From bóla (“smallpox”) + efni (“material”) by comparison with bólusetja (“to vaccinate”), as the first vaccinations inoculated people against smallpox.
bóluefni n (genitive singular bóluefnis, nominative plural bóluefni)
singular | plural | |||
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indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
nominative | bóluefni | bóluefnið | bóluefni | bóluefnin |
accusative | bóluefni | bóluefnið | bóluefni | bóluefnin |
dative | bóluefni | bóluefninu | bóluefnum | bóluefnunum |
genitive | bóluefnis | bóluefnisins | bóluefna | bóluefnanna |