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Old Dutch
Etymology
From Proto-West Germanic *feþru, from Proto-Germanic *feþrō. Related to Old High German fedara and Old Saxon fethara.
Pronunciation
Noun
fethera f
- feather
- 10th century CE, Die altmittel- und altniederfränkischen Psalmen und Glossen ;
In an getheke fetherono thinro mendon sal.- And under the cover of your feathers I will rejoice.
- (plural only) wing, wings
- fin
- c. 900 CE, Oostnederrijns-Westfaalse paarden- en wormbezwering ;
Visc flot aftar themo uuatare. uerbrustun. sina uetherun.- The fish floated on the water; his fins tore.
Declension
Declension of fethera (feminine ō/ōn-stem noun)
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