Tufo

Old Danish Dictionary - tufo

Meaning of Old Danish word "Tufo", as defined by Otto Kalkar's Dictionary of Old Danish language.

The Old Danish word Tufo can mean:

  • åldse, no. (sv tossa, e toad) Munk. i muv, bet,; staar tudisen paa sine bagbeen oc snapper alle de bjer,som hun kand offverkomme. Holst IX. 49; tudsen, hun sprang af føde bytten. PSO IL. 150; bufo, tudze. MP 244; Etym 128; Steph I. 126b; Hors 18 (ovf. Il. 694497); — saa en todssespringe aff hennis mund for hwer den sind, hun sagde. CP 1. 10, 126; Ålels 223; — Flemlos $ 229 (ovf. u. buget); — vandet gaff mangfoldige taadzer i fiskenis sted. Visd 19; taadzer oc padder. PIV 872 — Jf skjold-, skrub-, skælt. — Tuds(e)- sten, no.
  • 1) = paddesten; chelonitis, tudssteen, sunt Qvi Ovspnuier vita, nominantqve padsteen. MP 288; bu fonius Japis, qui in capite bufonis iu- ventus eximitur ad usus medicos, tudtze steen. Etym 128; M. — 9)abe); 10 = tudsten, se d. 0.

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

Abbreviations used:

n.
norsk.
no.
navneord (substantivum).
t.
tysk.

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