TÓLF

Old Norse Dictionary Entry

TÓLF

Old Norse Dictionary Entry

Definitions

1 TÓLF

(qs. tvalf), [Goth. twa-lif; A. S. twelf; Engl. twelve; Germ. zwölf; Dan. tolv]:—twelve, Grág. i. 16, ii. 20, 31, 45, Rb. 368, passim.

2 TÓLF

II. as noun, both sixes on the dice; in the phrase, kasta tólfunum, of a great piece of good luck.

3 TÓLF

COMPDS: tólfeyringr, tólffeðmingr, tólffótungr, tólfgreindr, tólfmánuðr, tólfmenningr, tólfræðr, tólftigr, tólfæringr, tólfærr.

Runic Inscription

ᛏᚢᛚᚠ

Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark

Abbreviations Used

Common Abbreviations

A. S.
Anglo-Saxon.
Dan
Danish.
Dan.
Danish.
Engl
English.
Engl.
English.
Germ
German.
Germ.
German.
gl
glossary.
gl.
glossary.
Goth.
Gothic.
l.
Linnæus.
m.
masculine.
n.
neuter.
qs.
quasi.
S.
South, Southern.

Works & Authors

Grág.
Grágás. (B. I.)
Rb.
Rímbegla. (H. III.)

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