tavl

Danish

Etymology

From Old Norse tafl, from Latin tabula.

Noun

tavl n (singular definite tavlet, plural indefinite tavler)

1. (architecture) square area on a surface covered with tiles
2. (historical) board game

Declension

Declension of tavl

neuter gender	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	tavl	tavlet	tavler	tavlerne
genitive	tavls	tavlets	tavlers	tavlernes

Noun

tavl

1. alternative form of tagl

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Old Norse tafl, from Latin tabula. Cognate with Faroese talv. First attested in Norwegian by Christen Jensøn in 1646 spelled as Taul. Thomas Bloch in his glossary of Fyresdal dialect from 1698 gives translation as card game, but it may be an error, since it is not attested anywhere else.

Noun

tavl n (definite singular tavlet, indefinite plural tavl, definite plural tavla)

1. (obsolete) board game

   Synonym: brettspel

Derived terms

• nevetavl (“hnefatafl”)

References

• Torleiv Hannaas (1915), Ældre norske Sprogminder : Christen Jensøns Den Norske Dictionarium (in Norwegian Nynorsk), page 84
• “tavl”, in Norsk Ordbok: ordbok over det norske folkemålet og det nynorske skriftmålet, Oslo: Samlaget, 1950-2016
• “tavl” in Ivar Aasen (1873) Norsk Ordbog med dansk Forklaring