búfé

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

Icelandic

Etymology

From bú +‎ fé.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈpuːfjɛː/

Noun

búfé n (genitive singular búfjár or (proscribed) búfjárs or búfés, no plural)

  1. livestock
    Synonym: búpeningur

Declension

Declension of búfé (sg-only neuter, based on fé)
singular
indefinite definite
nominative búfé búféð
accusative búfé búféð
dative búfé búfénu
genitive búfjár, búfjárs1, búfés1 búfjárins, búfjársins1, búfésins1

1Proscribed.

Old Norse

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈbuːˌfeː/

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

Further reading

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