Fár

As defined by A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic (Geir Zoëga):

fár Old Icelandic word can mean:

fár

I)

fár

(fá, fátt; compar. færi or færri, superl. fæstr), a.

fár

1) few;

fár

með fá liði við fá menn, with few men;

fár

fáir (= fáir menn), few;

fár

fáir einir, only a few;

fár

í fám orðum, in few, words;

fár

the sing. often instead of pl., esp. in old sayings (~ er fagr, ef grætr; ~ bregðr hinu betra, ef hann veit hit verra);

fár

neut. fátt, few things (fátt veit sá er sefr);

fár

var eigi boðit færa en hundraði, no fewer than a hundred were invited;

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fátt af þeirra mönnum, only a few of their men;

fár

with gen., fátt manna, few men;

fár

fátt góðs, but little good: þeir ugðu fátt at sér, they feared little for their own safety;

fár

with numerals, fátt í, less than, short of, save;

fár

vetri fátt í fjóra tigu, forty years all but one, thirty-nine years;

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lítit fátt í fimm tigi vetra, little short of fifty years;

fár

hálfum eyri fátt í átta merkr, eight marks less half an ounce;

fár

sex menn it fæsta, six men at least;

fár

2) cold, reserved, in low spirits = fálátr; var þá Gunnarr við hana leng ~, was cold to her for a long time;

fár

neut. fátt, coolness: var fátt um með þeim brœðrum the brothers were on indifferent terms;

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fátt var með þeim 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

II)

fár

n.

fár

1) bale, harm, mischief;

fár

lesa ~ um e-n, to speak foul calumnies of one;

fár

af ~i, from evil passion;

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ef ek vissa þat ~ fyrir, if I could foresee that bale;

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full skal signa ok við ~a sjá, and so prevent harm from it;

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þat er ~ mikit (‘tis a bad omen), ef þú fœti drepr;

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2) dangerous illness (lá hann í þessu ~i nær viku);

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3) fraud false dealing.

Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᚠᛅᚱ