klining

English

Verb

klining

1. present participle and gerund of kline

Anagrams

• inkling, kilning, linking

Norwegian Bokmål

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /²ˈkliː.nɪŋ/, [ˈklîː.nɪŋ]
• Rhymes: -iːnɪŋ
• Hyphenation: kli‧ning

Etymology 1

From kline (“to smear; press close; kiss, make out”) +‎ -ing (“action/result-forming noun suffix”).

Compare Norwegian Nynorsk klining (“the act of smearing, pressing close, or making out”).

Noun

klining f or m (definite singular klininga or kliningen, indefinite plural klininger, definite plural kliningene)

1. smearing, daubing; the act of spreading something wet, greasy, or sticky over a surface
2. pressing or squeezing something close against something else
3. (colloquial) prolonged or passionate kissing and caressing; necking, making out

Etymology 2

Inherited from Old Norse klíningr (“spread bread or flatbread”), a verbal noun of klína (“to smear, spread”). Compare the contracted form kling (“flatbread or lefse spread with butter or sour cream”).

Compare Norwegian Nynorsk klining (“spread bread or flatbread; butter spread on bread”).

A buttered lefse, one type of klining.

Noun

klining m (definite singular kliningen, indefinite plural klininger, definite plural kliningene)

1. a piece of bread, flatbread, or lefse spread with butter or sour cream

   Synonym: kling

   klining med smør eller rømme ― bread or flatbread spread with butter or sour cream

   • 1852, Nicolai Ramm Østgaard, En Fjeldbygd, page 112:

     Morten … sad i sæteren og spiste sin kjernerømme-klining

     Morten … sat at the mountain pasture and ate his flatbread spread with cream from the churn.

   • 1917, Hans Aanrud, Fortællinger for barn, volume I, page 231:

     han slænger kliningen bortover bordet

     He flings the buttered flatbread across the table.

   • 1922, Sigrid Undset, Korset [The Cross], page 503:

     au, au, dere har jo søle på kliningen min!

     Ow, ow, you've got muck on my buttered flatbread!

   • 1932, Anna Rogstad, Vår skole, number 51, page 448:

     bordene som bugnet av pølser og «klining» og «gomegg» med meget mere

     The tables groaned under sausages, buttered flatbread, “gomegg”, and much more.

   • 1952, Svale Solheim, Norsk sætertradisjon, page 134:

     dessmere klenning der kunne spises før mjelkinga var tilendebrakt, dessmere mjelk ble der i kua

     The more lefse that could be eaten before the milking was finished, the more milk the cow would give.

Derived terms

• kjernerømmeklining (“flatbread or lefse spread with cream from the churn”)
• lefseklining (“buttered lefse”)

See also

• kinnekling (“flatbread with freshly churned butter”)
• lefsekling (“buttered lefse”)

References

• “klining” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
• “klining” in Norwegian Academy Dictionary (NAOB).