fiðri

Icelandic

Noun

fiðri

indefinite dative singular of fiður

Old Norse

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *fiþriją n, from *feþrō f (“feather”). Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *peth₂- (“to fly”).

Noun

fiðri n (genitive fiðris)

plumage, feathers

Declension

Declension of fiðri (strong ija-stem)

neuter	singular		plural
neuter	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	fiðri	fiðrit	fiðri	fiðrin
accusative	fiðri	fiðrit	fiðri	fiðrin
dative	fiðri	fiðrinu	fiðrum	fiðrunum
genitive	fiðris	fiðrisins	fiðra	fiðranna

Derived terms

fiðraðr (“feathered”)

Related terms

fjǫðr f (“feather”)

References

fiðri in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, G. T. Zoëga, Clarendon Press, 1910, at Internet Archive.

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