tuss

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See also: túss and tüss

Middle English

Etymology 1

Noun

tuss

  1. Alternative form of tusshe

Etymology 2

Adverb

tuss

  1. (Ormulum, before dentals) Alternative form of þus

Norwegian Nynorsk

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"Tussefolk", postcard by Theodor Kittelsen published 1908.

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Etymology

From Old Norse þurs, þuss, from Proto-Germanic *þursaz, *þurisaz. Cognates include dialectal English thurse.

Noun

tuss m (definite singular tussen, indefinite plural tussar, definite plural tussane)

  1. (Norse mythology) giant, troll
  2. (folklore, also collective) a kind of subterranean wight
  3. (dialectal, derogatory) simpleton

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Swedish

Noun

tuss c

  1. a wad (small mass of soft material)
  2. (by extension) something reminiscent of a wad, like a cloud
    molntuss
    "cloud wad"

Declension

Declension of tuss 
Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative tuss tussen tussar tussarna
Genitive tuss tussens tussars tussarnas

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