fiðla

Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse fiðla, from Proto-Germanic *fiþulǭ.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈfɪðla/
• Rhymes: -ɪðla

Noun

fiðla f (genitive singular fiðlu, nominative plural fiðlur)

1. violin, fiddle

Derived terms

• knéfiðla
• lágfiðla

Anagrams

• lafði

Old Norse

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *fiþulǭ.

Noun

fiðla

1. fiddle

Declension

  Declension of fiðla (weak ōn-stem)

feminine	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	fiðla	fiðlan	fiðlur	fiðlurnar
accusative	fiðlu	fiðluna	fiðlur	fiðlurnar
dative	fiðlu	fiðlunni	fiðlum	fiðlunum
genitive	fiðlu	fiðlunnar	fiðla	fiðlanna

Descendants

• Icelandic: fiðla
• Norwegian Nynorsk: fidla, fela, fele
• Old Swedish: fiþla
  • Swedish: fidla, fela, fejla
• Danish: fidel, fedel, fele, fejle
  • Norwegian Bokmål: fele

References

• “fiðla” in Dictionary of Old Norse Prose (ONP) at University of Copenhagen