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— *klýp-. No. klypa, f., a) narrow space; b) fissure in a rock (bergklypa); c) a miser, and “klype”, n., a narrow ravine. See klip, sb.

kläip [kläip, kläi‘p], vb., to pinch, to be stingy, = No. klypa, vb. O.N. klýpa, vb., to pinch; squeeze. See the preceding word. klipi, vb. (q.v.), which is found in a different sense, is prop. the same word as klāip, vb.

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

kläit [kläi‘t], interj., properly sb., smack! he fell k. upon his back or face, he fell heavily on his back or face. N.Roe. L.Sc. clyte, adv., with a heavy fall; heavily. No. klett, m., a crack, cracking blow or fall. Cf. kloit, sb., and compare klons and kloss, sb. and interj.

kleberg or kleber [klēbər, klebər], sb., a kind of soft stone: steatite, soap-stone. Nm. and several places. Du^m.: klever [klēvər]. Also kleber(g)sten [klē··bərsten·, kleb··ərsten·]. a) klever [klēvər], kliversten [klɩ̄··vərsten·], and b) kløbersten [klø̄··bərsten·] are reported from Fe. and Ai. respectively, in sense of a stone tied before the horns of a bull apt to charge = klø, sb. — That the second part of the compd. kleber(g) is most prob. an original “berg” (stone, rock) is apparent from a couple of place-names: Kleberg [klēbærg]: Feⁿ.; Klebergswick (U.), now pronounced: [kleb··ərswɩk·], but in a deed dated the 4th of March, 1360, (issued in Sandwick, Unst) it is called “i Klebergi”. Cf. also No. klybberg, n., steatite (R.). Possibly, however, a kleber, different from kleberg, has merged with the latter; cf. Da. klæber, No. klæbbr and klabberstein (see R. under “klybberg”), which is to be classed with “klæbe”, and (No.) klabba, vb., (to adhere), as well as L.Sc. and Eng.

dial. (Cumb.) clabber, sb., soft, sticky mud. With kle in kleberg cf. e.g. No. kli, n., fine (soapy) mass; fine, tough clay, etc., Da. klæg, c. and n., adhesive kind of earth, (alluvial) clay, A.S. clæg, sb., clay, Germ. klei, m., alluvial clay; mire; marshy soil. Shetl. kle- is prob. synonymous with O.N. *kléi, (later) klé, m., 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; cf. Icel. “kljágrjót”, applied to steatite, soap-stone, and see further under Shetl. klibi¹ (klibisten), klibbi¹, sb., as well as klebi, vb. — Other Shetl. names for steatite are klem(m)el and (in Conn.) berdel (*berg-talg); q.v.

klebi [klebi, klēbi], vb., to tie a stone on something in order to weight it down, e.g. on a fishing-line, esp. to put an additional stone on a line; to k. de line. Also metaph.: to k. a body (person), to burden one with a difficult task. Y^h. — The word is prob. associated, partly with O.N. *kléa, (later) kljá, vb., to fasten stones (kléi, klé, m.), e.g. on the ends of the warp hanging from a loom, partly with Shetl. klibi (klibisten), klibbi, 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. klebi may be an older *klebbi, which, as a substantive, originally denoted steatite, and etym. is to be classed with Sw. dial. klebbig, adj., adhesive, No. klabba, vb., to adhere. See further klib(b)i, klø, sbs.

kled [kled], vb., to dress, to put on a garment or clothes; to k. de bairn (the child); to k. anesell [‘oneself’]; to k. de skøvek, to put something on one’s feet (Ai.). O.N. klæða, vb., to dress oneself, put on clothes; L.Sc. cleed, vb., perf. part., cled.