Deyfa
Old Norse Dictionary - deyfaMeaning of Old Norse word "deyfa" in English.
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
deyfa Old Norse word can mean:
- deyfa
- ð, [v. daufr; Ulf. ga-daubjan; Germ. betäuben; Dan. döve; Swed. döfva]:—to make blunt; d. sverð, vápn, eggjar (of weapons blunted by the look of a wizard), Korm. 220, Gísl. 80, Ísl. ii. 225; þær er d. sverð ok sefa, Sdm. 27, Eg. 509 (in a verse), Dropl. 36, Hm. 149, where this power is attributed to Odin himself.
- deyfa
- 2. to ‘deave’ (Scot. and North. E.), i. e. stupefy; medic., d. hönd, Fas. iii. 396: metaph. to soothe or stupefy, d. sakar, to soothe, Ghv. 2. 23; d. sefa, Sdm. l. c.
- deyfa
- II. = Goth. dauþjan, Germ. taufen, = to dip; d. í vatn, to dip in water, n. G. l. i. 339, 378, v. 1.; vide dýfa.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᛏᛁᚢᚠᛅ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- Dan.
- Danish.
- f.
- feminine.
- Germ.
- German.
- l.
- line.
- m.
- masculine.
- n.
- neuter.
- pl.
- plural.
- Swed.
- Swedish.
- Ulf.
- Ulfilas.
- v.
- vide.
- i. e.
- id est.
- l. c.
- loco citato.
- medic.
- medicine, medically.
- metaph.
- metaphorical, metaphorically.
- North. E.
- Northern English.
- Scot.
- Scottish.
- Goth.
- Gothic.
- L.
- Linnæus.
Works & Authors cited:
- Dropl.
- Droplaugar-sona Saga. (D. II.)
- Eg.
- Egils Saga. (D. II.)
- Gísl.
- Gísla Saga. (D. II.)
- Hm.
- Hává-mál. (A. I.)
- Korm.
- Kormaks Saga. (D. II.)
- Sdm.
- Sigrdrífu-mál. (A. II.)
- Fas.
- Fornaldar Sögur. (C. II.)
- N. G. L.
- Norges Gamle Love. (B. II.)
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