tuss
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Middle English[edit]
Etymology 1[edit]
Noun[edit]
tuss
- Alternative form of tusshe
Etymology 2[edit]
Adverb[edit]
tuss
Norwegian Nynorsk[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Old Norse þurs, þuss, from Proto-Germanic *þursaz, *þurisaz. Cognates include dialectal English thurse.
Noun[edit]
tuss m (definite singular tussen, indefinite plural tussar, definite plural tussane)
- (Norse mythology) giant, troll
- (folklore, also collective) a kind of subterranean wight
- (dialectal, derogatory) simpleton
See also[edit]
References[edit]
- “tuss” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Swedish[edit]
Noun[edit]
tuss c
- a wad (small mass of soft material)
- (by extension) something reminiscent of a wad, like a cloud
- molntuss
- "cloud wad"
Declension[edit]
Declension of tuss | ||||
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Singular | Plural | |||
Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
Nominative | tuss | tussen | tussar | tussarna |
Genitive | tuss | tussens | tussars | tussarnas |
Derived terms[edit]
- bomullstuss (“cotton ball”)
- dammtuss (“dust bunny”)
See also[edit]
References[edit]
Categories:
- Middle English lemmas
- Middle English nouns
- Middle English adverbs
- Middle English terms unique to the Ormulum
- Norwegian Nynorsk terms inherited from Old Norse
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- Norwegian Nynorsk terms inherited from Proto-Germanic
- Norwegian Nynorsk terms derived from Proto-Germanic
- Norwegian Nynorsk lemmas
- Norwegian Nynorsk nouns
- Norwegian Nynorsk masculine nouns
- nn:Norse mythology
- nn:Folklore
- Norwegian Nynorsk collective nouns
- Norwegian Nynorsk dialectal terms
- Norwegian Nynorsk derogatory terms
- Swedish lemmas
- Swedish nouns
- Swedish common-gender nouns
- Swedish terms with usage examples