fær

Faroese

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fɛaːɹ/
• Rhymes: -ɛaːɹ
• Homophone: far

Verb

fær

1. third-person singular present of fáa

   hon fær sær ein kaffimunn

   she gets herself a cup of coffee

   (literally, “she takes a cup of coffee”)

   Sjúrður fær sær hestin Grana og ríður til Regin smið

   Sigurd finds the horse Grane and rides to Regin the smith

Icelandic

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /faiːr/
• Rhymes: -aiːr

Etymology 1

From Old Norse fǿrr, fœrr.

Adjective

fær (comparative færari, superlative færastur)

1. able
2. talented, competent

   Hún er fær í forritun.

   She is good at programming.

3. (of roads) passable

   Er vegurinn fær?

   Is the road passable.

Inflection

Synonyms

• (passable): farandi

Antonyms

• (antonym(s) of "passable"): ófær

Derived terms

Etymology 2

Verb

fær

1. third-person singular present indicative active of fá

Anagrams

• fræ

Norwegian Nynorsk

Alternative forms

• fe (dialectal)

Verb

fær

1. (non-standard since 2012) present of få

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”)).

Alternative forms

• fēr

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fæːr/

Noun

fǣr m

1. sudden danger, calamity

   fǣrslide ― a sudden fall

   fǣrrǣs ― sudden rush

   fǣrrǣsende ― rushing headlong

2. sudden attack; ambush; a blitz

   fǣrnīþ ― hostile attack

   fǣrgripe ― sudden grip

Declension

Derived terms

Descendants

• Middle English: fere, fer, feer, feere
  • English: fear
  • Scots: fere, feir
  • Yola: vear

Etymology 2

From Proto-West Germanic *far, from Proto-Germanic *farą, from the same source as Old English faran. Cognate with Old High German far (“harbour, carting station”), Old Norse far (“pathway, vehicle, ship”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fær/

Noun

fær n

1. journey; coming, going

Declension

Derived terms

• ymbfær

Descendants

• Middle English: fare, far, phare, vare; fære, væræ
  • English: fare
  • Scots: fare
  • Yola: gudeváre

Old Norse

Alternative forms

• *fáʀ — Old East Norse

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *fahaz.

Noun

fær n

1. sheep

Synonyms

• sauðr

Derived terms

• Færeyjar

Descendants

• Icelandic: fær
• Faroese: fár
• Old Swedish: fār
  • Swedish: får
• Old Danish: far
  • Danish: får
    • Norwegian Bokmål: får
    • → Norwegian Nynorsk: får