ÞÓF

ÞÓF
n.
1) crowding, thronging, pressing; leiðist mér þóf þetta, this crowding wearies me;
2) wearisome, endless struggle (þar kemr enn þófinu, at).
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n. a beating or thickening of cloth; Bárðr minn á Jökli leggstu á þófið mitt, Ísl. Þjóðs., and freq. in mod. usage.
II. metaph. a wearisome, endless struggle; leiðisk mér þóf þetta, Nj. 92, Sturl. i. 101, Grett. 134; þar kemr enn þófinu, at …, Fms. xi. 429, Grett.

An Icelandic-English dictionary. . 1874.

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