Yrða

far

nafnorðhvorugkyn
I. motion, travel; rare in this sense, as the för and ferð, , are used instead.
β. of the clouds, in the phrase, far á lopti, drift in the sky.
II. a means of passage, a ship; far er skip, 110, 163: the phrase, hvert fljótanda far, every floating vessel, xi. 125, 260; at bjarga fari á floti, 155.
2. in compds, a trading vessel; Íslands-far, an Iceland-trader, vi. 370, vii. 32; Englands-far, an English-trader, ix. 41; Dýrlinnar-far, a Dublin ship, 254; fjögra-, tveggja-, sex-manna-far, a four-, two-, six-oared boat.3. passage, in the phrases, taka sér (e-m) fari, fá sér fari, ráða sér fari, usually so in , but in usage (taka, ráða sér far), to take a passage in a ship, 516, ii. 400, 406 (), 50, 307, 288, 111, 112, Ísl. ii. 199, 194; beiðask fars, id., i. 90, vi. 239; banna e-m far, to forbid one a passage, stop one (far-bann), 307; synja e-m fars, to deny one a passage (far-synjan), 54; at þeir hafi allir far, 393.
III. a trace, track, print, 120; Sveinki rak lömb sín til fjöru í förin, at eigi mátti sjá tveggja manna för, 376; nú villask hundarnir farsins, the hounds lost the track, v. 147, 83: , of et sama far, on the same subject, of a book, (): in many compds, a print, mark of anv kind, fóta-för, footprints; skafla-för, the print of a sharp-shod horse; nálar-far, a stitch; fingra-för, a finger-print; tanna-för, a bite; nagla-för, the marks of nails, John xx. 25; knífs-far, a knife’s mark; eggjar-far, the mark of the edge, in a cut; járna-far, the print of the shackles; kjal-far, the keel’s track, wake of a ship; um-far, a turn, round; saum-far, a rim on a ship’s side.IV. life, conduct, behaviour; hugar-far, geðs-far, lundar-far, disposition, character; ættar-far, a family mark, peculiarity; dag-far, daily life, conduct of life; í góðra manna fari ok vándra, 677. 3; hvat þess mundi vera í fari konungsins, in the king’s character, v. 327; ek vissa þá marga hluti í fari Knúts konungs, at hann mætti heilagr vera, xi. 287; nokkut af fyrnsku eptir í fari hans, iii. 131.
2. estate, condition; ok gefa þeir eigi gaum um hennar far, i. 226; sem hann hafði skírt far sitt, made known his state, how he fared, 34; aldar-far, genius seculi; dægra-far, : sára-far, the state of the wounds; víga-far, ; heilindis-far, health, 124; far veðranna, the course of the winds, 218; þá skrifaða ek þessa (bók) of et sama far, on the same subject, ()3. the phrase, at forni fari, of yore, of old, 85, 86, 711; at fornu fari ok nýju, of yore and of late, ; at réttu fari, justly.
β. the phrase, göra sér far um e-t, to take pains about a thing.
B. = fár, , bale, ill-fate (rare); far er reiði, far er skip, 110; at hann mundi fara þat far sem hans formaðr, that he would fare as ill as his predecessor, i. 758: the dubious phrase, muna yðvart far allt í sundi þótt ek hafa öndu látið, your ill-fate will not all be afloat, cleared off, though I am dead, 3. 51; vera í illu fari, to fare ill, be in a strait, 480; ok vóru í illu fari hér um, 394. Judges viii. 1, ‘and they did chide with him sharply,’ A. V.; at hann skyldi í engu fari móti þeim vera, that he should not be plotting (brooding mischief) against them, iii. 121 C.
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  • n.hvorugkyn (e. neuter)
  • fem.kvenkyn (e. feminine)
  • q. v.quod vide.
  • allit.alliteration, alliterative.
  • dat.þágufall (e. dative)
  • mod.modern.
  • acc.þolfall (e. accusative)
  • cp.compare.
  • metaph.metaphorical, metaphorically.
  • pref.preface.
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