fjǫrð

See also: fjord, fjörð, fjørð, and Fjord

Old Norse

Etymology 1

From Proto-Germanic *ferudi (“last year”), from Proto-Indo-European *peruti (“last year”, literally “on the other side of a year”). Related to obsolete German fert (“last year”). Cognates include Sanskrit परुत् (parut, “last year”), Persian ‎ (pār, “last year”), Ancient Greek πέρυσι (pérusi, “last year”), Lithuanian pernai (“last year”), Old Armenian հերու (heru, “last year”) and Old English fyrn.

Alternative forms

fjorð, fjörð

Adverb

fjǫrð

last year, the past year

Descendants

Icelandic: í fyrra
Faroese: í fjør
Norwegian: i fjor
Old Swedish: fiordh
- Swedish: i fjol, i fjor
Danish: i fjor

Etymology 2

From fjǫrðr.

Noun

fjǫrð m

accusative singular of fjǫrðr

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