Tafl-brögð
Old Norse Dictionary - tafl-brögð
Meaning of Old Norse word "tafl-brögð" (or tafl-brǫgð)
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
- tafl-brögð (tafl-brǫgð)
- n. pl. feats of playing; t. Úlfs jarls, Fb. ii. 283; eigi skildi minna glímu þeirra en tafl-brögð, Vígl. 17.
Orthography: The Cleasby & Vigfusson book used letter ö to represent the original Old Norse vowel ǫ. Therefore, tafl-brögð may be more accurately written as tafl-brǫgð.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᛏᛅᚠᛚ-ᛒᚱᚢᚴᚦ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- gl.
- glossary.
- l.
- line.
- n.
- neuter.
- pl.
- plural.
Works & Authors cited:
- Fb.
- Flateyjar-bók (E. I.)
- Vígl.
- Víglundar Saga. (D. V.)