Old Norse
Etymology 1
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Verb
klyfja (singular past indicative klyfjaði, plural past indicative klyfjuðu, past participle klyfjaðr)
- to load with packs
Conjugation
Conjugation of klyfja — active (weak class 2)
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klyfja
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| present participle
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klyfjandi
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| past participle
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klyfjaðr
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indicative
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subjunctive
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present
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past
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present
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past
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| 1st person singular
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klyfja
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klyfjaða
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klyfja
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klyfjaða
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| 2nd person singular
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klyfjar
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klyfjaðir
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klyfir
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klyfjaðir
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| 3rd person singular
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klyfjar
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klyfjaði
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klyfir
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klyfjaði
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| 1st person plural
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klyfjum
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klyfjuðum
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klyfim
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klyfjaðim
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| 2nd person plural
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klyfið
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klyfjuðuð
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klyfið
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klyfjaðið
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| 3rd person plural
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klyfja
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klyfjuðu
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klyfi
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klyfjaði
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| imperative
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present
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| 2nd person singular
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klyfja
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| 1st person plural
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klyfjum
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| 2nd person plural
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klyfið
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Conjugation of klyfja — mediopassive (weak class 2)
| infinitive
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klyfjask
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| present participle
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klyfjandisk
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| past participle
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klyfjazk
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indicative
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subjunctive
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present
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past
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present
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past
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| 1st person singular
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klyfjumk
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klyfjuðumk
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klyfjumk
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klyfjuðumk
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| 2nd person singular
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klyfjask
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klyfjaðisk
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klyfisk
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klyfjaðisk
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| 3rd person singular
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klyfjask
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klyfjaðisk
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klyfisk
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klyfjaðisk
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| 1st person plural
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klyfjumsk
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klyfjuðumsk
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klyfimsk
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klyfjaðimsk
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| 2nd person plural
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klyfizk
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klyfjuðuzk
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klyfizk
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klyfjaðizk
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| 3rd person plural
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klyfjask
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klyfjuðusk
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klyfisk
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klyfjaðisk
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| imperative
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present
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| 2nd person singular
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klyfjask
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| 1st person plural
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klyfjumsk
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klyfizk
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Descendants
Etymology 2
Verb
klyfja (singular past indicative klufði, plural past indicative klufðu, past participle klufðr or klufiðr)
- alternative form of kljúfa (“to spilt, cleave”)
Conjugation
Conjugation of klyfja — active (weak class 1)
| infinitive
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klyfja
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| present participle
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klyfjandi
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| past participle
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klufðr, klufiðr
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indicative
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subjunctive
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present
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past
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present
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past
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| 1st person singular
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klyf
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klufða
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klyfja
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klyfða
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| 2nd person singular
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klyfr
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klufðir
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klyfir
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klyfðir
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| 3rd person singular
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klyfr
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klufði
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klyfi
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klyfði
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| 1st person plural
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klyfjum
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klufðum
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klyfim
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klyfðim
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| 2nd person plural
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klyfið
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klufðuð
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klyfið
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klyfðið
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| 3rd person plural
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klyfja
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klufðu
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klyfi
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klyfði
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| imperative
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present
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| 2nd person singular
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klyf
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| 1st person plural
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klyfjum
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| 2nd person plural
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klyfið
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Conjugation of klyfja — mediopassive (weak class 1)
| infinitive
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klyfjask
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| present participle
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klyfjandisk
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| past participle
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klufzk, klufizk
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indicative
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subjunctive
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present
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past
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present
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past
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| 1st person singular
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klyfjumk
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klufðumk
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klyfjumk
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klyfðumk
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| 2nd person singular
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klyfsk
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klufðisk
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klyfisk
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klyfðisk
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| 3rd person singular
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klyfsk
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klufðisk
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klyfisk
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klyfðisk
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| 1st person plural
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klyfjumsk
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klufðumsk
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klyfimsk
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klyfðimsk
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| 2nd person plural
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klyfizk
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klufðuzk
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klyfizk
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klyfðizk
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| 3rd person plural
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klyfjask
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klufðusk
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klyfisk
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klyfðisk
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| imperative
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present
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| 2nd person singular
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klyfsk
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| 1st person plural
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klyfjumsk
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| 2nd person plural
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klyfizk
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Further reading
- Zoëga, Geir T. (1910) “klyfja”, in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press; also available at the Internet Archive