tudse
Danish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Compared to Old English tādie, tādiġe (Middle English tode (“toad”)), but OED rejects this because the zero grade of ai is i, not u. Possibly from tude (“to grumble”). Related to Swedish and Icelandic tossa.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]tudse c (singular definite tudsen, plural indefinite tudser)
Declension
[edit]| common gender |
singular | plural | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
| nominative | tudse | tudsen | tudser | tudserne |
| genitive | tudses | tudsens | tudsers | tudsernes |
References
[edit]- “tudse” in Den Danske Ordbog
- Liberman, Anatoly: An Analytic Dictionary of the English Etymology: An Introduction, p. xiv & 206
- Bosworth, Joseph (1838): A Dictionary of the Anglo-Saxon Language ...: With a Preface on the Origin and Connexion of the Germanic Tongues - a Map of Languages - and the Essentials of Anglo-Saxon Grammar