tæfl

Old English

Etymology

From Latin tabula (“tablet, board, plank, chart”), ultimately from Proto-Italic *taðla. Cognate with Old Norse tafl (“board game”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tæfl/, [tævl]

Noun

tæfl f

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

References

• Joseph Bosworth and T. Northcote Toller (1898) “tæfl”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary‎^[1], 2nd edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.