Faroese

Noun

æður f (genitive singular æðar, plural æðrar)

1. (Suðuroy) vein, vessel

Declension

Synonyms

• æðr (rest of the country)

Icelandic

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈaiːðʏr/

  Rhymes: -aiːðʏr

Etymology 1

From Old Norse æðr, perhaps from Proto-Germanic *ēdī, cognate with Sanskrit आति ‎(āti, “aquatic bird”), or else from Proto-Germanic *awidō, cognate with Latin avis ‎(“bird”).

Noun

æður f ‎(genitive singular æðar, nominative plural æðar)

1. eider

Declension

Note: Several other variations have existed: plural æðir; genitive singular æður, plural æður; full r-stem declension with genitive singular æðrar, plural æðrar. These are generally obsolete or nonstandard.

Synonyms

• æðarfugl

Etymology 2

From Old Norse æðr, from Proto-Germanic *ēdrǭ. Now replaced by the form æð.

Noun

æður f ‎(genitive singular æðrar, nominative plural æðrar) or æður f ‎(genitive singular æðar, nominative plural æðar)

1. (obsolete) vein

Etymology 3

From Old Norse œðr, from Proto-Germanic *wōdijaz. Now mostly replaced by the variant væður.

Adjective

æður ‎(not comparable)

1. wadable

Inflection

References

• Ásgeir Blöndal Magnússon — Íslensk orðsifjabók, 1st edition, 2nd printing (1989). Reykjavík, Orðabók Háskólans.