fær
nafnorðkvenkyn
a sheep; in Swed.-Dan. faar and fär are the usual words for sheep; but in it is almost unknown; it occurs in 162; also now and then in the compd fær-sauðr, , spelt fjar-sauðr, Tistr. 4 ( a ‘sheep-sheep,’ sauðr being the common word for sheep), 45, 177, 235, i. 75, 130; from fær is also derived the name Fær-eyjar, the Faroe Islands (Sheep-islands); Fær-eyskr, , and Fær-eyingar, the Faroe Islanders; described by Dicuil as plenae innumerabilibus ovibus, p. 30 ( 1807): fær is a South-Scandin. word, and seems to be formed from the of fé (fjár).
Skammstafanir og tilvitnanir
- 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)
- SkáldaSkálda. (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.)