Klyfja
Old Norse Dictionary - klyfja
Meaning of Old Norse word "klyfja"
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
Old Norse word klyfja can mean:klyfja
- klyfja
- 1. að, to load a pack-horse, Nj. 74, Eg. 593, Stj. 460, 483, Ó. H. 170, Ver. 124, Fbr. 17 new Ed., passim.
- klyfja
- 2. klufði, [kljúfa], to split, cleave, Vm. 53; segja sumir menn at þeir klyfði hann til hjarta, Fbr. 57 new Ed.: part. klufðr, cleft; hjör-klufðr, a cleft with a sword, Lex. Poët.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᚴᛚᚢᚠᛁᛅ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- m.
- masculine.
- part.
- participle.
Works & Authors cited:
- Eg.
- Egils Saga. (D. II.)
- Fbr.
- Fóstbræðra Saga. (D. II.)
- Nj.
- Njála. (D. II.)
- Ó. H.
- Ólafs Saga Helga. (E. I.)
- Stj.
- Stjórn. (F. I.)
- Ver.
- Veraldar Saga. (E. II.)
- Lex. Poët.
- Lexicon Poëticum by Sveinbjörn Egilsson, 1860.
- Vm.
- Vilkins-máldagi. (J. I.)