þljuðre

Valthungian

Pronunciation

• Valthungian Phonology: /ˈθlju.ðre̞/

Etymology

From Middle Valthungian fiðri, þluðri, þljugri, 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