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{{also|túss|tüss}}
==Middle English==

===Etymology 1===

====Noun====
{{head|enm|noun}}

# {{alt form|enm|tusshe}}

===Etymology 2===

====Adverb====
{{head|enm|adverb}}

# {{tlb|enm|Ormulum|before dentals}} {{alt form|enm|þus}}

==Norwegian Nynorsk==
{{wp|lang=nn|Tusse}}
[[File:Tussefolk_(13625489553).jpg|thumb|"Tussefolk", postcard by [[w:Theodor Kittelsen|Theodor Kittelsen]] published 1908.]]

===Alternative forms===
* {{alt|nn|tusse}}

===Etymology===
From {{inh|nn|non|þurs}}, {{m|non|þuss}}, from {{inh|nn|gem-pro|*þursaz}}, {{m|gem-pro|*þurisaz}}. Cognates include dialectal {{cog|en|thurse}}.

===Noun===
{{nn-noun-m1}}

# {{lb|nn|Norse mythology}} [[giant]], [[troll]]
# {{lb|nn|folklore|also|collective}} a kind of [[subterranean]] [[wight]]
# {{lb|nn|dialectal|derogatory}} [[simpleton]]

===See also===
* {{l|nn|tussebit}}
* {{l|nn|tusselort}}
* {{l|nn|tusskall}}

===References===
* {{R:ND}}

==Swedish==

===Noun===
{{sv-noun|c}}

# a [[wad]] (small mass of soft material)
# {{lb|sv|by extension}} something reminiscent of a wad, like a cloud
#: {{ux|sv|moln'''tuss'''|"cloud '''wad'''"}}

====Declension====
{{sv-infl-noun-c-ar}}

====Derived terms====
* {{l|sv|bomullstuss||cotton ball}}
* {{l|sv|dammtuss||dust bunny}}

====See also====
* {{l|sv|vadd}}

===References===
* {{R:svenska.se|so}}
* {{R:svenska.se|saol}}
* {{R:svenska.se|saob}}