dofinn

Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse dofinn (“of a limb, to be dead”).

Adjective

dofinn (comparative dofnari, superlative dofnastur)

1. numb, benumbed

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Old Norse

Etymology

Related to Proto-Germanic *daubaz (“deaf”), from Proto-Indo-European *dheubh- (“smoke, mist, -> daze, stupefaction”).

Adjective

dofinn

1. (of a limb) dead

   Dofinn er mér fótr minn.

   My leg is dead.

2. (in a metaphorical sense) drowsy

Descendants

• Danish: doven
• Faroese: dovin
• Icelandic: dofinn
• Swedish: döven

References

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