Torfa

Old Norse Dictionary - torfa

Meaning of Old Norse word "torfa" in English.

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

torfa Old Norse word can mean:

torfa
u, f. turf, a green spot; á yztu torfur sinna herbergja, Fbr. 156; þar sem sær mætisk ok græn torfa, N. G. L. i. 13.
torfa
2. many farms built together are in IceL. called torfa.
torfa
II. a slice of sod (if square it is called hnauss, q. v.); þá fellr torfa ór garðinum ok skriðnar hann, ÍsL. ii. 357; eyri fyrir torfu hverja (troðu, næfra kimbul, torfu), N. G. L. i. 101, Ld. 58, 60, referring to the ordeal of going under a sod of turf; torfu bugr, the bend of the sod, Ld. L. c.: metaph., höggva torfu, a slice, af höfði, N. G. L. i. 81. torfu-þíðr, adj. thawed, Jb. 302.

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

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Abbreviations used:

f.
feminine.
L.
Linnæus.
Icel.
Iceland, Icelander, Icelanders, Icelandic.
l.
line.
adj.
adjective.
l. c.
loco citato.
metaph.
metaphorical, metaphorically.
q. v.
quod vide.
v.
vide.

Works & Authors cited:

Fbr.
Fóstbræðra Saga. (D. II.)
N. G. L.
Norges Gamle Love. (B. II.)
Jb.
Jóns-bók. (B. III.)
Ld.
Laxdæla Saga. (D. II.)
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