klyfja

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