Browse by Letter
Language
Old Norse Dictionary Entry

Tifa

Back to Letter T
Definitions

Definitions

1 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.
Similar Words

Similar Words

Runic Inscription

Runic Inscription

tifa

Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark

The runic text above represents the Old Norse word "tifa" as it might appear in runic inscriptions from the Viking Age (c. 800-1100 CE).

Abbreviations Used

Abbreviations Used

Common Abbreviations

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

Works & Authors

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

View All Sources →