TEFJA
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tef, tafði, tafit, [töf], to hinder, delay; tefja fyrir e-m, hann tafði fyrir oss hvíldina, Fms. ii. 140, Fær. 149, (Sturl. iii. 56 read kafði for tafði): freq. in mod. usage, tefðu mig ekki, do not interrupt, disturb me, of a person when busy and wanting to be let alone.
2. reflex., eg tafðist, I was delayed.
B. [Dan. tæve], a bitch, an altogether different word; in Clem. 44, tefr hann Tý, níðir hann Njörð, he calls Ty (the god) a bitch; cp. grey þykkir mér Freyja, in a verse in Kristni S.