föðurlegur

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Icelandic[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Old Norse fǫðurligr, from Proto-Germanic *fadurlīkaz. Equivalent to faðir +‎ -legur. Cognate with Danish faderlig, Swedish faderlig and English fatherly.

Adjective[edit]

föðurlegur (comparative föðurlegri, superlative föðurlegastur)

  1. fatherly, paternal

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