fjǫrðr

Old Norse

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *ferþuz, from Proto-Indo-European *pértus. Related to fara (“to go, travel”) and ferð (“journey, trip”).

Pronunciation

• (12th century Icelandic) IPA^(key): /fjɒrdr̩/

Noun

fjǫrðr m (genitive fjarðar, dative firði, plural firðir)

1. firth, fjord
   • Kormákr Ǫgmundarson, Sigurðardrápa stanza 3:

     Eykr með ennidúki · jarðhljótr día fjarðar
     breyti, hún sás beinan · bindr; […]

     The land-recipient (RULER) who secures the straight mast endows the plower of the firth of the gods (POET) with a headband. […]

Declension

Declension of fjǫrðr (strong u-stem)

masculine	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	fjǫrðr	fjǫrðrinn	firðir	firðirnir
accusative	fjǫrð	fjǫrðinn	fjǫrðu	fjǫrðuna
dative	firði	firðinum	fjǫrðum	fjǫrðunum
genitive	fjarðar	fjarðarins	fjarða	fjarðanna

Descendants

• Icelandic: fjörður
• Faroese: fjørður
• Norn: fjord
• Norwegian: fjord (see there for further descendants)
• Old Swedish: fiorþer, fiordher
  • Swedish: fjord
  • ⇒ Old Swedish: fiærdher
    • Swedish: fjärd, (dialectal) fjäl
• Old Danish: fiorth
  • Danish: fjord
• → Middle English: fyrth
  • Scots: firth
    • → English: firth
• Gutnish: fjäd