See tafl on Wiktionary
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{
"args": {
"1": "is",
"2": "tafl"
},
"expansion": "Icelandic: tafl",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "Icelandic: tafl"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "fo",
"2": "talv"
},
"expansion": "Faroese: talv",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "Faroese: talv"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "nn",
"2": "tavl"
},
"expansion": "Norwegian Nynorsk: tavl",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "Norwegian Nynorsk: tavl"
}
],
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{
"args": {
"1": "non",
"2": "gmw-pro",
"3": "*tabulā"
},
"expansion": "Proto-West Germanic *tabulā",
"name": "der"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "non",
"2": "la",
"3": "tabula",
"t": "a tablet; a board or plank"
},
"expansion": "Latin tabula (“a tablet; a board or plank”)",
"name": "der"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "ang",
"2": "tæfl",
"t": "game board; board game"
},
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"name": "cog"
}
],
"etymology_text": "Ultimately from Proto-West Germanic *tabulā, from Latin tabula (“a tablet; a board or plank”). Cognate with Old English tæfl (“game board; board game”).",
"forms": [
{
"form": "tafls",
"tags": [
"genitive"
]
},
{
"form": "tǫfl",
"tags": [
"plural"
]
}
],
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"2": "nouns",
"g": "n",
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"head": "",
"sort": "",
"tr": ""
},
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"name": "head"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "n",
"2": "tafls",
"3": "tǫfl"
},
"expansion": "tafl n (genitive tafls, plural tǫfl)",
"name": "non-noun"
}
],
"lang": "Old Norse",
"lang_code": "non",
"pos": "noun",
"related": [
{
"word": "tǫfl"
}
],
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
"Old Norse entries with incorrect language header",
"Old Norse lemmas",
"Old Norse neuter nouns",
"Old Norse nouns",
"Old Norse terms derived from Latin",
"Old Norse terms derived from Proto-West Germanic",
"Pages with 3 entries",
"Pages with entries"
],
"glosses": [
"a board game"
],
"links": [
[
"board game",
"board game"
]
],
"tags": [
"neuter"
]
}
],
"word": "tafl"
}
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