tefla

From Wiktionary, the free dictionary
Jump to navigation Jump to search

Icelandic[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Old Norse tefla.

Pronunciation[edit]

Verb[edit]

tefla (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative tefldi, supine teflt)

  1. to play a board game
    1. specifically, to play chess

Conjugation[edit]

Old Norse[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Presumably from tafl (board). Akin to Old English tæflan, tæflian. Ultimately from Latin tabula (table, board).

Verb[edit]

tefla (singular past indicative tefldi, plural past indicative tefldu, past participle tefldr)

  1. to play at tables, chess or draughts

Conjugation[edit]

Descendants[edit]

  • Faroese: telva
  • Icelandic: tefla
  • Swedish: tävla

References[edit]

  • tefla”, in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press