/²tʊftə/
OriginFrom tuft (“ground, land, property”), from Old Norse tupt, topt, from Proto-Germanic *tumþiz and/or *tumftō. Compare Swedish tomte.
- masculinea being that lives in (and guards) farmsteads, often thought to be the ancestor who cleared the land
Formstuften(definite, singular) · tuftar(indefinite, plural) · tuftane(definite, plural) · tuft(alternative)