fjǫr
Old Norse
editEtymology
editFrom Proto-Germanic *ferhwą, *ferhwō. Cognate with Old English feorh, Old Saxon ferh, and Old High German ferah. Obsolete in modern English, German, Norwegian, Swedish and Danish. Compare the German Leib (“body”) and leben (“to live”).
Noun
editfjǫr n
- life
- (poetic) the vital parts; the body
- Egill Skallagrímsson, Hǫfuðlausn (“Head's Ransom”, sometimes referred to as “Head-Ransom”):
- Fleinn hitti fjǫr.
- A pike struck the body.
- Egill Skallagrímsson, Hǫfuðlausn (“Head's Ransom”, sometimes referred to as “Head-Ransom”):
- vigour, spirit, energy
Usage notes
edit- Especially frequent in alliterative phrases such as eiga fótum fjǫr at launa and fjǫr ok fé.
- Often used in compounds in poems, especially when denoting loss of life e.g. fjǫrbann, fjǫrgrand and fjǫrlát.
Declension
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Declension of fjǫr (strong wa-stem)
Derived terms
edit- eiga fótum fjǫr at launa
- fjǫr ok fé
- fjǫrbann
- fjǫrbaugsgarðr
- fjǫrbaugsmaður
- fjǫrbaugssekt
- fjǫrbaugssök
- fjǫrbaugur (life money, a legal term referring to a fee to be paid by a convict to the executive court, if this was not paid the convict was henceforth a full outlaw)
- fjǫrfiskr
- fjǫrgrand
- fjǫrkálfr (one bounding with life as a young calf)
- fjǫrlag
- fjǫrlauss (lifeless, listless)
- fjǫrlot
- fjǫrlát
- fjǫrmaðr (a vigorous man)
- fjǫrmikill (full of life)
- fjǫrnám
- fjǫrrán
- fjǫrsegi
- fjǫrspell
- fjǫrtál
- með fullu fjǫri, vera með fullu fjǫri (to be in the full vigour of life)
Descendants
edit- Icelandic: fjör