alluvial clay; mire; marshy soil. - is  synonymous with *kléi, (later) klé,, one of the stones fastened to the ends of the warp hanging from a loom, since originally this word seems to have had the meaning steatite; “kljágrjót”, applied to steatite, soap-stone, and see further under $m$, $n$, , as well as , — Other names for steatite are and (in ) (*berg-talg);
 * [klēvər]. Also

klebi [klebi, klēbi],, to tie a stone on something in order to weight it down, on a fishing-line, to put an additional stone on a line; to k. de line. Also burden one with a difficult task. — The word is associated, partly with *kléa, (later) kljá,, to fasten stones (kléi, klé, ), on the ends of the warp hanging from a loom, partly with ,, a) a stone, sinker of a fishing hand-line; b) a red-hot stone dropped into the milk, during churning, in order to separate the curd from the whey, probably steatite. may be an older originally denoted steatite, and is to be classed with klebbig, , adhesive, klabba,, to adhere. See further, ,
 * to k. a body (person), to
 * , which, as a substantive,

kled [kled],, to dress, to put on a garment or clothes; to k. de bairn (the child); to k. anesell [‘oneself’]; to k. de, to put something on one’s feet. klæða, , to dress oneself, put on clothes; cleed,, , cled.