fjöður

See also: fjøður

Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse fjǫðr (“feather”), from Proto-Germanic *feþrō, from Proto-Indo-European *péth₂r̥ ~ pth₂én- (“feather, wing”), from *peth₂- (“to fly”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [fjœːðʏr]

  Rhymes: -œːðʏr

Noun

fjöður f (genitive singular fjaðrar, nominative plural fjaðrir)

1. a feather
2. (a device) a spring

Declension

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

Synonyms

• (a spring): gormur m

Derived terms

• fjaðra
• fjaðrafok
• fjaðurdýna
• fjaðurpenni
• fjaðurstafur/fjöðurstafur