Þæfa

Old Norse Dictionary - þæfa

Meaning of Old Norse word "þæfa" in English.

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

þæfa Old Norse word can mean:

þæfa: u, f. a stamping.

þæfa: 2. metaph. a long tedious struggle, a quarrel, Bs. i. 159, Burl. 58, 65, 150, Fb. ii. 207: = þóf. þæfu-steinn, m. a stamping-stone: an Icel. local name.

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

Similar entries:

Þæfa (II)

Abbreviations used:

f.: feminine.

Icel.: Iceland, Icelander, Icelanders, Icelandic.

l.: line.

m.: masculine.

metaph.: metaphorical, metaphorically.

Works & Authors cited:

Bs.: Biskupa Sögur. (D. III.)

Fb.: Flateyjar-bók (E. I.)

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