æðr

See also: œðr

Faroese

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Old Norse æðr (1), from Proto-Germanic *ēdrǭ, *ēþrǭ.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [akɹ]

Noun

æðr f (genitive singular æðrar, plural æðrar)

  1. vein, vessel

Declension

f6 Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative æðr æðrin æðrar æðrarnar
Accusative æðr æðrina æðrar æðrarnar
Dative æðr æðrini æðrum æðrunum
Genitive æðrar æðrarinnar æðra æðranna

Old Norse

Etymology 1

From Proto-Germanic *ēdrǭ, *ēþrǭ; whence also Old English ǣder, ǣdre, Old High German ādara (German Ader).

Noun

æðr f (genitive æðar, dative æði, plural æðar)

  1. vein
Declension
Descendants

In Old Icelandic, the word lost its radical r, it being reinterpreted as a nominative ending, and comes to be nominative æðr, accusative and dative æði, genitive æðar, plural æðar, leading to the modern Icelandic æð, whereas the radical r is preserved in Faroese, as well as in the other Nordic languages.

  • Danish: åre c (Old Danish: athræ)
  • Faroese: æðr f, æður f (Suðuroy)

Etymology 2

Origin uncertain, but perhaps related to either Sanskrit आति (āti, “a type of aquatic bird”), Latin avis (“bird”), or Proto-Samic *āvdë.

Noun

æðr f (genitive æðar, dative æði, plural æðar)

  1. eider
Declension
Descendants

References

  • Aikio, Ante. 2004. "An essay on substrate studies and the origin of Saami". Mémoires de la Société néophilologique de Helsinki 63: 5–34.
  • Ásgeir Blöndal Magnússon — Íslensk orðsifjabók, 1st edition, 2nd printing (1989). Reykjavík, Orðabók Háskólans.
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