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fár, was cold to her for a long time; neut. fátt, coolness; var fátt um með þeim brœðrum, the brothers were on indifferent terms; fátt var meðþeim Hrúti um samfarar, there was a coolness between H. and his wife; hvárt er var í milli þeirra mart eða fátt, whether they, stood on good or bad terms, were friendly or not.
fár, n. (1) bale, harm, mischief; lesa f. um e-n, to speak foul calumnies of one; af fári, from evil passion; ef ek vissa þat f. fyrir, if I could foresee that bale; full skal signa ok við fára sjá, and so prevent harm from it; þat er f. mikit ('tis a bad omen), ef þú fœti drepr; (2) dangerous illness (lá hann í þessu fári nær viku); (3) fraud false dealing.
fá-ráðr, a. perplexed, helpless.
fár-hugr, m. wrath, grudge;
-kaldi, m. piercing coldness (-kuldi veðrs);
-leikr, m. disaster; liga. adv. (1) wrathfully; (2) abominably;
-ligr, a. harmful, disastrous;
-ramr, a. terribly strong.
fárs-fullr, a. ill-natured, malignant.
fárs-skapr, m. fierceness.
fárs-kona,f. wicked woman;
-maðr, m. wicked man.
fár-sótt, f. pestilence;
-verkr, m. severe pain;
-viðri n. baleful weather, tempest;
-yðri, n. pl. foul language.
fá-rœddr, pp. little spoken of (þar var fárœt um);
-rœðinn, a. chary of words (= fámáligr, fáorði;
-sénn, a. seldom seen, rare;
-sinni, n. loneliness, isolation;
-skiptinn, a. little meddling, quiet;
-skrúðigr, -skrúðligr, a. meagre, poor;
-skýrliga, adv. foolishly (spyrja fáskrliga);
-skýrligr, a. foolish, silly;
-staðar, adv. in few places;
-talaðr, pp. (1) = -orðr; (2) having few vowel-sounds;
-tíðindi, n. pl. rare occurrence;
-tíliga, adv. rarely;
-tiðligr, a., -tiðr, a. uncommon, rare;
-tœkdómr, m. poverty;
-tœki, n. want, poverty; ganga á fátœki, to go a begging;
fátœkis-dómr, m. = fátœkdómr;
-fölk, n. poor folk;
-land, n. land of affliction;
-lið, n. poor people;
-maðr, m. poor man.
fátœk-leikr, m. poverty;
-liga, adv. poorly;
-ligr, a. poorly, poor.
fá-tœkr, a. poor;
-tœkt, f. poverty;
-vingaðr, pp. having few friends (hafa fávingat);
-vitr, a. unwise, foolish, silly;
-vitra, -vizka, f. unwisdom, folly;
-vizkr, a. = fávitr;
-viss, a. foolish.
fé (gen. fjár) n. (1) cattle, esp. sheep; þeir ráku féit (the sheep) upp á geilarnar; gæta fjár, to herd or tend sheep; ganganda fé, live stock, opp. to 'dautt fé', or 'liggjanda fé' valuables, money; (2) property, money (hvárt sem fé þat er land eðr annat fé); fyrirgøra fé ok fjörvi, to forfeit property and life; fé er fjörvi firr, life is dearer than money; fé veldr frænda rógi, money makes foes of kinsmen; afla sér fjár ok frægðar (frama), to gain wealth and fame; hér er fé þat (the money), er Gunnarr greiddi; þiggit þat, herra, fé er í þvi, there is value in it; pl. fé (dat. fjám), property, means.
féauðnu-maðr, m. a man lucky with his sheep;
fé-boð, n. offer of money.
fébóta-laust, adv. without any compensation being paid.
fé-brögð, n. pl. devices for making money;
-bœtr, f. pl. compensation, esp. as weregild, opposed to 'mannhefndir.'
feðgar, m. pl. father and son (or sons); við f. we, father and son; vin þeirra Sturlu feðga, a friend of Sturla and his father.
feðgin, n. (1) father or mother (hvárttveggja feðginit); (2) pl. parents; várra fyrstu feðgina, of our first parents; f. eða ná-frændr, parents or near kinsfolk; hjá feðginum sínum ok forellrismönnum, by his parents and forefathers.
feðma (að), v. to span or encompass with the arms.
feðr, m. father, = faðr
feðr-betrungr, m, = föðurbetrungr
feðr-land, n. fatherland, = föðurland;
-munir, m. pl. patrimony.
fé-drengr, m. open-handed man (-drengr góðr við sína vini,;
-drjúgr, a. rich in sheep and cattle.

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