formaðr
nafnorðkarlkynfor-maðr
m.
I. a ‘fore-man,’ captain, Fms. vii. 246. ix. 348, xi. 243, 402, Nj. 43, Magn. 486:—a master, ruler, Edda (pref.); formaðr konunga, the foremost among kings, Fms. ii. 292; f. annars fólks, the foremost man of other folk, vi. 38.
COMPDS: formannslauss, formannsskapr.
II. mod. the foreman or captain in a fishing vessel or boat; in many compds, e. g. formanns-hlutr, m. the captains share (of the fish caught).