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Rh Klepp [klæp], two hills in Fladabister, de Klepps [klæps] o’ Kollaster, hills. — kleppr, , a lump; block; knot (the root is handed down in sense of crag, rock, in the “klepparnes, kleppu(r)nes”). klepp,, a) a lump; b) crag; elevated point of land; c) a staff, supplied with an iron hook, by which large fish are hauled into the boat; in sense c to the North of the Dovrefjeld. kläpp,, elevated height. The form of “kləp” in  points most to  clip, , =  1.

klesgord [klēsgōrd, klēskōrd; klæskər], , 1) the edges of the two rotating millstones where the adhesive meal-dust settles during the grinding of the corn; de k. o’ de mill. [klēsgōrd, klēskōrd]. 2) adhesive meal or meal-dust which, in grinding corn, settles on the edges of the millstones. [klēsgōrd, klēskōrd]; [klæskər]. *kleis-garðr (and *kless-garðr), , “(surrounding) adhesive edge”. kleisa and klessa, , to adhere, stick, klessa, For the second part of the see *,  ,

klester [klɛstər, klæstər],, something pasted or smeared on; see the word.

klester [klɛstər, klæstər],, to paste on; to smear on, in an untidy or careless manner,  paint or tar on a boat, whitewash on a stone-wall. of *kleisa or *klessa, , to adhere, stick (see the preceding word). The word is most a *kleistra; kleistra, , to squeeze the juice out of something, = klistra,, which also is used in sense of to deposit fluid, applied to sticky objects. , In meaning and use of the word,, , is  more closely allied to  klistre, to paste, than to kleistra, klistra.

klett$n$ [klɛt, klæt],, 1) detached rock, on the sea-shore; , , sea-rocks; low-lying rocks on the coast; to dry fish on de “kletts”. In place-names, in which the word has a wider application (cliff, rock), it is sometimes found with more or less perfectly preserved, old terminations, (Hillswick, ),  name of a red rock, “*klettrinn rauði”, but now only preserved as the name of a farm: *undir klettinum rauða. [klæt··ərnɛ·] , form in the : *klettarnir. de Kletters [klætərs] (Noss near Bressay):  -s. “de Klettins”, fishing-bank near  : “*klettar-nir” with added   -s. Elsewhere commonly: “Klett” and (in ) “Kletts”. A form “Kletta [klɛta]”, name of a rocky hill, corresponds to klitta, , = klett, 2) a large stone, intended for a certain purpose, : a) (large) ballast-stone ; b) sinker of a fishing-line, mostly used as a tabu-name ; see, ; c) a whetstone , = , . 3) a pike; pointed fin, of a shark (or whale) and of a ray; de k. o’ de , de  o’ de skate . — klettr,, (detached) rock; cliff; crag, and originally in a more extended meaning clod. In and Caithness of a detached rock in the sea.
 * Klettin rø [klɛtən or klæten rø̄]
 * klettar,  form with added

klett$n$ [klætt],, a tough lump; small, sticky mass, in, , to too damp and badly ground meal, which settles in lumps on the edges of or between the millstones; also to tar, badly smeared (in lumps), “de corn comes in ”, in grinding of imperfectly dried corn. .