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

fetter

Descendants

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

References

“Fjeder” in Ordbog over det danske Sprog

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