TJÓN
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f., the gender varies:
α. fem., sú tjón, Sks. 74 new Ed., l. 26; slíka tjón, 159, l. 8; af tjón (dat.), Barl. 91; mann-tjón mikla, Fms. x. 394.
β. neut., mann-tjóns, Bs. i. 327; mikit mann-tjón, Fms. vii. 263; líf-tjóns, viii. 147, v. l., and so in mod. usage; in old writers the fem. prevails, so that it may be regarded as fem. wherever the form is ambiguous, as in acc. sing., without an adjective, or in dat. pl., as e. g. falla í tjón, Stj. 6; verða með tjónum, to be lost, Sks. 6; siðar-tjón, mann-tjón, fjár-tjón, Sks. 79 new Ed.: [A. S. teôn and teôna; early and provinc. Engl. teen, tene; Scot. tyne, and both as verb and as noun.]
B. A loss, damage; verða fyrir tjónum, Sks. 34: allit., tjón ok tapan, Fb. i. 324, Barl. 91; göra e-m tjón, O. H. L. 41; af tjón ok tapan e-s, Barl. 91; mann-tjón, fjár-tjón, líf-tjón, freq. in mod. usage, but then always neuter.