Torf-leikr
Old Norse Dictionary - torf-leikr
Meaning of Old Norse word "torf-leikr"
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
- torf-leikr
- m. a game, ‘turf-laking,’ pelting, Eb. 210; prob. = the Scot. game of bickers, see Sir W. Scott’s Waverley, the Appendix to the General Preface.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᛏᚢᚱᚠ-ᛚᛁᛁᚴᚱ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- m.
- masculine.
- prob.
- probably.
- Scot.
- Scottish.
Works & Authors cited:
- Eb.
- Eyrbyggja Saga. (D. II.)