þljuðre

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Valthungian

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Etymology

From Middle Valthungian fiðri, from Old Valthungian fidyri, from Griutungi *fiþri, from Proto-Germanic *feþriją

Perhaps a conflation or degradation of þljugna ‘to fly’ (from *fleuganą) and fiðre (*feþrō), a neuter ija-stem variant of fiðra (*feþriją) ‘feather’. The word for ‘wing’ derived solely from *feþriją through Old Valthungian times (Griutungi *fiþri, OV fidyri) and the conflation with þljugna can first be observed in Middle Valthungian, where perhaps the distinction between fiðra and fiðri was becoming a little too narrow. Middle Valthungian shows fiðri, þljugafiðri, þljuðri, and even þjugri. The þljuðri form made its way into the modern language as þljuðre.

Noun

þljuðre

  1. wing

Declension

Strong neuter ija-stem noun þljuðre, ‘þljuðr’
  Nominative Genitive Dative Accusative
Sg. þljuðre þljuðris þljuðria þljuðre
Pl. þljuðria þljuðriro þljuðrim þljuðria