Old Norse

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Etymology

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From Proto-Germanic *tabną, ultimately from the Proto-Indo-European root *deh₂p-. Cognate with Old Armenian տաւն (tawn, feast), Latin daps (sacrificial feast), Ancient Greek δαπάνη (dapánē, expenditure), δάπτω (dáptō, I devour).

Noun

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tafn n

  1. sacrifice
  2. (poetic) bloody prey

References

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  • tafn”, in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • Zoëga, Geir T. (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic[1], Oxford: Clarendon Press