koddi

Faroese

Etymology

From Old Norse koddi, from Proto-Germanic *kuddô. Compare Scots cod. See also Icelandic koddi.

Noun

koddi m (genitive singular kodda, plural koddar)

1. pillow, cushion

Declension

m1	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	koddi	koddin	koddar	koddarnir
accusative	kodda	koddan	koddar	koddarnar
dative	kodda	koddanum	koddum	koddunum
genitive	kodda	koddans	kodda	koddanna

Synonyms

• púta

See also

• song
• kamar
• sovikamar
• svøvnposi
• svøvnur

Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse koddi, from Proto-Germanic *kuddô. Compare Scots cod.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkʰɔtːɪ/

  Rhymes: -ɔtːɪ

Noun

koddi m (genitive singular kodda, nominative plural koddar)

1. pillow

Declension

Declension of koddi (masculine)

	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	koddi	koddinn	koddar	koddarnir
accusative	kodda	koddann	kodda	koddana
dative	kodda	koddanum	koddum	koddunum
genitive	kodda	koddans	kodda	koddanna

Derived terms

• koddaver

Further reading

• “koddi” in the Dictionary of Modern Icelandic (in Icelandic) and ISLEX (in the Nordic languages)

Old Norse

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *kuddô.

Noun

koddi m

1. pillow

Declension

Declension of koddi (weak an-stem)

masculine	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	koddi	koddinn	koddar	koddarnir
accusative	kodda	koddann	kodda	koddana
dative	kodda	koddanum	koddum	koddunum
genitive	kodda	koddans	kodda	koddanna

Descendants

• Icelandic: koddi
• Faroese: koddi
• Norwegian Bokmål: kodde
• Norwegian Nynorsk: kodde
• Old Swedish: kodde
  • Swedish: kudde
• Old Danish: koddæ
  • Danish: kodde

Further reading

• Zoëga, Geir T. (1910) “koddi”, in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press; also available at the Internet Archive