tafn

Old Norse

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *tabną, ultimately from the Proto-Indo-European root *deh₂p-. Cognate with Old Armenian տաւն (tawn, “feast”), Latin daps (“sacrificial feast”), Ancient Greek δαπάνη (dapánē, “expenditure”), δάπτω (dáptō, “I devour”).

Noun

tafn n

1. sacrifice
2. (poetic) bloody prey

Further reading

• Zoëga, Geir T. (1910) “tafn”, in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press; also available at the Internet Archive