Faroese

Noun

fjør n

1. only used in the adverbial phrase í fjør – yesteryear, 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

• fjær

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

• “fjør” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

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

• fjørball

References

• “fjør” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.