fjǫr – Old Norse noun declension

Old Norse noun forms of fjǫr

Noun: fjǫr
Gender: n

Nominative

Sg. Indef.fjǫr
Sg. Def.fjǫrit
Pl. Indef.fjǫr
Pl. Def.fjǫrin

Genitive

Sg. Indef.fjǫrs
Sg. Def.fjǫrsins
Pl. Indef.fjǫrva
Pl. Def.fjǫrvanna

Dative

Sg. Indef.fjǫrvi
Sg. Def.fjǫrvinu
Pl. Indef.fjǫrum
Pl. Def.fjǫrunum

Accusative

Sg. Indef.fjǫr
Sg. Def.fjǫrit
Pl. Indef.fjǫr
Pl. Def.fjǫrin

Sample Sentences

  • Egill Skallagrímsson, Hǫfuðlausn (“Head's Ransom”, sometimes referred to as “Head-Ransom”):
  • Fleinn hitti fjǫr.
  • A pike struck the body.

Nouns inflected like fjǫr

kylfuhǫgg, ǫl, bǫl, sǫl, banahǫgg, fjǫr, hǫgg, lyng, mjǫl,

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *ferhwą, *ferhwō. Cognate with Old English feorh, Old Saxon ferh, and Old High German ferah. Obsolete in modern English, German, Norwegian, Swedish and Danish. Compare the German Leib (“body”) and leben (“to live”). See: Old English Nouns 'feorh', German Nouns 'Leib'.

Verbs referencing "fjǫr"

Old English Nouns feorh, Icelandic Nouns fjör.

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