tefla

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Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse tefla.

Pronunciation

Verb

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

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

Conjugation


Old Norse

Etymology

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

Verb

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

  1. to play at tables, chess or draughts

Conjugation

Descendants

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

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