Ýfa

Old Icelandic Dictionary - ýfa

Meaning of Old Icelandic word "ýfa" in English.

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

ýfa Old Icelandic word can mean:

ýfa
(-ða, -ðr), v. to rip up (~ mál);
ýfa
refl., ýfast, to become ruffled, get angry (þótti mér sá björninn, er fyrir varð, ~st mjök); tók at ~st með þeim, they began to be on bad terms; ~st við e-n, to provoke one, pick a quarrel with one (Magnús son hans ýfðist mjök við Harald).

Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᚢᚠᛅ

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