klénn

klénn

Icelandic

Etymology

From the Old Norse klénn (“snug; little, puny”), from Proto-Germanic *klainiz (“clear, pure”), from Proto-Indo-European *g(e)lēi- (“gleaming”), from Proto-Indo-European *gel- (“to gleam”). Cognate with the English clean from the Middle English clene (“clean, clear, pure”) from the Old English clǣne (“pure, clear”).

Adjective

klénn (comparative klénni, superlative klénastur)

1. poor, feeble
2. indisposed, under the weather ^syn.

   Ég er eitthvað klén í dag.

   I'm a bit under the weather today.

3. short ^syn.
4. poor, lame ^syn.

   Þetta var nokkuð klént af þér...

   That was pretty poor of you...

5. (dated) pretty, snug, good

Synonyms

• (under the weather): ^def. vesallegur, lasinn, slappur
• (short): ^def. stuttur, smávaxinn
• (lame): ^def. lélegur, slappur, slaktur, ómerkilegur, lítilfjörlegur
• (snug): ^def. snotur, góður

Derived terms

• klénveginn
• klénþurr

See also

• beysinn
• burðugur
• frammistaða