Þóf
Old Norse Dictionary - þóf
Meaning of Old Norse word "þóf"
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
Old Norse word þóf can mean:þóf
- þóf
- n. a beating or thickening of cloth; Bárðr minn á Jökli leggstu á þófið mitt, Ísl. Þjóðs., and freq. in mod. usage.
- þóf
- II. metaph. a wearisome, endless struggle; leiðisk mér þóf þetta, Nj. 92, Sturl. i. 101, Grett. 134; þar kemr enn þófinu, at …, Fms. xi. 429, Grett.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᚦᚢᚠ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- freq.
- frequent, frequently.
- l.
- line.
- mod.
- modern.
- n.
- neuter.
- metaph.
- metaphorical, metaphorically.
Works & Authors cited:
- Ísl. Þjóðs.
- Íslenzkar Þjóðsögur.
- Fms.
- Fornmanna Sögur. (E. I.)
- Grett.
- Grettis Saga. (D. II.)
- Nj.
- Njála. (D. II.)
- Sturl.
- Sturlunga Saga. (D. I.)