Þæfa
Old Norse Dictionary - þæfa
Meaning of Old Norse word "þæfa"
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
Old Norse word þæfa can mean:þæfa
- þæfa
- u, f. a stamping.
- þæfa
- 2. metaph. a long tedious struggle, a quarrel, Bs. i. 159, Burl. 58, 65, 150, Fb. ii. 207: = þóf. þæfu-steinn, m. a stamping-stone: an Icel. local name.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᚦᛅᚠᛅ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
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Abbreviations used:
- f.
- feminine.
- Icel.
- Iceland, Icelander, Icelanders, Icelandic.
- l.
- line.
- m.
- masculine.
- metaph.
- metaphorical, metaphorically.
Works & Authors cited:
- Bs.
- Biskupa Sögur. (D. III.)
- Fb.
- Flateyjar-bók (E. I.)