þula

See also: thula

Icelandic edit

Etymology edit

From Old Norse þula (“enumeration, poetic list”), from Proto-Germanic *þulǭ. Related to þylja (“to repeat something learnt by rote, to reel off, to rattle off”), þulur (“announcer, speech synthesizer”).

Pronunciation edit

IPA^(key): [ˈθʏːla]
Rhymes: -ʏːla

Noun edit

þula f (genitive singular þulu, nominative plural þulur)

enumeration (string of words)
Synonyms: runa, romsa
jingle, nursery rhyme

Declension edit

declension of þula

	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
f-w1	singular		plural
nominative	þula	þulan	þulur	þulurnar
accusative	þulu	þuluna	þulur	þulurnar
dative	þulu	þulunni	þulum	þulunum
genitive	þulu	þulunnar	þula/þulna	þulanna/þulnanna

Derived terms edit

frumþula (“source code”)
milliþula
kóðaþula, kótaþula (“code”)