Tafl

Old Icelandic Dictionary - tafl

Meaning of Old Icelandic word "tafl" in English.

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

tafl Old Icelandic word can mean:

tafl
n.
tafl
1) a board-game, ‘tables’, chess, draughts; sitja at tafli, leika t., at tafli, to play at chess; nú eru brögð í tafli, there is a trick in the game, there is foul play;
tafl
2) the board with the pieces (taflit svarfaðist);
tafl
3) piece in the game, = tafla.

Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᛏᛅᚠᛚ

Abbreviations used:

n.
neuter.

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