1 DEYFA
ð, [v. daufr; Ulf. ga-daubjan; Germ. betäuben; Dan. döve; Swed. döfva]:—to make blunt; d. sverð, vápn, eggjar (of weapons blunted by the look of a wizard), Korm. 220, Gísl. 80, Ísl. ii. 225; þær er d. sverð ok sefa, Sdm. 27, Eg. 509 (in a verse), Dropl. 36, Hm. 149, where this power is attributed to Odin himself.
2 DEYFA
2. to ‘deave’ (Scot. and North. E.), i. e. stupefy; medic., d. hönd, Fas. iii. 396: metaph. to soothe or stupefy, d. sakar, to soothe, Ghv. 2. 23; d. sefa, Sdm. l. c.
3 DEYFA
II. = Goth. dauþjan, Germ. taufen, = to dip; d. í vatn, to dip in water, N. G. L. i. 339, 378, v. 1.; vide dýfa.