fjǫðr

Old Norse

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *feþrō, whence also Old English feþer (English feather), Old Saxon fethara, Old High German fedara. Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *péth₂r̥ ~ pth₂én- (“feather, wing”), from *peth₂- (“to fly”).

Noun

fjǫðr f (genitive fjaðrar, plural fjaðrar)

1. feather

Declension

  Declension of fjǫðr (strong ō-stem)

feminine	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	fjǫðr	fjǫðrin	fjaðrar	fjaðrarnar
accusative	fjǫðr	fjǫðrina	fjaðrar	fjaðrarnar
dative	fjǫðr	fjǫðrinni	fjǫðrum	fjǫðrunum
genitive	fjaðrar	fjaðrarinnar	fjaðra	fjaðranna

Derived terms

• fjaðraspjót n (“a kind of spear”)
• fjaðraðr (“feathered”)
• fjaðrbroddr m (“point of a spear-blade”)
• fjaðrhamr m (“feather-coat”)
• fjaðrlauss (“featherless”)
• fjaðrspjót n (“a kind of spear”)
• fjaðrsárr (“moulting”)

 

Related terms

• fiðri n (“plumage”)

Descendants

• Icelandic: fjöður
• Faroese: fjøður
• Norwegian: fjær, fjør
• Old Swedish: fiæþer, fiädher
  • Swedish: fjäder
• Danish: fjeder, fjer

References

• fjöðr in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, G. T. Zoëga, Clarendon Press, 1910, at Internet Archive.