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Old English · noun

tæfl

Part of speech
noun, feminine
Declension
strong ō-stem
IPA
/tæfl/
[tævl]
Syllables
tæfl (1 syllable)
Modern English
gameboardboard gamedie

Meaning

  1. gameboard

  2. a board game

  3. a die used to play a game

Declension

Declension of tæfl
SingularPlural
Nominative tæfltæflatæfle
Accusative tæfletæflatæfle
Genitive tæfletæfla
Dative tæfletæflum

All forms (4)

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”).

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