tuss

See also: túss and tüss

Middle English

Noun

tuss

  1. Alternative form of tusshe

Adverb

tuss

  1. (Ormulum, before dentals) Alternative form of þus

Norwegian Nynorsk
"Tussefolk", postcard by Theodor Kittelsen published 1908.

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Etymology

From Old Norse þurs, þuss, from Proto-Germanic *þursaz, *þurisaz. Cognates include dialectal English thurse.

Noun

tuss m (definite singular tussen, indefinite plural tussar, definite plural tussane)

  1. (Norse mythology) giant, troll
  2. (folklore, also collective) a kind of subterranean wight
  3. (dialectal, derogatory) simpleton

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Swedish

Noun

tuss c

  1. a wad (small mass of soft material)
  2. (by extension) something reminiscent of a wad, like a cloud
    molntuss
    "cloud wad"

Declension
Declension of tuss 
Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative tuss tussen tussar tussarna
Genitive tuss tussens tussars tussarnas

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