þöngulhaus

Icelandic

Etymology

From þöngull +‎ haus.

Noun

þöngulhaus m (genitive singular þöngulhauss, nominative plural þöngulhausar)

1. idiot, imbecile, blockhead

   Synonyms: auli, bjáni, fáviti, fífl, flón, glópur, hálfviti, heimskingi, imbi, kjáni

Declension

Declension of þöngulhaus (masculine, based on haus)

	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	þöngulhaus	þöngulhausinn	þöngulhausar	þöngulhausarnir
accusative	þöngulhaus	þöngulhausinn	þöngulhausa	þöngulhausana
dative	þöngulhaus	þöngulhausnum	þöngulhausum	þöngulhausunum
genitive	þöngulhauss	þöngulhaussins	þöngulhausa	þöngulhausanna

Further reading

• “þöngulhaus” in the Dictionary of Modern Icelandic (in Icelandic) and ISLEX (in the Nordic languages)