búfé

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See also: bufe, bufé, bufê, büfé, and Bufe

Icelandic

Etymology

From bú +‎ fé.

Pronunciation

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

Old Norse

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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Noun

búfé n (genitive búfjár)

  1. livestock, especially milch cows

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

Descendants

  • Icelandic: búfé
  • Faroese: búfæ
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: bufe

References

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