þjófr
Old Norse
Etymology
From Proto-Germanic *þeubaz.
Pronunciation
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Noun
þjófr m (genitive þjófs, plural þjófar)
Declension
Declension of þjófr (strong a-stem)
Derived terms
- þjófa (“to call one a thief”)
- þjóflaun f (“thievish concealment of a thing”)
- þjófligr (“thievish”)
- þjófnaðr m (“theft”)
- þjófsaugu n pl (“thief's eyes”)
- þjófskapr m (“theft”)
- þjófsnafn n (“the name of a thief”)
- þjófsnara n (“thief's halter”)
- þjófsnautr m (“a partaker with thieves”)
- þjófstolinn (“stolen (by a thief / thieves)”)
- þjófsǫk f (“a charge or accusation of theft”)
Descendants
- Icelandic: þjófur
- Faroese: tjóvur
- Norwegian:
- Old Swedish: þiūver
- Swedish: tjuv
- Old Danish: thiūf
- Old Scanian: þiūfær
- Scanian: tjúv
- Gutnish: töiv
- Elfdalian: tjuov
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References
- þjófr in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, G. T. Zoëga, Clarendon Press, 1910, at Internet Archive.