daufr

Old Norse

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *daubaz, whence also Old English dēaf, Old High German toub.

Adjective

daufr

1. deaf

Declension

    Strong declension of daufr

singular	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	daufr	dauf	dauft
accusative	daufan	daufa	dauft
dative	daufum	daufri	daufu
genitive	daufs	daufrar	daufs
plural	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	daufir	daufar	dauf
accusative	daufa	daufar	dauf
dative	daufum	daufum	daufum
genitive	daufra	daufra	daufra

    Weak declension of daufr

singular	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	daufi	daufa	daufa
accusative	daufa	daufu	daufa
dative	daufa	daufu	daufa
genitive	daufa	daufu	daufa
plural	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	daufu	daufu	daufu
accusative	daufu	daufu	daufu
dative	daufum	daufum	daufum
genitive	daufu	daufu	daufu

Related terms

• deyfa

Descendants

• Icelandic: daufur
• Faroese: deyvur
• Norn: def
• Norwegian Nynorsk: dauv
• Elfdalian: dov
• Old Swedish: dø̄ver
  • Swedish: döv
• Old Danish: dø̄f
  • Danish: døv
    • Norwegian Bokmål: døv
      • → Norwegian Nynorsk: døv
• Gutnish: dauvar
• Scanian: dǿver
• → Middle English: daf, daffe
  • English: daff
• → English: dowf

References

• “daufr”, in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press