Tafla
Old Norse Dictionary - tafla
Meaning of Old Norse word "tafla"
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
Old Norse word tafla can mean:tafla
- tafla
- u, f. a piece in a game of tables; gullnar töflur, Vsp. (gull-tafla); hnef-tafla … nú skulu vér skjóta töfluna ór höfði sveininum, Fms. ii. 271; mun ek setja at inni rauðu töflunni, Fas. ii. 67; ok skýtr Sjólfr þar ofan töfluna, 267; hann greip upp töfluna, ok setti halann á kinnbein Þorbirni, Grett. 161 new Ed.
- tafla
- II. like tafli, a tablet, any square-formed board; altaris-t., an altar-piece: mathem. the table, stóra, litla-t.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᛏᛅᚠᛚᛅ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- f.
- feminine.
- m.
- masculine.
Works & Authors cited:
- Fas.
- Fornaldar Sögur. (C. II.)
- Fms.
- Fornmanna Sögur. (E. I.)
- Grett.
- Grettis Saga. (D. II.)
- Vsp.
- Völuspá. (A. I.)