fátækt
nafnorðkvenkynfá-tækt
poverty, 8, 212, 421; old writers prefer fátæki, which is now obsolete, but in usage fátækt is a standing word; snauðr, , is only used in a peculiar sense; fátækt (from fár and taka) properly means ‘few-taking,’ having little between the hands, hence poverty, want; it occurs in many
Skammstafanir og tilvitnanir
- f.kvenkyn (e. feminine)
- mod.modern.
- q. v.quod vide.
- compds.samsett orð (e. compounds)
- Barl.Barlaams saga. (F. III.)
- Stj.Stjórn. (F. I.)