Þefja

Old Icelandic Dictionary - þefja

Meaning of Old Icelandic word "þefja" in English.

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

þefja Old Icelandic word can mean:

þefja
I)
þefja
(þafða, þafðr), v. to stir, thicken; remains only in the pp.; hann hafði þá eigi þafðan sinn graut, he had not cooked his porridge thick.
þefja
II)
þefja
(að), v.
þefja
1) to smell;
þefja
2) to emit a smell (min fœzla ~r betr hverjum ilm).

Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᚦᛁᚠᛁᛅ

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