"úllen dúllen doff" meaning in Icelandic

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Phrase

Etymology: The start of a common children's counting-out game. Likely from a Danish rhyme ("ullen dullen dof"). Assumed to be a distortion of the Latin numerals unum (“one”) and duo (“two”). Head templates: {{head|is|phrase|head=úllen dúllen doff}} úllen dúllen doff
  1. eeny, meeny, miny, moe (a rhyme used when selecting things at random) Wikipedia link: is:úllen dúllen doff
    Sense id: en-úllen_dúllen_doff-is-phrase-nIFByqZX Categories (other): Icelandic entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries
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