þiufær

Old Danish

FWOTD – 24 July 2015

Alternative forms

• thiuf (Jutlandic)

Etymology

From Old East Norse *þiauβʀ, 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 (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