fjáður
Icelandic
/ˈfjauːðʏr/
adj
Definitions
- wealthy, having plenty of money
- (with adverbial qualifiers such as m) of such and such means
Etymology
Inherited from Old Norse *féaðr, fé (wealth, livestock, property, money, cattle, sheep) affix from Icelandic fé (money, assets, livestock, sheep).
Origin
Icelandic
fé
Gloss
money, assets, livestock, sheep
Concept
Semantic Field
Possession
Ontological Category
Person/Thing
Kanji
畜
Emoji
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Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- *fehu Proto-Germanic
- fä Swedish
- *féaðr Old Norse
- búfé Old Norse
- dilkfé Old Norse
- fé Old Norse
- félag Old Norse
- geldfé Old Norse
- kvikfé Old Norse
- danefæ Danish
- fæ Danish
- fælle Danish
- fælles Danish
- fællig Danish
- búfé Icelandic
- fjárdráttur Icelandic
- fjárhundur Icelandic
- fé Icelandic
- févíti Icelandic
- metfé Icelandic
- fæ Faroese