Töf

Meaning of Old Norse word "töf" (or tǫf)

As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:

töf (tǫf)

f., gen. tafar, [tefja], a delay, hindrance; mikil töf; vera e-m til tafar, to be a hindrance to one. tafar-laust, n. adj. without delay.

Orthography: The Cleasby & Vigfusson book used letter ö to represent the original Old Norse vowel ǫ. Therefore, töf may be more accurately written as tǫf.

Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᛏᚢᚠ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements