fjør
Faroese edit
Etymology edit
From Old Norse í fjorð (from í + fjorð).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
fjør n
- (only used in the adverbial phrase): í fjør – yesteryear, last year
Derived terms edit
- fjørvár as in í fjørvár (“last spring (cf. sv: i våras)”)
- fjørsummar as in í fjørsummar (“last summer”)
- fjørheyst as in í fjørheyst (“last fall, last autumn”)
- fjørvetur as in í fjørvetur (“last winter”)
Norwegian Bokmål edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
From Old Norse fjǫðr, from Proto-Germanic *feþrō, from Proto-Indo-European *péth₂r̥ ~ pth₂én- (“feather, wing”), from *peth₂- (“to fly”). The meaning “spring” stems from one of the secondary senses of German Feder (“feather”). Cognate with German Low German Fedder, English feather.
Noun edit
fjør m or f (definite singular fjøren or fjøra, indefinite plural fjør or fjører, definite plural fjørene)
Derived terms edit
References edit
- “fjør” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Norwegian Nynorsk edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
From Old Norse fjǫðr, from Proto-Germanic *feþrō, from Proto-Indo-European *péth₂r̥ ~ pth₂én- (“feather, wing”), from *peth₂- (“to fly”). The meaning “spring” stems from one of the secondary senses of German Feder (“feather”). Cognate with German Low German Fedder, English feather.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
fjør f (definite singular fjøra, indefinite plural fjører, definite plural fjørene)
- feather (of a bird)
- (technical) spring (device made of flexible material)
- (carpentry) a tongue (as in a tongue and groove joint)
- Coordinate term: nót
Derived terms edit
References edit
- “fjør” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.