Icelandic edit

Etymology edit

From Old Norse klekja, perhaps of imitative origin, akin to English cluck.

Pronunciation edit

Verb edit

klekja (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative klakti, supine klakið)

  1. to hatch

Conjugation edit

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Synonyms edit

Old Norse edit

Etymology edit

Perhaps onomatopoeic.

Verb edit

klekja (singular past indicative klakti, plural past indicative klǫktu, past participle klaktr)

  1. to hatch

Conjugation edit

Descendants edit

  • Icelandic: klekja
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: klekkja, klekka
  • Swedish: kläcka
  • Danish: klække

References edit

  • klekja”, in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press