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tæflan

  • verb [ weak ]
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Grammar
tæflan, ; p. [e]de, ode
To gamble, game
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  • Ic tæfle tæflum

    cotizo tesseris,

    • Wrt. Voc. i. 289, 31.
  • Ic tæfle

    cotizo,

    • Wrt. Voc. ii. 16, 63.
  • Tebliþ, tebleþ

    cotizat,

    • Txts. 46, 178.
  • Tæflaþ,

    • Wrt. Voc. ii. 135, 36.
Etymology
[Þe manne þat taveleþ and forleost þat game, O. and N. 1666. Elsewhere the word means to talk, argue Ich leote ham talkin and tauelin of godlec,>
  • Marh. 13, 31.
Nefde hare nan tunge to tauelin (teuelin, MS. C.) a tint wið,
  • Kath. 1247.
Teuele he wið me, 820.
Icel. tefla
to play at draughts, dice, etc.]
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