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Icelandic
Etymology
From Old Norse þúfa, from Proto-Germanic *þūbaz; cognate with Norwegian Nynorsk tue, Swedish tuva, Faroese túgva, English tuft.
Pronunciation
Noun
þúfa f (genitive singular þúfu, nominative plural þúfur)
- tussock, hillock, mound
Declension
Derived terms
Old Norse
Etymology
From Proto-Germanic *þūbaz; cognate with English tuft.
Noun
þúfa f (genitive þúfu, plural þúfur)
- mound, knoll
Declension
Declension of þúfa (weak ōn-stem)
Descendants