fjør

Faroese

Etymology

From Old Norse í fjorð (from í + fjorð).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fjøːɹ/

Noun

fjør n

1. (only used in the adverbial phrase): í fjør – yesteryear, last year

Derived terms

• fjørvár as in í fjørvár (“last spring (cf. sv: i våras)”)
• fjørsummar as in í fjørsummar (“last summer”)
• fjørheyst as in í fjørheyst (“last fall, last autumn”)
• fjørvetur as in í fjørvetur (“last winter”)

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Norwegian Bokmål

Alternative forms

• fjær

Etymology

From Old Norse fjǫðr, from Proto-Germanic *feþrō, from Proto-Indo-European *péth₂r̥ ~ pth₂én- (“feather, wing”), from *peth₂- (“to fly”). The meaning “spring” stems from one of the secondary senses of German Feder (“feather”). Cognate with German Low German Fedder, English feather.

Noun

fjør m or f (definite singular fjøren or fjøra, indefinite plural fjør or fjører, definite plural fjørene)

1. feather (of a bird)
2. (technical) spring (device made of flexible material)

Derived terms

• fjørdrakt

References

• “fjør” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

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Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Old Norse fjǫðr, from Proto-Germanic *feþrō, from Proto-Indo-European *péth₂r̥ ~ pth₂én- (“feather, wing”), from *peth₂- (“to fly”). The meaning “spring” stems from one of the secondary senses of German Feder (“feather”). Cognate with German Low German Fedder, English feather.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fjøːr/

Noun

fjør f (definite singular fjøra, indefinite plural fjører, definite plural fjørene)

1. feather (of a bird)
2. (technical) spring (device made of flexible material)
3. (carpentry) a tongue (as in a tongue and groove joint)

   Coordinate term: nót

Derived terms

• fjørball
• fjørdrakt

References

• “fjør” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.