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fást); Helgi leitaði þá, ef Sigurðr vildi í fást við þorvald, if S. would try ,with Th.; segir hann ljúga ok fást í rógi, and deal in slander; fást vid e-t = f. í e-u; f. við e-n, to have to do with, to contend with one (H. segist þá vilja ... fást eigi við fjánda þenna); to, wrestle (grapple) with one (skaltu fást við blámann várn).
(fá, fáða, fáðr), v. to draw, paint; fá rúnar, to draw runes or magic characters; vér höfum fáða unga brúði á vegg, we have painted the young bride on the wall; gulli fáðr, gilded.
fá-bygðr, pp. thinly peopled.
fádœma-mikill, a. uncommonly great (högg fádœma-mikit).
fá-dœmi, pl. exceptional things; vera með fádœmum, to be exceptional, portentuous;
-dœmiligr, a. exceptional, extraordinary.
fádœmis-heimska, f. extraordinary foolishness.
fá-einir, a. pl. only a few (= fáir einir);
-frœðr, a. ignorant;
-frœði, f. want of knowledge, ignorance.
fága (), v. (1) to adorn, embellish (gjörð fáguð með brögðum); (2) to polish, clean = fægja (hún fágar ok þvær fœtr þeirra allra); (3) to take care (charge) of, to tend (f. farsælulausa, sjóka); (4) to cultivate (f. rangan átrúnáð; f. jörðina, to till the earth (5) to worship (f. heiðin goð).
fágan, f. worship (f. guða).
fáganar-maðr, m. worshipper.
fágandi (pl. -endr), m., cultivator, worshipper (vingarðs fágandi, fágari skurðgoða).
fágari, m. cultivator, worshipper (vingarðs fágandi, fágari skurðgoða).
fá-glýjaðr, pp. of little glee, sad.
fágu-ligr, a. neatly polished.
fá-gætr, a. scarce, rare, uncommon;
-heyrðr, pp., unusual;
-heyriligr, a. unusual;
-hjúaðr, a. few in family (var þár fáhjúat);
-hæfr, a. of little use.
fái, m. image, figure.
fáinn, a. polished, stained.
fá-kátr, a. sad, in low spirits.
fák-hestr, m. = fákr.
fá-klæddr, pp. having few clothes only thinly clad.
fákr (-s, -ar), m. horse (poet.).
fá-kunnandi, f.,-kunnasta, f. ignorance;
-kunnigr, a. ignorant;
-kunnleikr, m. = -kunnasta;
-kunnligr, a. unusual, rare;
-kynsl, n. pl. -kynstr, n. shocking accident.
fála, f. giantess, hag, witch.
fá-látr, a. silent, reserved;
-leikr, m. coldness, melancholy (taka fáleika ok úgfleði);
-liða, a. indecl., with few followers;
-liðaðr, -liða, with few followers;
-liga, adv. coldly, (fell með þeim heldrfáliga);
-ligr, a. cold, reserved.
fálka-kaup, n. purchase of falcons;
-veitðr, f. catching of falcons.
fálki, m. falcon.
fálma (), v. to fumble, grope about (f. hondum, saxi); f. til e-s, to try to get hold of one (Hrappr vildi f. til mín); (2) flinch (f. af hræzlu).
fá-lyndi, n. steadfastness, faithfulness;
-lyndr, a. steadfast, faithful, opp. to , 'fjöllyndr';
-máligr, a. chary of words, reticent;
-menni, n. few people;
-mennr, a. having few followers (fara fámennt);
-mæltr, a. = -máligr;
-nefndr, pp. seldom mentioned;
-nýtr, a. of little use;
-orðr, a. sparing of words.
fár (fá, fátt; compar. færi or færri, supl. fætr), a. (1) few; með fá liði við fá menn, with few men; fáir ( = fáir menn), few; fáir einir, only a few; í fám orðum, in few words; the sing. often instead of plur., esp. in old sayings (fár er fagr, ef grætr; f. bregðr hinu betra, ef hann veit hit verra); neut. fátt, few things (fátt veit sá er sefr); var eigi boðit færa en hundraði, no fewer than a hundred were invited; fátt af þeirra mönnum, only a few of their men; with gen., fátt manna, few men; fátt góðs, but little good; þeir ugðu fátt at sér, they feared little for their own safety; with numerals, fátt í, less than, short of, save; vetri fátt í fjóra tigu, forty years all but one, thirty-nine years; lítit fátt í fimm tigi vetra, little short of fifty years; hálfum eyri fátt í átta merkr, eight marks less half an ounce; sex menn it fæsta, six men at least; (2) cold, reserved, in low spirits = fálátr; var þá Gunnarr við hana lengi



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