Töfra

Old Swedish Dictionary - töfra

Meaning of Old Swedish word "töfra" (or tøfra) in Swedish.

As defined by K.F Söderwall's dictionary of Medieval Swedish:

töfra (tøfra): 1) förhala, draga ut på tiden med (ngt). dilatare vth viidha oc töffra GU C 20 (hand 2) s. 67. näspis hwar jämligha äpter sinom brwtum oc thöffris ey näffstin vthen nepsis genstan Bisk Nil´s vis-st 200. - Jfr fortöfra.

Orthography: Early Old Swedish used different letters for ä and ö, so töfra may have also been written as tøfra

Part of speech: vb

Grammatical aspect: v.

Possible runic inscription in Medieval Futhork:ᛏᚯᚠᚱᛆ
Medieval Runes were used in Sweden from 12th to 17th centuries.

GU: Glossarii Latino-Svethici specimen vetustum. E cod. mscr. Bibliothecæ Reg. Acad. Upsal. Diss. Ups. præs. J. H. Schröder. 1845.

GU C 20: Latinskt-Svenskt glossarium efter Cod. Ups. C 20. Utg. av E. Neuman. S 1--583. 1918--20, (hand 2) s. 1--169. 1938--42. SFSS.