Torfa

Old Norwegian Dictionary - torfa

Meaning of Old Norwegian word "torfa" in Norwegian.

As defined by the Johan Fritzer's Old Norwegian dictionary:

torfa: torfa, f. 1) Stykke Tørv. Gul. 307; þarsem sær mœtist ok grœn torfa Gul.23; skar þar upp torfu eðr jarðkrossok mælti: svá kann ek at gera landa-skipti Vallalj. 314; er Gísli hleypr ágarðinn, þá fellr torfa ór garðinumok skriðnar hann Heið. 27 (3576); hón(nl. áin) gékk á bæði lönd ok leystimikla torfu af hvárumtveggja bakkanumHeilag. I, 65326; rótsetti hann þá kál-garð í lítilli torfu í einum stað undirfjallinu Heilag. I, 8526. 2) Hud med Haar paa, = svörðr 1; ef maðr höggraf manni dauðum hönd eða fót eðatorfu af höfði eða svá at heili fellr útGul. 242.

Part of speech: f

Possible runic inscription in Medieval Futhork:ᛏᚮᚱᚠᛆ
Medieval Runes were used in Norway from 11th to 15th centuries.
Futhork was a continuation of earlier Younger Futhark runes, which were used to write Old Norse.

Abbreviations used:

f.: Feminin.

nl.: nemlig.

v.: Verbum.

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