Fé
Old Icelandic Dictionary - féMeaning of Old Icelandic word "fé" in English.
As defined by A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic (Geir Zoëga):
fé Old Icelandic word can mean:
- fé
- (gen. fjár), n.
- fé
- 1) cattle, esp. sheep;
- fé
- þeir ráku ~it (the sheep) upp á geilarnar;
- fé
- gæta fjár, to herd or tend sheep;
- fé
- ganganda ~, live stock, opp. to ‘dautt ~’, or ‘liggjanda ~,’ valuables, money;
- fé
- 2) property, money (hvárt sem ~ þat er land eðr annat ~);
- fé
- fyrirgøra ~ 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;
- fé
- afla sér fjár ok frægðar (frama), to gain wealth and fame;
- fé
- hér er ~ þat (the money), er Gunnarr greiddi;
- fé
- þiggit þat, herra, ~ er í því, there is value in it;
- fé
- pl. ~ (dat. fjám), property, means.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᚠᛁ
Abbreviations used:
- gen.
- genitive.
- n.
- neuter.
- esp.
- especially.
- dat.
- dative.
- pl.
- plural.