Tifa

Old Norse Dictionary - tifa

Meaning of Old Norse word "tifa" in English.

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

tifa
að, [akin to tapsa?], to trip, move the feet quickly; fætrnir tifuðu óðar en vant var, Od. xxiii. (begin.); tifaðisk þá þegar saman fénaðrinn, the sheep hastily flocked together, Stj. 458.

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

Abbreviations used:

begin.
beginning.
n.
neuter.

Works & Authors cited:

Od.
Odysseifs-kvæði, prose, 1829.
Stj.
Stjórn. (F. I.)
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