Tólf
Old Norse Dictionary - tólf
Meaning of Old Norse word "tólf"
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
Old Norse word tólf can mean:tólf
- tólf
- (qs. tvalf), [Goth. twa-lif; A. S. twelf; Engl. twelve; Germ. zwölf; Dan. tolv]:—twelve, Grág. i. 16, ii. 20, 31, 45, Rb. 368, passim.
- tólf
- II. as noun, both sixes on the dice; in the phrase, kasta tólfunum, of a great piece of good luck.
- tólf
- COMPDS: tólfeyringr, tólffeðmingr, tólffótungr, tólfgreindr, tólfmánuðr, tólfmenningr, tólfræðr, tólftigr, tólfæringr, tólfærr.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᛏᚢᛚᚠ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- A. S.
- Anglo-Saxon.
- Dan.
- Danish.
- Engl.
- English.
- Germ.
- German.
- gl.
- glossary.
- Goth.
- Gothic.
- l.
- line.
- m.
- masculine.
- n.
- neuter.
- qs.
- quasi.
- S.
- Saga.
Works & Authors cited:
- Grág.
- Grágás. (B. I.)
- Rb.
- Rímbegla. (H. III.)