úllen dúllen doff

Icelandic

Etymology

The start of a common children's counting-out game. Likely from a Danish rhyme ("ullen dullen dof"). Assumed to be a distortion of the Latin numerals unum (“one”) and duo (“two”).[1]

Phrase

úllen dúllen doff

  1. eeny, meeny, miny, moe (a rhyme used when selecting things at random)

References
  1. Svenska folklekar och danser, 1948.
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