tudse

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Danish

Etymology

Compared to Old English tādie, tādiġe (Middle English tode (“toad”)), but OED rejects this because the zero grade of ai is i, not u. Possibly from tude (“to grumble”). Related to Swedish and Icelandic tossa.

Pronunciation

Noun

tudse c (singular definite tudsen, plural indefinite tudser)

  1. toad

Declension

Declension of tudse
common
gender 		Singular Plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative tudse tudsen tudser tudserne
genitive tudses tudsens tudsers tudsernes

References

  • “tudse” in Den Danske Ordbog
  • Liberman, Anatoly: An Analytic Dictionary of the English Etymology: An Introduction, p. xiv & 206
  • Bosworth, Joseph (1838): A Dictionary of the Anglo-Saxon Language ...: With a Preface on the Origin and Connexion of the Germanic Tongues - a Map of Languages - and the Essentials of Anglo-Saxon Grammar
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