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or content (kunni hann sér þá þann fagnað at girnast ekki á Svíakonungs veldi).
fagna-fundr, m. = fagnaðarfundr.
fagr (fögr, fagrt; comp. fegri), a. fair, fine, beautiful; f. sýnum, álitum, fair to see; fagrt veðr, fair (fine) weather; f. söngr, beautiful (sweet) song; fagrt kvæði, a fine poem; talaði fagrt, en hugði flátt, spoke fair, but thought else.
fagr-búinn, pp. beautifully, dressed, equippied;
-endi, n. pl. costly. fair things;
-eygr, a. fair-eyed:
-ferðugr, a. graceful, virtuous;
-flekkóttr, a. fair-flecked (of a snake);
-gali, m. flattery (bera -gala á e-n, slá í -gala við e-n);
-glóa, a. fair-glowing;
-grœnn, a. bright or light, green;
-hárr, a. fair-haired;
-hljóðandi, pr. p. sweet-sounding;
-hljóðr, a. sweet-voiced;
-hljómandi, pr. p. = -hljóðandi;
-klæddr, pp. fair-clad;
-leikr, m. beauty, = fegrð;
-leitr, a. of a fair complexion, beautiful;
-liga, adv. fairly, beautifully;
-ligr, a. (1) fine-looking, handsome; (2) agreeable (-lig þjönasta);
-limi, m. 'fair-branch', a wood (poet.);
-læti, n. blandishment;
-máll, a. fair-spoken;
-málugr, a. = -máll;
-mæli, n. fair language;
-mæltr, a. = -máll:
-orðr, a. fair-spoken, bland;
-rauðr, a. light-red;
-skapaðr, pp. fair-shapen;
-skrifaðr, pp. finely drawn, decorated with fine figures;
-skýddr, pp. dressed in fine clothes;
-variðr, pp. wearing fine clothes (of a lady)
-vaxinn, pp. of fair stature
-yndi, n.= -endi;
-yrði, n. pl. fair words;
-yrðr, a.= -orðr.
fala (að), v. to demand for purchase (f. e-t af c-m or at e-m; f. til e-s).
falda (feld; félt, féldura; faldinn), v. to array with a woman's hood (f. e-n or e-m e-u, or með or við e-u); f. sik motri, með or við motri, to hood oneself with a motr; Brandr var faldinn, Brand had on a woman's headgear; hjálmi faldinn, wearing a helmet.
falda (að), v. (1) to hood (see falda); (2) to fold; fá mer skyrtu þína, en ek skal f. hana saman, I shall fold it up; falda aptr, to unfold.
falda-feykir, m. a magical dance in which the hoods (faldar) flew off the ladies' heads.
fald-lauss, a. hoodless.
faldr, m. (1) old; (2) hem of a garment; kyrtill hlaðbúinn í fald niðr, a kirtle laced down to the hems; (3) a sort of (woman's) headgear, hood.
fall, n. (1) fall; f. er fararheill, a fall bodes a lucky journy; koma e-m til falls, to cause one to fall; föll berast á e-n, one begins to reel or stagger; (2) fall, death in battle (í flótta er í. veist); (3) carcase of a slaughtered animal (cf. 'nautsfall' 'sauðarfall'); (4) frequent deaths from plague (ef mýss gørðu mein á mat eða klæðum, þá kom f, í þær) . (5) heavy sea (reis f. mikit alit frá grunni); (6) sin, transgression; (7) downfall, ruin, decay; f. engla, the fall of angels; gózin eru at falli komin, the estates are dilapidated; (8) quantity (of a vowel or syliable) (9) grammatical, case.
falla (fell; féll, féllum; fallinn), v. (1) to fall; eigi fellr tré við fyrsta högg, a tree falls not with the first stroke; f. af baki, to fall from horse back; f. á kné, to fall on one's knees; f. áfram (á bak aptr), to fall forwards (backwards); f. flatr, to fall prostrate; f. til jarðar, to fall to the ground; refl., láta fallast (= sik falla), to let oneself fall (þá lét Loki f. í kné Skaða); (2) to drop down dead, be killed, fall (in battle); (3) to die of plague (féllu fátœkir menn um alit land); (4) to flow, run (of water, stream, tide); særinn fell út frá landi, ebbed; féll sjór fyrir hellismunnann, the sea rose higher than the cave-mouth; síðan féll sjór at, the tide rose; þeir sá þá ós mikinn f. í sjóinn, fall into the sea; á fél (a river flowed) við skála Asólfs; var skipit svá hlaðit, at inn féll um söxin, that the sea rushed in at the prow; (5) of clothes, hair, to fall, hang down; hárit féll á herðar honum aptr, the hair fell back on his shoulders; létu

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