fjǫðr

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Old Norse

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *feþrō, whence also Old English feþer (English feather), Old Saxon fethara, Old High German fedara. Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *péth₂r̥ ~ pth₂én- (“feather, wing”), from *peth₂- (“to fly”).

Noun

fjǫðr f (genitive fjaðrar, plural fjaðrar)

feather

Declension

Declension of fjǫðr (strong ō-stem)

feminine	singular		plural
feminine	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	fjǫðr	fjǫðrin	fjaðrar	fjaðrarnar
accusative	fjǫðr	fjǫðrina	fjaðrar	fjaðrarnar
dative	fjǫðr	fjǫðrinni	fjǫðrum	fjǫðrunum
genitive	fjaðrar	fjaðrarinnar	fjaðra	fjaðranna

Derived terms

fjaðraspjót n (“a kind of spear”)
fjaðraðr (“feathered”)
fjaðrbroddr m (“point of a spear-blade”)
fjaðrhamr m (“feather-coat”)
fjaðrlauss (“featherless”)
fjaðrspjót n (“a kind of spear”)
fjaðrsárr (“moulting”)

Related terms

fiðri n (“plumage”)

Descendants

- Icelandic: fjöður (“feather, fin”)
- Faroese: fjøður
- Norwegian Nynorsk: fjør, fjøder
  - → Norwegian Bokmål: fjør
- Old Swedish: fiæþer
  - Swedish: fjäder
- Old Danish: fiæthær
  - Danish: fjeder, fjer
    - Norwegian Bokmål: fjær
- Gutnish: fjädar, fjedur

References

fjöðr in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, G. T. Zoëga, Clarendon Press, 1910, at Internet Archive.

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