different between toft vs tift

English

Etymology

From Old Norse toft, from Proto-Germanic *tumþiz, from Proto-Indo-European *dem- (“to build”).

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -?ft

Noun

toft (plural tofts)

1. A hillock.
2. A homestead, especially one on a hill.
   • 2003, C. S. Knighton (editor), Calendar of Inquisitions Miscellaneous (Chancery): Preserved in the Public Record Office, Volume VIII: 1422—1485, page 73,

     Wynnemerus Preston lately held 2 cottages wasted of which the tofts are worth 2d. net yearly and another cottage wasted of which the toft is worth 6d. net yearly.
3. A messuage with right of common.

Faroese

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /t??ft/

Etymology 1

From Old Norse toft, from Proto-Germanic *tumft?.

Noun

toft f (genitive singular toftar, plural toftir)

1. an old foundation
2. ruin of a building

Declension

Derived terms

• brunatoft
• húsatoft
• hústoft
• kirkjutoft
• neystatoft

Etymology 2

From Old Norse þofta, see also tofta.

Alternative forms

• tofta

Noun

toft f (genitive singular toftar, plural toftir)

1. (dialectal) the forward thwart

Declension

Derived terms

• rangatoft
• rongutoft
• rættatoft

English

Etymology

Compare Norwegian teft (“a scent”). See tiff (“noun”).

Noun

tift (plural tifts)

1. (dated) A fit of pettishness, or slight anger; a tiff.
   • Blackwood's Magazine

     After all your fatigue you seem as ready for a tift with me as if you had newly come from church.

Anagrams

• fitt