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fjør

fjør

Faroese

Noun

fjør n

  1. only used in the adverbial phrase í fjøryesteryear, last year

Derived terms

  • (í) fjørvár (last spring)
  • (í) fjørsummar (last summer)
  • (í) fjørheyst (last fall, last autumn)
  • (í) fjørvetur (last winter)

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Old Norse fjǫðr (sense 1), and German Feder (sense 2)

Alternative forms

Noun

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

  1. a feather
  2. (technical) a spring

References


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 German Feder.

Noun

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

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

Derived terms

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