toft

== English == === Etymology === From Old Norse toft, from Proto-Germanic *tumþiz, from Proto-Indo-European *dem- (“to build”). === Pronunciation === Rhymes: -ɒft === Noun === toft (plural tofts) A hillock. A homestead, especially one on a hill. 2003, C. S. Knighton (editor), Calendar of Inquisitions Miscellaneous (Chancery): Preserved in the Public Record Office, Volume VIII: 1422—1485, page 73, Wynnemerus Preston lately held 2 cottages wasted of which the tofts are worth 2d. net yearly and another cottage wasted of which the toft is worth 6d. net yearly. A messuage with right of common. ==== Derived terms ==== toft and croft toftman == Danish == === Etymology === From Old Danish toft, from Old Norse topt. Related to tomt, and Ancient Greek δάπεδον (dápedon). === Noun === toft c (singular definite toften, plural indefinite tofter) (historical) fenced plot of land in an old village community, either the land the farm was on or the cultivated area adjacent to it Coordinate terms: vang, vænge ==== Usage notes ==== Still found in countless demonyms ==== Declension ==== === References === “toft” in Den Danske Ordbog == Faroese == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /tʰɔft/ === Etymology 1 === From Old Norse toft, from Proto-Germanic *tumftō. ==== Noun ==== toft f (genitive singular toftar, plural toftir) an old foundation ruin of a building ===== Declension ===== ===== Derived terms ===== brunatoft húsatoft hústoft kirkjutoft neystatoft === Etymology 2 === From Old Norse þofta, from Proto-Germanic *þuftōn, which is perhaps from the root of stjúp-. See also tofta. ==== Alternative forms ==== tofta ==== Noun ==== toft f (genitive singular toftar, plural toftir) (dialectal) the forward thwart ===== Declension ===== ===== Derived terms ===== rangatoft rongutoft rættatoft == Swedish == === Noun === toft c a thwart (seat across a boat) ==== Declension ==== === References === “toft”, in Svensk ordbok [Dictionary of Swedish] (in Swedish) “toft”, in Svenska Akademiens ordlista [Wordlist of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish) “toft”, in Svenska Akademiens ordbok [Dictionary of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish)