úllen dúllen doff
Icelandic
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Etymology
[edit]The start of a common children's counting-out game. Likely from a Danish rhyme ("ullen dullen dof"). Assumed to be a distortion of the Latin numerals unum (“one”) and duo (“two”).[1]
Phrase
[edit]úllen dúllen doff
- eeny, meeny, miny, moe (a rhyme used when selecting things at random)
References
[edit]- ^ Svenska folklekar och danser, 1948.