búfé

See also: bufe, bufé, bufê, büfé, and Bufe

Icelandic

Etymology

From bú +‎ fé.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈpuːfjɛː/

Noun

búfé n (genitive singular búfjár, no plural)

  1. livestock

Declension
declension of búfé
fé singular
indefinite definite
nominative búfé búféð
accusative búfé búféð
dative búfé búfénu
genitive búfjár búfjárins

Synonyms

Old Norse

Etymology

From bú (“dwelling, farm”) +‎ fé (“livestock, wealth”).

Noun

búfé n (genitive búfjár)

  1. livestock, especially milch cows

Declension
  Declension of búfé (strong a-stem, singular only)
neuter singular
indefinite definite
nominative búfé búféit
accusative búfé búféit
dative búfé búfénu
genitive búfjár búfjárins

Derived terms
  • búfjáreyrir m
  • búfjárfóðr n
  • búfjárgangr m
  • búfjárhagar m pl
  • búfjárhagr m
  • búfjárhald n
  • búfjárlaust
  • búfjárleiga f
  • búfjármatr m
  • búfjárvegr m
  • búfjárábyrgð f
  • búfénaðr m

Descendants
  • Icelandic: búfé
  • Faroese: búfæ
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: bufe

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