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þiufær
þiufær
Old Danish
Alternative forms
- thiuf (Jutlandic)
Noun
þiūfær m (genitive þiūfs, plural þiūfar)
- (Scanian) 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 […]
- […] at þæn þræl ær þiufær hans ok fa dom af þingmannum […]
- c. 1210, "Stial bondæ þræl nokæt", Scanian Law, chapter 162.
Declension
Declension of þiufær (Scanian system)
| 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