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1 klifa
(að), v. to repeat, harp on the same thing (also, klifa á e-u);refl., klifast við e-n, to wrangle with one.* * *að, prop. to climb, but only used metaph.:—to repeat, to harp on the same thing; bað þá eigi klifa svá ey ok ey, Ísl. ii. 349; klifar þú nakkvat jafnan, mannfýla þín, Nj. 85; kerling klifaði allt sumarit um arfa-sátuna at inn skyldi bera, 194; vér kumpánar lærðum þik eitt vers, ok er þat nú þegar þér svá kært sem þú kunnir engan hlut annan, klifandi þat jafnan æ fram, Mar.; klifar sá margr kvæðin lin, Skáld H. 3. 2.2. reflex. to wrangle; töluðu menn at sjá maðr væri it mesta fífl, hversu heimsliga hann klifask við konung, Fb. iii. 381. -
2 KLÍFA
(að), v. to repeat, harp on the same thing (also, klifa á e-u);refl., klifast við e-n, to wrangle with one.* * *pres. klíf, pret. kleif, pl. klifu; [A. S. clîfian; Engl. cleave to; Dutch kleven; Germ. kleben]:—to climb; Jónathan kleif ekki síðr með höndum en fótum um einstigit, Stj. 452; konungr kleif upp í einn bakka, Fms. viii. 75; en sumir klifu svá bratta brekku, 401; þá kom jarl at hlaupandi ok kleif upp yfir köstinn ok þaðan upp yfir húsin, ix. 225; svá at hann mátti klífa upp í virkit af skildinum, Sturl. ii. 33; ok kleif einn í höku mér, Dropl. 22; því er kænlegra at k. skemra, ok falla lægra, Al. 145; þeim er áðr höfðu klifit, Hkr. i. 290; klífa á kjöl, Sturl. ii. 224 (in a verse).
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