Tifa

Old Norse Dictionary Entry

Tifa

Old Norse Dictionary Entry

Definitions

1 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.

Runic Inscription

ᛏᛁᚠᛅ

Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark

Abbreviations Used

Common Abbreviations

begin.
beginning.
loc
local, locally.
n.
neuter.

Works & Authors

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

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