tuss

See also: túss and tüss

Middle English

Etymology 1

Noun

tuss

1. Alternative form of tusshe

Etymology 2

Adverb

tuss

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

Norwegian Nynorsk

"Tussefolk", postcard by Theodor Kittelsen published 1908.

Alternative forms

• tusse

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

See also

• tussebit
• tusselort
• tusskall

References

• “tuss” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

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

		nominative	genitive
singular	indefinite	tuss	tuss
	definite	tussen	tussens
plural	indefinite	tussar	tussars
	definite	tussarna	tussarnas

Derived terms

• bomullstuss (“cotton ball”)
• dammtuss (“dust bunny”)

See also

• vadd

References

• tuss in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• tuss in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• tuss in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)