tefla

== Icelandic == === Etymology === From Old Norse tefla. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈtʰɛpla/ Rhymes: -ɛpla === Verb === tefla (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative tefldi, supine teflt) to play a board game specifically, to play chess ==== Conjugation ==== == Old Norse == === Etymology === From tafl (“board game”). Akin to Old English tæflan, tæflian. Ultimately from Latin tabula (“table, board”). === Verb === tefla (singular past indicative tefldi, plural past indicative tefldu, past participle tefldr) to play at tables, chess or draughts ==== Conjugation ==== ==== Descendants ==== Icelandic: tefla Faroese: telva Swedish: tävla === Further reading === Zoëga, Geir T. (1910), “tefla”, in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press; also available at the Internet Archive