tæfl

Old English

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *tablā, *tabulā, from Latin tabula (“tablet, board, plank, chart”), ultimately from Proto-Italic *taðla. Cognate with Old Norse tafl (“board game”), Old Norse tǫfl (“a die”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /tæfl/, [tævl]

Noun

tæfl f

  1. gameboard
  2. a board game
  3. a die used to play a game

Declension

Strong ō-stem:

singular plural
nominative tæfl tæfla, tæfle
accusative tæfle tæfla, tæfle
genitive tæfle tæfla
dative tæfle tæflum

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Middle English: tavel, tevel
    • ⇒ Middle English: tavelyn

References

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