Klifað

Old Norse Dictionary - klifað

Meaning of Old Norse word "klifað" in English.

As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:

klifað: n. part. a kind of metre, where the same rhyme-syllable is repeated throughout the half of a verse, a specimen of which is Edda (Ht.) 48.

Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᚴᛚᛁᚠᛅᚦ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements

Abbreviations used:

n.: neuter.

part.: participle.

Works & Authors cited:

Edda: Edda. (C. I.)

Ht.: Hátta-tal. (C. I.)

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