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fótr

nafnorðkarlkyn
, fótar, fæti; fætr, fóta, fótum; in conversation and even in writing the is used as , thus ‘allar fætr,’ not ‘alla fætr,’ and with the article ‘fætrnar,’ which form was already used by poets of the 17th century, 33. 4, 156: [ fôtus; fôt; foot; fuss; fot; fod; πόδ-, pĕd-, with a short vowel; but with a long vowel in all Teutonic languages; fit, , also seems to be a kindred word]
I. a foot; and as in some other languages either the foot only or the foot and leg. distinguish between various animals, and use fótr (foot) of men, horses, cattle, sheep, ; hrammr (paw) of beasts of prey, as bears, lions; löpp (also paw) of cats, dogs, mice; klær (claws) of birds of prey, as the raven, eagle; hreifi (fins) of a seal: 110, i. 182, xi. 145, 6, 219, 264, 180: the phrase, fótr ok lit (); þá var uppi og fit, all (men and beast) were about or all was bustle; standa báðum fótum, einum fæti, öllum fótum, to stand (rest) on both … feet, viii. 41, 46; spretta (stökkva) á fætr, to start to one’s feet, 495; vera á fótum, to be a-foot, to be out of bed, vi. 201, x. 147, 368, 586; vera snemma á fótum, to be early a-foot, 223: to be alive, 230; fara á fætr, to rise; skjóta (kasta) fótum undir sik, to take to his heels, viii. 358, 43 new ; hlaupa sem fætr toga, to run as fast as feet can go, 61. i. 434; taka til fóta, to take to one’s heels, 101, i. 804; eiga fótum fjör at launa, to owe one’s life to the feet, to run for one’s life, 8; leggja land undir fót, to take a long stride, ii. 124, ii. 2: phrases denoting the delight of getting on shore, hafa land undir fæti, to feel the ground wider one’s feet, ‘O quam securum, quamque jucundum in solo,’ fastr er á foldu fótr, Profectio in Terr. Sanct. 159; falla til fóta e-m, to fall at another’s feet, 623. 27.
2. phrases, kominn af fotum fram, off one’s feet, bedridden, xi. 155, i. 201; þótt ek bera þaðan hvárigan fót heilan þá skal ek þó fara, 9; hverr á fætr öðrum, one on the heels of another, 132; Hákon drepr yðr á fætr oss, H. slays you on your feet, x. 386; miklu er fyrir fætr þér kastað, many things are cast before thy feet, many obstacles, 176.
β. phrases, standa á mörgum fótum, to rest on many feet, have many resources; stóð á mörgum fótum fjárarli Skallagríms, 137, xi. 423; standa á tré-fótum, to stand on wooden legs, be in a tottering state: það er enginn fótr fyrir því, ‘it has not a foot to stand on,’ is not true: tún-fótr, the outskirt of a home-field, metaphor from a skin stretched out.
II. a measure, 163, 438, 481, 509, 525. Ísl. ii. 402, 335, 26; fet is more usual.
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