dofinn

Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse dofinn (“of a limb, to be dead”).

Adjective

dofinn (comparative dofnari, superlative dofnastur)

numb, benumbed

Old Norse

Etymology

Related to Proto-Germanic *daubaz (“deaf”), from Proto-Indo-European *dheubh- (“smoke, mist, -> daze, stupefaction”).

Adjective

dofinn

(of a limb) dead
Dofinn er mér fótr minn.
My leg is dead.
(in a metaphorical sense) drowsy

Descendants

Danish: doven
Faroese: dovin
Icelandic: dofinn
Swedish: döven

References

dofinn in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press

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