Icelandic

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Etymology

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(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Noun

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ofsi m (genitive singular ofsa, nominative plural ofsar)

  1. violence

Declension

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Further reading

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Old Norse

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Etymology

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(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Noun

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ofsi m (genitive ofsa)

  1. overbearing
  2. tyranny

Declension

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Descendants

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  • Icelandic: ofsi
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: ofse
  • Norwegian Bokmål: ofse

References

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