Deyfa

Old Icelandic Dictionary - deyfa

Meaning of Old Icelandic word "deyfa" in English.

As defined by A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic (Geir Zoëga):

deyfa Old Icelandic word can mean:

deyfa
(-ða, -ðr), v.
deyfa
1) to make deaf (daufr); impers., hann deyfi, he became deaf;
deyfa
2) to make blunt (~ egg, sverð, vápn);
deyfa
3) to soothe, allay (~ kvalar, sakar).

Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᛏᛁᚢᚠᛅ

Abbreviations used:

impers.
impersonal.

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