búfé

See also: bufe, bufé, bufê, and büfé

Icelandic

Etymology

From bú +‎ fé.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈpuːfjɛː/

Noun

búfé n (genitive singular búfjár, no plural)

  1. livestock

Declension
declension of búfé
fé singular
indefinite definite
nominative búfé búféð
accusative búfé búféð
dative búfé búfénu
genitive búfjár búfjárins

Synonyms
  • (livestock): búpeningur

Old Norse

Etymology

From bú (“dwelling, farm”) +‎ fé (“livestock, wealth”).

Noun

búfé n (genitive búfjár)

  1. livestock, especially milch kine

Declension
  Declension of búfé (strong a-stem, singular only)
neuter singular
indefinite definite
nominative búfé búféit
accusative búfé búféit
dative búfé búfénu
genitive búfjár búfjárins

Derived terms
  • búfjáreyrir m
  • búfjárfóðr n
  • búfjárgangr m
  • búfjárhagar m pl
  • búfjárhagr m
  • búfjárhald n
  • búfjárleiga f
  • búfjármatr m
  • búfjárvegr m
  • búfjárábyrgð f
  • búfénaðr m
  • búfjárlaust

Descendants

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