þiufær

Old Danish

FWOTD – 24 July 2015

Alternative forms

Etymology

Inherited from Old East Norse *þiauβʀ, inherited from Proto-Germanic *þeubaz.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈθi̯uːvər/

Noun

þiūfær m (genitive þiūfs, plural þiūfar)

  1. (Scania) thief
    • c. 1210, "Stial bondæ þræl nokæt", Scanian Law, chapter 162.
      […] at þæn þræl ær þiufær hans ok fa dom af þingmannum […]
      […] that the slave is his thief and receives a sentence by thingmen […]

Declension

Declension of þiufær
singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative þiufær þiufrin þiufar þiufarnir
accusative þiuf þiufin þiufa þiufana
dative þiufi þiufinum þiufum þiufunum
genitive þiufs þiufsins þiufa þiufanna

The declension is unstable and should be treated as a guide. The case system was gradually being simplified from four to two cases. Even some nominative markers were sporadically kept in the Scanian dialect, although they mostly were replaced with the accusative endings from Old Norse.

Descendants

  • Danish: tyv
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