vèdara
Cimbrian edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
From Middle High German vëdere, from Old High German fedara, from Proto-Germanic *feþrō (“feather”). Cognate with German Feder, English feather. Doublet of fòdara.
Noun edit
vèdara f (plural vèdarn)
- (Sette Comuni) feather
- De vèdarn zeint ganützet so haltan barm, bludaran un sraiban.
- Feathers are used to keep warm, to fly, and to write.
References edit
- “vèdara” in Martalar, Umberto Martello, Bellotto, Alfonso (1974) Dizionario della lingua Cimbra dei Sette Communi vicentini, 1st edition, Roana, Italy: Instituto di Cultura Cimbra A. Dal Pozzo