daufr
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Old Norse
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Proto-Germanic *daubaz, whence also Old English dēaf, Old High German toub.
Adjective
[edit]daufr
Declension
[edit] Strong declension of daufr
Weak declension of daufr
Related terms
[edit]Descendants
[edit]- Icelandic: daufur
- Faroese: deyvur
- Norn: def
- Norwegian Nynorsk: dauv
- Elfdalian: dov
- Old Swedish: dø̄ver
- Swedish: döv
- Old Danish: dø̄f
- Gutnish: dauvar
- Scanian: dǿver
- → Middle English: daf, daffe
- English: daff
- → English: dowf
References
[edit]- “daufr”, in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press