fár

• IPA^(key): /fɔaːɹ/
• Rhymes: -ɔaːɹ

From Old Norse fár, from Proto-Germanic *fērą.

fár n (genitive singular fárs, uncountable)

1. (poetic) accident, anger, calamity

From Old Norse fær, from Proto-Germanic *fahaz.

fár n (genitive singular fárs, plural fár)

1. sheep

• frá

• IPA^(key): /fauːr/

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• Rhymes: -auːr

From Old Norse fár, from Proto-Germanic *fawaz.

fár (comparative færri, superlative fæstur)

1. (usually in the plural, except when used with collective nouns and mass nouns) few
2. in low spirits, unenthusiastic, impassive

From Old Norse fár, from Proto-Germanic *fērą.

fár n (genitive singular fárs, no plural)

1. accident, anger, calamity

• frá

From Proto-Germanic *fawaz, whence also Old English fēaw (English few), Old Frisian fe, Gothic 𐍆𐌰𐌿𐍃 (faus).

fár (comparative færri, superlative fæstr)

1. few

Contracted forms may later be uncontracted by analogy, especially in later texts, resulting in forms such as fáan instead of fán (masculine accusative singular).

Inherited from Proto-Norse *ᚠᚨᚱᚨ (*fara /⁠fāra⁠/) (attested in compound), from Proto-Germanic *fērą, whence also Old English fǣr, Old Saxon vār, Old High German fāra.

fár n (genitive fárs)

2. bale, harm, mischief, anger
3. dangerous illness

• Icelandic: fár n
• Faroese: fár n

From Proto-Germanic *fahaz.

fár n (genitive fárs)

1. alternative form of fær

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

fár

1. second/third-person present indicative active of fá