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fagr

lýsingarorð
, fögr, fagrt; fagrari or better fegri, fagrastr or better fegrstr; fegurri, fegurstr; [ fagrs = ευθετος; fœger; fair; fagar; favre, in ballads favre mö = fair maid; fager]:—-fair; used very and almost as in , except that the does not use it in a moral sense, like fair, unfair:
1. of persons, the body, ; fögr mær, a fair maid, 2, 2; fagr sýnum, fair to see, i. 116; álitum, id., 5, 1. 27; fögr hönd, a fair hand (hand-fögr), ix. 283; fógr augu, fair eyes (fagr-eygr); fagrt hár, fair hair, Ísl. ii; fagrar brúðir, fair brides, 28; mær undarliga fögr, a wonderfully fair maid, i. 40; fegra mann (a fairer man) eðr tígurlegra, vi. 438.2. of places; fögr er Hlíðin svá at mér hefir hón aldri jafnfögr sýnzk, 112; fagra túna (), a fair abode (‘toun’), þkv. 3; salr sólu fegri, 63; fagrar lendur,fair fields, 96: in local names, Fagra-brekka, Fagr-ey, Fagri-dalr, Fagra-nes, Fagri-skógr, , = Fair-brink, -isle, -dale, -ness, -wood, , 3. of light, wind, weather, ; fagrt ljós, a bright light, 111, i. 230; skína fagrt, to shine brightly (of the sun); fagr byrr, a fair wind, ii. 182, 356; fagrt veðr, fair weather, 216.4. as an epithet of tears; in the phrase, gráta fögrum tárum, Homer’s θαλερον δάκρυ; hence grát-fagr, beautiful in tears, 63.5. of the voice; fögr rödd, a sweet voice; fagr söngr, a sweet song, i. 168; fögr orð, a fine speech, 6. of other things; fagrt skip, a fine ship, 173; fagr borði, 24; fagrt kvæði, a fine poem, Ísl. ii. 237.II. , fagrt líf, a fair, goodly life, 72; lifa fagrt, to live a happy life, 53; fagrir siðir, fine manners, 279.
β. as an epithet of victory; fagr sigr, með fögrum sigri ()γ. mæla (tala) fagrt, to speak fair, 91, Ísl. ii. 339; talaði fagrt, en hugði flátt, spoke fair, but thought false, ii. 91; heita fögru, to promise fair, 131, (in a verse); lota öllu fögrv, the ‘love guld og grönne skove’; biðja fagrt, to bid fair (with false intention), 37.
B. In , with nouns, adjectives, fair, fine, gracious:
I. prefixed, munn-fagr, fine-mouthed; augna-fagr, fair eyed; hand-fagr, fair-handed; gang-fagr, with a fair, gracious gait; lit-fagr, of fair hue; hár-fagr, fair-haired, II. suffixed, fagra-hvel, the fair wheel or disk, the sun (), 17. fagra-ræfr, the fair roof, the sky (), 13. fagr-bláinn, fair blue, a shield (), fagr-blár, light-blue. fagr-blóm, , trientalis, fagr-búinn, ‘fair-boun’, bright-dressed, chiefly as an epithet of a lady, 77, iii. 290, 120, 29: of a ship, 1. 31. fagr-bygg, the fair ‘bigg’, gold (), , 83. fagr-dæll, a man from Fairdale, iii. 181, fagr-eygr (-eygðr), fair-eyed, i. 127, 178, ii. 2, xi. 205. fagr-ferðugr, graceful, virtuous, 136, fagr-flekkóttr, fair-flecked (of a snake), 97. fagr-gali, a, a fair, enticing song, enchantment, flattery. fagr-gim, the fair gem, the sun (), 2. fagr-glóa, fair-glowing, bright (), 5 (the Sun as bride). fagr-grænn, light-green, xi. 335, i. 71 (of a field or tree). fagr-gulr, light-yellow. fagr-hárr (-hærðr), fair-haired, 16, xi. 205. fagr-hljóðr (-hljóðandi, -hljóðaðr), sweet-voiced, 159, ii. 199. fagr-kinn, (fögrum-kinni, , xi), fair-cheek, soubriquet of a lady, fagr-klæddr, fair-clad, 24, 25. fagr-kolla, u, , hieracium, hawkweed, fagr-limi, a, ‘fair-branch’, a wood (), 29. fagr-læti, blandishment, 119. fagr-máll, fair-spoken, vi. 52. fagr-mæli, fair language, 24, 117, 167. i. 74. fagr-mæltr, bland, vi. 52, v. 1. fagr-orðr (-yrðr), fair-spoken, bland, 370, 432, ii. 133. fagr-raddaðr, sweet-voiced. fagr-rauðr, light-red ( to dökk-rauðr or dumb-rauðr, dark-red), 181, i. 172, 34. fagr-rendr, painted with fine stripes (of a shield), Hornklofi. fagr-skapaðr, fair-shapen, 627. fagr-skrifaðr, finely drawn, painted in bright colours, 26. fagr-skygðr, transparent as crystal (of a shield), fagr-strykvinn, painted with fair streaks (of a ship), fagr-varinn, wearing fine clothes (of a lady), 37. fagr-vaxinn, of fair stature (of a lady), (in a verse). fagr-yrði, fair words, x. 104.
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  • adj.lýsingarorð (e. adjective)
  • fem.kvenkyn (e. feminine)
  • neut.hvorugkyn (e. neuter)
  • compar.miðstig (e. comparative)
  • superl.efsta stig (e. superlative)
  • mod.modern.
  • Ulf.Ulfilas.
  • A. S.Anglo-Saxon.
  • Engl.English.
  • O. H. G.Old High German.
  • Dan.Danish.
  • Swed.Swedish.
  • freq.frequent, frequently.
  • Icel.Iceland, Icelander, Icelanders, Icelandic.
  • etc.et cetera.
  • f.kvenkyn (e. feminine)
  • gen.eignarfall (e. genitive)
  • cp.compare.
  • metaph.metaphorical, metaphorically.
  • COMPDSsamsett orð (e. compounds)
  • e. g.exempli gratia.
  • n.hvorugkyn (e. neuter)
  • poët.poetically.
  • m.karlkyn (e. masculine)
  • botan.botanically.
  • part.lýsingarháttur (e. participle)
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