fethera
Old Dutch
Etymology
From Proto-West Germanic *feþru, from Proto-Germanic *feþrō. Related to Old High German fedara and Old Saxon fethara.
Pronunciation
- (late) IPA(key): /veðera/
Noun
fethera f
- feather
- 10th century CE, Die altmittel- und altniederfränkischen Psalmen und Glossen [The Old Middle and Old Low Franconian psalms and glosses];
- In an getheke fetherono thinro mendon sal.
- And under the cover of your feathers I will rejoice.
- 10th century CE, Die altmittel- und altniederfränkischen Psalmen und Glossen [The Old Middle and Old Low Franconian psalms and glosses];
- (plural only) wing, wings
- fin
- c. 900 CE, Oostnederrijns-Westfaalse paarden- en wormbezwering [Eastern Lower Rhine-Westphalian horse and worm excorsism];
- Visc flot aftar themo uuatare. uerbrustun. sina uetherun.
- The fish floated on the water; his fins tore.
- c. 900 CE, Oostnederrijns-Westfaalse paarden- en wormbezwering [Eastern Lower Rhine-Westphalian horse and worm excorsism];
Declension
Declension of fethera
| Singular | Plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | fethera | fetheron, -a |
| accusative | fethera | fetheron, -a |
| genitive | fetheron | fetherono |
| dative | fethero | fetheron |
Descendants
Further reading
- “fethera”, in Oudnederlands Woordenboek, 2012
- van der Sijs, Nicoline, editor (2010), “veer1”, in Etymologiebank, Meertens Institute
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