tafl

== Cimbrian == === Noun === tafl f table board blackboard === References === Umberto Patuzzi, ed., (2013) Ünsarne Börtar, Luserna: Comitato unitario delle linguistiche storiche germaniche in Italia / Einheitskomitee der historischen deutschen Sprachinseln in Italien == Icelandic == === Etymology === From Old Norse tafl (“a board”), from Middle Low German taffel, tavele, from Old Saxon tafla, from Proto-West Germanic *tabulā, from Latin tabula (“a tablet; a board or plank”). Doublet of tabla, tafla, tefla, töfl. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈtʰapl/ Rhymes: -apl === Noun === tafl n (genitive singular tafls, nominative plural töfl) chess Synonyms: skák, (obsolete) skáktafl (chiefly historical) any of a class of ancient Northern European two-player board games featuring a distinctive 2:1 ratio of playing pieces, with the addition of a kingpiece to the lesser side Synonym: hnefatafl (obsolete) A general term encompassing traditional board games, including games such as hnefatafl, chess, backgammon and mill. Synonym: borðspil ==== Declension ==== ==== Derived terms ==== === References === === Further reading === “tafl” in the Dictionary of Modern Icelandic (in Icelandic) and ISLEX (in the Nordic languages) == Old Norse == === Etymology === Ultimately from Proto-West Germanic *tabulā, from Latin tabula (“a tablet; a board or plank”). Cognate with Old English tæfl (“game board; board game”). === Noun === tafl n (genitive tafls, plural tǫfl) a board game a move (in a board game) ==== Usage notes ==== Today this term is mostly used to refer to any of a class of ancient Northern European two-player board games featuring a distinctive 2:1 ratio of playing pieces, with the addition of a kingpiece to the lesser side, but in Old Norse it refers to any board game. ==== Derived terms ==== tafla (“piece”) tefla (“to play a board game”) halatafl hnefatafl skáktafl (“chess”) ==== Related terms ==== tǫfl ==== Descendants ==== Faroese: talv Icelandic: tafl Norwegian Nynorsk: tavl Old Danish: tafl Danish: (obsolete) tavl Old Swedish: tafl, tawel, taffwel Swedish: tavel → Sami: tablut (from definite taflet) == Welsh == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /tavl/, [ˈtavl̩] (North Wales, colloquial) IPA(key): /ˈtaval/ (South Wales, colloquial) IPA(key): /ˈta(ː)val/ === Etymology 1 === Deverbal from taflu (“to throw”). ==== Noun ==== tafl m (plural taflau) sling, catapult catapult, trebuchet Synonyms: catapwlt, blif, magnel throw, fling, instance of throwing Synonyms: tafliad, lluchiad, hyrddiad ===== Derived terms ===== taflegryn (“missile”) === Etymology 2 === ==== Noun ==== tafl f or m (plural taflau) alternative form of tafol (“scales”) ===== Derived terms ===== taflo (variant of tafoli (“to weigh”)) === Mutation === === Further reading === D. G. Lewis, N. Lewis, editors (2005–present), “tafl”, in Gweiadur: the Welsh–English Dictionary, Gwerin R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke, et al., editors (1950–present), “tafl”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies