fjöður

See also: fjøður

Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse fjǫðr (“feather”), from Proto-Germanic *feþrō, from Proto-Indo-European *péth₂r̥ ~ pth₂én- (“feather, wing”), from *peth₂- (“to fly”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [fjœːðʏr]
Rhymes: -œːðʏr

Noun

fjöður f (genitive singular fjaðrar, nominative plural fjaðrir)

a feather
(a device) a spring

Declension

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

Synonyms

(a spring): gormur m

Derived terms

fjaðra
fjaðrafok
fjaðurdýna
fjaðurpenni
fjaðurstafur/fjöðurstafur

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