Farinn

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

farinn Old Icelandic word can mean:

farinn

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farinn

1) gone, undone;

farinn

þá er farnir vóru forstöðumenn Troju, when the defenders of Troy were dead and gone;

farinn

hans tafl var mjök svá farit, his gaine was almost lost;

farinn

~ af sulti ok mœði, famished and exhausted;

farinn

~ at e-u, destitute of (~ at vistum, lausafé);

farinn

tungl farit, a ‘dead’ moon, new moon;

farinn

sól var skamt farin, the sun was little advaned, not long risen;

farinn

þá var dagr alljós ok sól farin, broad day and the sun high in the sky;

farinn

2) so and so conditioned;

farinn

vel andlits ~, vel ~ í andliti, well-favoured;

farinn

mjök aldri ~, stricken in years;

farinn

vel orði (or orðum) ~, well-spoken, eloquent;

farinn

impers., e-m, er e-n veg farit, one is so and so;

farinn

er eigi einn veg farit úgæfu okkar, our ill-luck is not of one piece;

farinn

veðri var þannig farit, at, the weather was such that;

farinn

hversu landinu er farit, what the condition of the country is;

farinn

henni er þannig farit, at hón er mikil ey, löng, (viz. the island) is so shaped that it is large and long;

farinn

fig., of disposition, character;

farinn

er honum vel farit, he is a well-disposed man;

farinn

þeim var úlíkt farit at mörgu, they were unlike in many respects;

farinn

undarliga er yðr farit, ye are strange men;

farinn

adding the prep. til: nú er annan veg til farit, now matters are altered;

farinn

nú er svá til farit, at ek vil, now the case is, that I wish;

farinn

3) á förnum vegi, on the high-road (ef maðr andast á förnum vegi);

farinn

hann kom heim af förnum vegi, from a journey.

Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᚠᛅᚱᛁᚾᚾ

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• Old Norwegian - Johan Fritzner's Dictionary