DÚFA

nafnorðkvenkyn

u, f., gen. pl. dúfna; [Goth. dubo; A. S. duva; Engl. dove; Dan. due; Swed. dufva; O. H. G. tûba; Germ. taube]

1. a dove, Stj. 111, Hom. 57, 65, Al. 168: as a term of affection, my dove.

2. poët. a wave, one of the daughters of Ran, Edda.