taufr

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Old Norse

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *taubrą.

Noun

taufr n pl or f pl

  1. sorcery, charms

Declension

Descendants

  • Norwegian Bokmål: tauver
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: tauver

Further reading

  • Zoëga, Geir T. (1910) “taufr”, in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press; also available at the Internet Archive