æður

From Old Norse æðr, from Proto-Germanic *ēdrǭ. Cognate to the form æðr.

• IPA^(key): /ˈeːʊɹ/

æður f (genitive singular æðar, plural æðrar)

1. (Suðuroy) vein, vessel

• æðr (rest of the country)

• IPA^(key): /ˈaiːðʏr/

  Rhymes: -aiːðʏr

From Old Norse æðr, perhaps from Proto-Germanic *ēdī, cognate with Sanskrit आति (āti, “aquatic bird”), or else from Proto-Germanic *awidō, cognate with Latin avis (“bird”).

æður f (genitive singular æðar, nominative plural æðar)

1. eider

   Synonym: æðarfugl

Note: Several other variations have existed: plural æðir; genitive singular æður, plural æður; full r-stem declension with genitive singular æðrar, plural æðrar. These are generally obsolete or nonstandard.

Inherited from Old Norse æðr, from Proto-Germanic *ēdrǭ. Now replaced by the form æð.

æður f (genitive singular æðrar, nominative plural æðrar) or
æður f (genitive singular æðar, nominative plural æðar)

1. (obsolete) vein

Inherited from Old Norse œðr, from Proto-Germanic *wōdijaz. Now mostly replaced by the variant væður.

æður (not comparable)

1. wadeable

• Ásgeir Blöndal Magnússon — Íslensk orðsifjabók, (1989). Reykjavík, Orðabók Háskólans. (Available on Málið.is under the “Eldra mál” tab.)

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

æður

1. inflection of æða:
   1. indefinite nominative plural
   2. indefinite accusative plural