hnefatafl
English
[edit]Noun
[edit]hnefatafl (uncountable)
- An ancient Norse board game.
- 1971, Gwen White, Antique Toys And Their Background, page 115:
- The Saxon game of Hnefatafl came from Denmark, a game which was played there about A.D. 400 and brought by them to Iceland and Britain. An English manuscript written during the reign of King Athelstan, 925-40, contains a diagram of this game.