Icelandic

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Etymology

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From Old Norse kljúfa, from Proto-Germanic *kleubaną, from Proto-Indo-European *glewbʰ-.

Pronunciation

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Verb

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kljúfa (strong verb, third-person singular past indicative klauf, third-person plural past indicative klufu, supine klofið)

  1. to split, cleave
    Synonym: búta

Conjugation

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Further reading

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Old Norse

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Etymology

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From Proto-Germanic *kleubaną. Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *glewbʰ- (to split).

Verb

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kljúfa (singular past indicative klauf, plural past indicative klufu, past participle klofinn)

  1. (transitive, with accusative) to cleave, split

Conjugation

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Descendants

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References

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