fær

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See also: fer, far, faer, fár, får, and -fer

Faroese

Pronunciation

Verb

fær

  1. third-person singular present of at fáa

Usage notes


Icelandic

Pronunciation

Adjective

fær (comparative færari, superlative færastur)

  1. able
  2. talented, competent
    Hún er fær í forritun.
    She is good at programming.
  3. (of roads) passableTemplate:jump
    Er vegurinn fær?
    Is the road passable.

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Norwegian Nynorsk

Verb

fær

  1. (non-standard since 2012) (deprecated template usage) present of

Old English

Etymology 1

From Proto-Germanic *fērō. Cognate with Old Saxon vār (ambush) (Dutch gevaar (danger)), Old High German fāra (ambush, danger, deceit) (German Gefahr (danger)).

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Pronunciation

Noun

fǣr m

  1. sudden danger, calamity
    fǣrslidea sudden fall
    fǣrrǣssudden rush
    fǣrrǣsenderushing headlong
  2. sudden attack; ambush; a blitz
    fǣrnīþhostile attack
    fǣrgripesudden grip
Derived terms
Descendants
  • English: fear

Etymology 2

From the same Germanic source as faran. Cognate with Old High German fuora (German Fuhre).

Pronunciation

Noun

fær n

  1. journey; coming, going
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Old Norse

Etymology

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(deprecated template usage) From Proto-Germanic *fahaz.

Noun

fær f

  1. sheep

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Etymology 1

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Pronunciation

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  1. contagious, current disease
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Etymology 2

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Etymology 3

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