No. 80 in Icelandic

kl

"Kl" is the abbreviation for "klukkan," which means "o'clock" or "time" in Icelandic.

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Kennarinn bað nemendurna að merkja skjalið með kl.
The teacher asked the students to mark the document with "kl."
The abbreviation 'kl.' stands for 'klukkan' (meaning 'o'clock' or 'hour') and is used here to provide a timestamp format.
Við hittumst hjá Hlemmi kl. 3 í dag.
We are meeting at Hlemmur at 3 o'clock today.
The term 'kl.' serves as a shorthand for 'klukkan,' indicating the specified time of the meeting.
Hann sagði alltaf sögurnar kl. þegar hann var ungur.
He always told the stories exactly when he was young.
Here 'kl.' implies precision (derived from 'klárlega,' indirectly tied to 'klukkan').

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