Þúfa

Old Norse Dictionary - þúfa

Meaning of Old Norse word "þúfa" in English.

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

þúfa: u, f., gen. pl. þúfna; [provinc. Germ. daube; in the Tyrol the cairns and pyramids by the way-side are so called by the peasants, Schmeller; dobe = a paw, Alsace]:—a mound; þúfu þá er griðkonan þerði fætr sína á, Fms. i. 254; settu þat á þúfur, hjá þúfunni, Fbr. 109, 110; Hjálmarr sat við þúfu eina ok var fölr sem nár, Fas. i. 426; opt veltir lítil þúfa miklu hlassi, a little mound may overset a big load (cart), Al. 132 (a saying); þar er þeir vóru staddir, vóru ber á einni þúfu, Fb. ii. 347: the phrases, fé-þúfa, see fé, p. 149, col. 1; bana-þúfa, hníga við bana-þúfu, to bite the dust; vera einum eingin heilla-þúfa, to be a stumbling-mound to one. þúfna-kollr, m. the top of a mound. þúfu-skítr, m. a nickname, Fms. viii. þúfu-titlingr, m. a ‘mound-tit,’ a sparrow.

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

Abbreviations used:

f.: feminine.

gen.: genitive.

Germ.: German.

l.: line.

m.: masculine.

n.: neuter.

pl.: plural.

provinc.: provincial.

Works & Authors cited:

Al.: Alexanders Saga. (G. I.)

Fas.: Fornaldar Sögur. (C. II.)

Fb.: Flateyjar-bók (E. I.)

Fbr.: Fóstbræðra Saga. (D. II.)

Fms.: Fornmanna Sögur. (E. I.)

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