klyfja

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Old Norse

Etymology 1

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Verb

klyfja (singular past indicative klyfjaði, plural past indicative klyfjuðu, past participle klyfjaðr)

  1. to load with packs
Conjugation
Conjugation of klyfja — active (weak class 2)
infinitive klyfja
present participle klyfjandi
past participle klyfjaðr
indicative present past
1st-person singular klyfja klyfjaða
2nd-person singular klyfjar klyfjaðir
3rd-person singular klyfjar klyfjaði
1st-person plural klyfjum klyfjuðum
2nd-person plural klyfið klyfjuðuð
3rd-person plural klyfja klyfjuðu
subjunctive present past
1st-person singular klyfja klyfjaða
2nd-person singular klyfir klyfjaðir
3rd-person singular klyfir klyfjaði
1st-person plural klyfim klyfjaðim
2nd-person plural klyfið klyfjaðið
3rd-person plural klyfi klyfjaði
imperative present
2nd-person singular klyfja
1st-person plural klyfjum
2nd-person plural klyfið
Conjugation of klyfja — mediopassive (weak class 2)
infinitive klyfjask
present participle klyfjandisk
past participle klyfjazk
indicative present past
1st-person singular klyfjumk klyfjuðumk
2nd-person singular klyfjask klyfjaðisk
3rd-person singular klyfjask klyfjaðisk
1st-person plural klyfjumsk klyfjuðumsk
2nd-person plural klyfizk klyfjuðuzk
3rd-person plural klyfjask klyfjuðusk
subjunctive present past
1st-person singular klyfjumk klyfjuðumk
2nd-person singular klyfisk klyfjaðisk
3rd-person singular klyfisk klyfjaðisk
1st-person plural klyfimsk klyfjaðimsk
2nd-person plural klyfizk klyfjaðizk
3rd-person plural klyfisk klyfjaðisk
imperative present
2nd-person singular klyfjask
1st-person plural klyfjumsk
2nd-person plural klyfizk
Descendants
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: klyvja, kløvja, kløvje
  • Swedish: klövja

Etymology 2

Verb

klyfja (singular past indicative klufði, plural past indicative klufðu, past participle klufðr or klufiðr)

  1. Alternative form of kljúfa (“to spilt, cleave”)
Conjugation
Conjugation of klyfja — active (weak class 1)
infinitive klyfja
present participle klyfjandi
past participle klufðr, klufiðr
indicative present past
1st-person singular klyf klufða
2nd-person singular klyfr klufðir
3rd-person singular klyfr klufði
1st-person plural klyfjum klufðum
2nd-person plural klyfið klufðuð
3rd-person plural klyfja klufðu
subjunctive present past
1st-person singular klyfja klyfða
2nd-person singular klyfir klyfðir
3rd-person singular klyfi klyfði
1st-person plural klyfim klyfðim
2nd-person plural klyfið klyfðið
3rd-person plural klyfi klyfði
imperative present
2nd-person singular klyf
1st-person plural klyfjum
2nd-person plural klyfið
Conjugation of klyfja — mediopassive (weak class 1)
infinitive klyfjask
present participle klyfjandisk
past participle klufzk, klufizk
indicative present past
1st-person singular klyfjumk klufðumk
2nd-person singular klyfsk klufðisk
3rd-person singular klyfsk klufðisk
1st-person plural klyfjumsk klufðumsk
2nd-person plural klyfizk klufðuzk
3rd-person plural klyfjask klufðusk
subjunctive present past
1st-person singular klyfjumk klyfðumk
2nd-person singular klyfisk klyfðisk
3rd-person singular klyfisk klyfðisk
1st-person plural klyfimsk klyfðimsk
2nd-person plural klyfizk klyfðizk
3rd-person plural klyfisk klyfðisk
imperative present
2nd-person singular klyfsk
1st-person plural klyfjumsk
2nd-person plural klyfizk

References

  • “klyfja”, in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press
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