fær
nafnorð, kvenkyn
f. a sheep; in Swed.-Dan. faar and fär are the usual words for sheep; but in Icel. it is almost unknown; it occurs in Skálda 162; also now and then in the compd fær-sauðr, m., spelt fjar-sauðr, Tistr. 4 (prop. a ‘sheep-sheep,’ sauðr being the common Icel. word for sheep), Stj. 45, 177, 235, N. G. L. i. 75, K. Þ. K. 130; from fær is also derived the name Fær-eyjar, f. pl. the Faroe Islands (Sheep-islands); Fær-eyskr, adj., and Fær-eyingar, m. pl. the Faroe Islanders; described by Dicuil as plenae innumerabilibus ovibus, p. 30 (Ed. 1807): fær is a South-Scandin. word, and seems to be formed from the gen. of fé (fjár).
Skammstafanir og tilvitnanir
Skammstafanir
- f.
- kvenkyn (e. feminine)
- Icel.
- Iceland, Icelander, Icelanders, Icelandic.
- m.
- karlkyn (e. masculine)
- prop.
- proper, properly.
- pl.
- fleirtala (e. plural)
- adj.
- lýsingarorð (e. adjective)
- Ed.
- edition, editions, edited.
- gen.
- eignarfall (e. genitive)
Tilvitnuð rit
- Skálda
- Skálda. (H. I.)
- Stj.
- Stjórn. (F. I.)
- N. G. L.
- Norges Gamle Love. (B. II.)
- K. Þ. K.
- Kristinn-réttr Þorláks ok Ketils = Kristinna-laga-þáttr. (B. I.)