þula

See also: thula

Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse þula (“enumeration, poetic list”), from Proto-Germanic *þulǭ. Related to þylja (“to repeat something learnt by rote, to reel off, to rattle off”), þulur (“announcer, speech synthesizer”).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [ˈθʏːla]
  • Rhymes: -ʏːla

Noun

þula f (genitive singular þulu, nominative plural þulur)

  1. enumeration (string of words)
    Synonyms: runa, romsa
  2. jingle, nursery rhyme

Declension
declension of þula
f-w1 singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative þula þulan þulur þulurnar
accusative þulu þuluna þulur þulurnar
dative þulu þulunni þulum þulunum
genitive þulu þulunnar þula/þulna þulanna/þulnanna

Derived terms
  • frumþula (“source code”)
  • milliþula
  • kóðaþula, kótaþula (“code”)
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