klenod

Swedish

Etymology

Inherited from Old Swedish klenodh, klenat, klenät, klenot, kleenodh, clenodh, clenod, clenodum, from Middle Low German klēnade, klēnode, kleinode, from kleine, klene. Cognate of Dutch kleinood, German Kleinod. See also Norwegian klenodium, Latin clenōdium. Doublet of klenät.

Noun

klenod c

1. valuable, prized possession, heirloom

Declension

Declension of klenod

		nominative	genitive
singular	indefinite	klenod	klenods
	definite	klenoden	klenodens
plural	indefinite	klenoder	klenoders
	definite	klenoderna	klenodernas

Derived terms

• familjeklenod
• nationalklenod
• riksklenod
• släktklenod

References

• “klenod”, in Svenska Akademiens ordlista [Wordlist of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish)
• “klenod”, in Svensk ordbok [Dictionary of Swedish] (in Swedish)
• “klenod”, in Svenska Akademiens ordbok [Dictionary of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish)
• klenod in Elof Hellquist, Svensk etymologisk ordbok (1st ed., 1922)