fær

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

fær

1. third-person singular present of at fáa

• hon fær sær ein kaffimunn - "she gets herself a cup of coffee" (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

• IPA^(key): /faiːr/
• Rhymes: -aiːr

fær (comparative færari, superlative færastur)

1. able
2. talented, competent

   Hún er fær í forritun.

   She is good at programming.

3. (of roads) passable ^ant. syn.

   Er vegurinn fær?

   Is the road passable.

• (passable): ^def. ant. farandi

• (passable): ^def. syn. ófær

• fræ

fær

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

From Proto-Germanic *fērō. Cognate with Old Saxon vār (“ambush”) (Dutch gevaar (“danger”)), Old High German fāra (“ambush, danger, deceit”) (German Gefahr (“danger”)).

• IPA^(key): /fæːr/

fǣr m

1. sudden danger, calamity, ambush; a blitz

• English: fear

From the same Germanic source as faran. Cognate with Old High German fuora (German Fuhre).

• IPA^(key): /fær/

fær n

1. journey; coming, going

• ymbfær

• English: fare

From Proto-Germanic *fahaz.

fær f

1. sheep

• Færeyjar

• Icelandic: fær
• Norwegian: får
• Danish: får
• Swedish: får

• sauðr

• far
• fär

From Old Norse far and fár.

• IPA^(key): /faːr/, /fæːr/

fær n

1. contagious, current disease
2. runnel

• gangfær (“epidemic”)
• mâgafær (“stomach bug”)
• vettufær (“runnel”)

fær

1. imperative of fara

fær m (definite fæærn)

1. Alternative form of far