fjöður

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Icelandic[edit]

Etymology[edit]

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

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Noun[edit]

fjöður f (genitive singular fjaðrar, nominative plural fjaðrir)

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

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This noun needs an inflection-table template.

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