fjǫturr

Old Norse

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *feturaz, whence also Old English feter (English fetter), Dutch veter, Old High German fezzera (obsolete German Fesser).

Noun

fjǫturr m

1. fetter

Declension

  Declension of fjǫturr (strong a-stem)

masculine	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	fjǫturr	fjǫturrinn	fjǫtrar	fjǫtrarnir
accusative	fjǫtur	fjǫturinn	fjǫtra	fjǫtrana
dative	fjǫtri	fjǫtrinum	fjǫtrum	fjǫtrunum
genitive	fjǫturs	fjǫtursins	fjǫtra	fjǫtranna

Descendants

• Icelandic: fjötur m
• Faroese: fjøtur n
• Old Swedish: fiætur
  • Swedish: fjätter
• Old Danish: fiætær, fiatur
  • Danish: fjeder c (fjæder, fjær)

References

• “Fjeder” in Ordbog over det danske Sprog