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dofinn

dofinn

Icelandic

Adjective

dofinn ‎(comparative dofnari, superlative dofnastur)

  1. numb, benumbed

Old Norse

Etymology

Related to Proto-Germanic *daubaz ‎(“deaf”), from Proto-Indo-European *dheubh- ‎(“smoke, mist, -> daze, stupefaction”).

Adjective

dofinn

  1. (of a limb) dead
    Dofinn er mér fótr minn.
    My leg is dead.
  2. (in a metaphorical sense) drowsy

Descendants

References

  • dofinn in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press

Etymology

From Old Norse dofinn ‎(“of a limb, to be dead”).

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