daufr

Old Norse

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *daubaz, whence also Old English dēaf, Old High German toub.

Adjective

daufr

  1. deaf

Declension

Descendants

  • Faroese: deyvur
  • Icelandic: daufur
  • Norn: def
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: dauv, døv
  • Norwegian Bokmål: døv
  • Old Swedish: dø̄ver
  • Old Danish: dø̄f
  • Elfdalian: dov
  • Gutnish: dauvar
  • Scanian: dǿver
  • Westrobothnian: dȯuw, döuv, dæuv, dauv, däuv
  • Middle English: daf, daffe
  • English: dowf

References

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