bófi

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Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse bófi (“boy”), ultimately from Proto-Germanic *bō- (“close relation”). Cognate with Dutch boef (“mischievous boy, rascal; also thief”), Middle Low German bōve, German Bube (“boy, rascal, knave, rogue”), dialectal Swedish babbe (“little boy”) and English bub.

Pronunciation

Noun

bófi m (genitive singular bófa, nominative plural bófar)

  1. crook, bandit

Declension

    Declension of bófi
m-w1 singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative bófi bófinn bófar bófarnir
accusative bófa bófann bófa bófana
dative bófa bófanum bófum bófunum
genitive bófa bófans bófa bófanna
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