þjófr

þjófr

Old Norse

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *þeubaz.

Pronunciation

• (9th century West Norse) IPA^(key): /θjoːβʐ/
• (12th century Icelandic) IPA^(key): /θjoːvr̩/

Noun

þjófr m (genitive þjófs, plural þjófar)

1. thief

Declension

  Declension of þjófr (strong a-stem)

masculine	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	þjófr	þjófrinn	þjófar	þjófarnir
accusative	þjóf	þjófinn	þjófa	þjófana
dative	þjófi	þjófinum	þjófum	þjófunum
genitive	þjófs	þjófsins	þjófa	þjófanna

Derived terms

• þjófa (“to call one a thief”)
• þjóflaun f (“thievish concealment of a thing”)
• þjófligr (“thievish”)
• þjófnaðr m (“theft”)
• þjófsaugu n pl (“thief's eyes”)
• þjófskapr m (“theft”)
• þjófsnafn n (“the name of a thief”)
• þjófsnara n (“thief's halter”)
• þjófsnautr m (“a partaker with thieves”)
• þjófstolinn (“stolen (by a thief / thieves)”)
• þjófsǫk f (“a charge or accusation of theft”)

 

Descendants

• Icelandic: þjófur
• Faroese: tjóvur
• Norwegian:
  • Norwegian Bokmål: tjuv
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: tjuv
• Old Swedish: þiūver
  • Swedish: tjuv
• Old Danish: thiūf
  • Danish: tyv
    • → Norwegian Bokmål: tyv
• Old Scanian: þiūfær
  • Scanian: tjúv
• Gutnish: töiv
• Elfdalian: tjuov
• Westrobothnian: tjyv, tjio

References

• þjófr in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, G. T. Zoëga, Clarendon Press, 1910, at Internet Archive.