feitr

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Old Norse[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Proto-Germanic *faitaz, whence also, Old Frisian fāt, Old Saxon feit, Middle Low German vēt, Middle High German veiz (Early High German feiß, now replaced by fett).

Adjective[edit]

feitr (comparative feitari, superlative feitastr)

  1. fat

Descendants[edit]

  • Icelandic: feitur
  • Faroese: feitur
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: feit
    • → Norwegian Bokmål: feit
  • Old Swedish: fēter
  • Danish: fed
    • Norwegian Bokmål: fet

References[edit]

  • “feitr”, in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press
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