Þœfa

Old Icelandic Dictionary - þœfa

Meaning of Old Icelandic word "þœfa" in English.

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

þœfa Old Icelandic word can mean:

þœfa
I)
þœfa
(-ða, -ðr), v.
þœfa
1) to full (~ klæði);
þœfa
2) to press; ~ e-n um liðsbeina, to press one for help;
þœfa
3) to walk heavily, lumber (þœfði hón þá ofan til árinnar);
þœfa
4) refl., þœfast við, to quarrel, squabble; ~st til e-s, to struggle (fight) for a thing (eigi mun ek lengi ~st til hvílunnar við þik).
þœfa
II)
þœfa
f. quarrel, squabble.

Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᚦᚢᚠᛅ

Abbreviations used:

e-s
einhvers.
f.
feminine.

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