fjor

From Old Norse fjǫrð (in prepositional phrase í fjǫrð), from Proto-Germanic *ferudi, from Proto-Indo-European *peruti. Cognates include Ancient Greek πέρυσι (pérusi), Sanskrit परुत् (parut), and Old Irish uraid.

• IPA^(key): [fjoˀɐ̯], [fjoɐ̯ˀ]
• Homophone: fjord

fjor

1. used adverbially in the prepositional phrase i fjor (“last year”) – yesteryear, last year
2. (in compounds, rare) last year

From Old Norse fjǫrð (in prepositional phrase í fjǫrð), from Proto-Germanic *ferudi, from Proto-Indo-European *peruti. Cognates include Ancient Greek πέρυσι (pérusi), Sanskrit परुत् (parut), and Old Irish uraid.

fjor

1. used adverbially in the prepositional phrase i fjor (“last year”) – yesteryear, last year
2. (in compounds) last year

• “fjor” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
• “fjor” in Det Norske Akademis ordbok (NAOB).

From Old Norse fjǫrð (in prepositional phrase í fjǫrð), from Proto-Germanic *ferudi, from Proto-Indo-European *peruti. Cognates include Ancient Greek πέρυσι (pérusi), Sanskrit परुत् (parut), and Old Irish uraid.

fjor

1. used adverbially in the prepositional phrase i fjor (“last year”) – yesteryear, last year
2. (in compounds) last year

• “fjor” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

From Old Norse fjǫrð (in prepositional phrase í fjǫrð), from Proto-Germanic *ferudi (“last year”), from Proto-Indo-European *peruti (“last year”, literally “on the other side of a year”). Cognates include Ancient Greek πέρυσι (pérusi), Sanskrit परुत् (parut), and Old Irish uraid. Compare also Swedish fjol.

• IPA^(key): /fjuːr/

fjor

1. (southern Sweden) used adverbially in the prepositional phrase i fjor (“last year”) – yesteryear, last year
2. (southern Sweden, in compounds) last year

• fjol