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tity. klibbi and klibi [klibi], klibisten: Fe. klibi (klibisten) [klibi-]: Y. occas. klibi and klibasten [klɩ̄··basten·]: U. Also klipi [klipi], klipisten: U. (and Fe. occas.), as well as klivi [klivi]. b) sinker of a fishing hand-line; klibi [klibi]: Fo. Also klivi [kli̇̄vi, klivi]: Fo. — From Fo. is also reported klivi or klivvi [(klivi) klɩvi] in sense of a stone, easy to handle or throw. — The root-meaning of the word is probably steatite. Cf. Sw. klibba, vb., to adhere, stick, and (dial.) klebbig, adj., sticky; tough; adhesive, and see further under kleberg, klø, sbs., as well as klebi, vb.

klibi (klibbi)², sb., see klipitengs, sb. pl.

klifastikk [kli̇̄··fastɩk·], sb., quarrel; de(r) wer a k. atween dem. U^{n., burr}. With the first part of the compd. klifa- cf. O.N. klifa, vb., to harp upon the same subject. With stikk cf. No. styk (stuk, stok), n., noise; din (Sw. ståk, n.).

klifen, kliffen, sb., see klovi, sb.

†klikk [klɩk, klək], vb., the word may still be heard used in an older sense, to give a light fillip, = Fær. klikkja (No. klekkja, vb., inter alia to strike), but is now chiefly used like L.Scottish “cleik, cle(e)k”, vb., in sense of to pull (hastily), to snatch.

kliksi [(kleksi) kləksi], sb., magic name and tabu-name (sea-term) for eagle. Uⁿ. Commonly used in former times in the following magic formula, reported from Uⁿ., recited to get an eagle to let go its prey:

Kliksi, kliksi! fire i’ dy tail!
water i’ dy nest!
tar-barrel abune dee!

[abune = above]. — The word must be derived from *klikka, vb., to make a cracking sound, to cry; No. klikka, vb., to smack, to smack with the tongue, applied to the eagle: to cry

(O.N. “klaka”, vb., to cry, used inter alia of the eagle).

klimper [klɩ‘mpər (kle‘m-), klə‘mpər], sb., rough or pointed rock; bare, uneven, rocky ground; de bare k. (Fe.). klimpers, pl., sharp stones or fragments of rock in the subsoil (Ai.). [klɩ‘mpər]: Fe. [klə‘mpər]: Ai. *klimpr. No. klimp, m., barren crag (R.), = klepp, m. Da. klimp, c., on the other hand, clod of earth. — A form *klamper [kla‘mpər], syn. with klimper, is sometimes found as a place-name; thus: de Klampers, pl., as a name of a rocky ridge, now esp. name of a farm, in Seter, Walls. With this cf. No. klamp, m., log, piece of wood, and the cognate Icel. klömbrur, f. pl. (from klambr-), “a stony place, difficult to pass” (B.H.). — See klump and klumper, sbs.

klimper [klɩ‘mpər (kle‘m-), klə‘mpər], vb., to walk noisily with heavy footing, esp. in a pair of clogs; to geng klimperin aboot in a pair o’ clogs (Ai.), = klamp, klamper, vb. Cf. Da. klimpre, vb., to strum.

klingr, klinger [klɩŋər], vb., to turn round; only reported in the imperative: “k. dee!” “turn round!” exclamation belonging to fishermen’s tabu-language at sea, and addressed to a halibut or other large fish, when hooked, and threatening to run out the whole length of line and break it. Uⁿ. Cf. *haltagonga. — kling(e)r for *kringl by metathesis of r and l. Sw. dial. “kringla” and by metathesis “klingra, klingär”, vb., to wind about, to turn or roll around. O.N. kringla, f., a circle; ring; disk, in Fær. and some No. and Sw. dials. by metathesis: klingra.

klink [klɩ‘ŋk, kle‘ŋk], vb., to clinch, rivet, = No. klinka, Da. klinke, L.Sc. clink, vb. Also fig. to clinch.

klink-seam [klɩ‘ŋksɩm, klɩ‘ŋksɩm; kle‘ŋk-], sb., clinch-nail.

klip [klip], sb., ear-mark in sheep: