nevetavl
Hello, you have come here looking for the meaning of the word nevetavl. In DICTIOUS you will not only get to know all the dictionary meanings for the word nevetavl, but we will also tell you about its etymology, its characteristics and you will know how to say nevetavl in singular and plural. Everything you need to know about the word nevetavl you have here. The definition of the word nevetavl will help you to be more precise and correct when speaking or writing your texts. Knowing the definition ofnevetavl, as well as those of other words, enriches your vocabulary and provides you with more and better linguistic resources.
Norwegian Nynorsk
Alternative forms
Etymology
neve (“fist”) + tavl (“board game”); from Old Norse hnefatafl, from hnefi + tafl. Cognate with Faroese nevatalv and Icelandic hnefatafl.
Pronunciation
Noun
nevetavl n (definite singular nevetavlet, uncountable)
- hnefatafl (a Northern European board game known from the Viking Age)
- 1912, Ola Røkke, transl., Soga um Grette Aasmundsson, page 181:
- Det var ein gong at Torbjørn ongul sat og spela tavl. Daa gjekk stykmor hans burtaat og saag at han spela nevetavl.*) Det var stort haletavl. Ho tykte han spela daarleg og sa det aat honom, men han svara illsleg. Ho greip ein tavlbrikke og klemde til kinnbeinet hans Torbjørn, og raaka auga, so det spratt ut. Han sprang upp og treiv henne so hardt at ho lagdest sjuk og døydde av det. Folk segjer ho hadde vore med barn.
- There was a time Thorbiorn Angle sat playing tables. Then his stepmother passed by and saw that he was playing the hnefatafl.*) It was the large tail-game. She thought he played poorly and said it to him, but he answered angrily. She caught up one of game pieces, and pushed it into Thorbiorn’s cheek-bone, and touched his eye, so that it popped out. He sprang up and handled her so roughly that she took to her bed ill and died thereof. Folk say that she was then big with child.