Hello, you have come here looking for the meaning of the word
þiufær. In DICTIOUS you will not only get to know all the dictionary meanings for the word
þiufær, but we will also tell you about its etymology, its characteristics and you will know how to say
þiufær in singular and plural. Everything you need to know about the word
þiufær you have here. The definition of the word
þiufær will help you to be more precise and correct when speaking or writing your texts. Knowing the definition of
þiufær, as well as those of other words, enriches your vocabulary and provides you with more and better linguistic resources.
Old Danish
Etymology
From Old East Norse *þiauβʀ, from Proto-Germanic *þeubaz.
Pronunciation
Noun
þiūfær m (genitive þiūfs, plural þiūfar)
- (Scania) thief
- c. 1210, "Stial bondæ þræl nokæt", Scanian Law, chapter 162.
[…] at þæn þræl ær þiufær hans ok fa dom af þingmannum […]- that the slave is his thief and receives a sentence by thingmen
Declension
Declension of þiufær (Scanian system)
|
|
singular
|
plural
|
|
|
indefinite
|
definite
|
indefinite
|
definite
|
| nominative
|
þiufær
|
þiufrin
|
þiufar
|
þiufarnir
|
| accusative
|
þiuf
|
þiufin
|
þiufa
|
þiufana
|
| dative
|
þiufi
|
þiufinum
|
þiufum
|
þiufunum
|
| genitive
|
þiufs
|
þiufsins
|
þiufa
|
þiufanna
|
| The declension is unstable and should be treated as a guide. The case system was gradually being simplified from four to two cases. Even some nominative markers were sporadically kept in the Scanian dialect, although they mostly were replaced with the accusative endings from Old Norse.
|
Descendants