# fær
## Faroese
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /fɛaːɹ/
* Rhymes: -ɛaːɹ
* Homophone: far

### Verb

fær
* third-person singular present of fáa
    hon fær sær ein kaffimunnshe gets herself a cup of coffee(literally, “she takes a cup of coffee”)
    Sjúrður fær sær hestin Grana og ríður til Regin smiðSigurd finds the horse Grane and rides to Regin the smith

## Icelandic
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /faiːr/
* Rhymes: -aiːr

### Etymology 1

From Old Norse fǿrr, fœrr, from Proto-Germanic *fōriz (“able to go, passable”).

#### Adjective

fær (comparative færari, superlative færastur)
* able, talented, competent
    Hún er fær í forritun.She is good at programming.
* (of roads) passable
    Synonym: farandi
    Antonym: ófær
    Er vegurinn fær?Is the road passable.

##### Derived terms

* fær í flestan sjó
* sveltur sitjandi kráka en fljúgandi fær
* vanfær
* vera allir vegir færir
* vera fær í
* vera fær um
* vera öllum fært

### Etymology 2

From Old Norse fær.

#### Noun

fær n (unknown declension)
* (obsolete, only in compounds) sheep
    Synonym: kind

##### Derived terms

* færsauður (“sheep”)
* færgras (“sheep's fescue (Festuca ovina)”)
* færeygill (“sheep-eyed”) (obsolete)
* Færeyjar (“The Faroes”)
* færilús (“sheep ked Melophagus ovinus”, literally “sheep louse”)

#### References

* Ásgeir Blöndal Magnússon (1989) Íslensk orðsifjabók, Reykjavík: Árni Magnússon Institute for Icelandic Studies, →ISBN (Available at Málið.is under the “Eldri orðabækur” tab.)
* Mörður Árnason (2019) ““fær-””, in Íslensk orðabók, 5th edition, Reykjavík: Forlagið
* “sauðvingull”, in Íðorðabanki [Terminology Bank] (in Icelandic), Reykjavík: The Árni Magnússon Institute for Icelandic Studies, 2002–2024

### Etymology 3
#### Verb

fær
* third-person singular present indicative active of fá

### Anagrams

* fræ

## Norwegian Nynorsk
### Alternative forms

* fe (dialectal)

### Verb

fær
* (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: /fæːr/

#### Noun

fǣr m
* sudden danger, calamity
    fǣrslide ― a sudden fall
    fǣrrǣs ― sudden rush
    fǣrrǣsende ― rushing headlong
* sudden attack; ambush; a blitz
    fǣrnīþ ― hostile attack
    fǣrgripe ― sudden grip

##### Declension

Strong a-stem:

##### Derived terms

* fǣrgripe
* fǣrgryre
* fǣrlīċ
* ġefǣr

##### 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: /fær/

#### Noun

fær n
* way, journey, passage, expedition; highway
* proceedings, way of life
* movable possessions; means of subsistence
* ark, ship
* aspect

##### Declension

Strong a-stem:

##### Derived terms

* ymbfær

##### Descendants

* Middle English: fare, far, phare, vare, fære, væræ (Early Middle English)
** English: fare
** Scots: fare
** Yola: gudeváre

## Old Norse
### Alternative forms

* *fáʀ — Old East Norse

### Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *fahaz.

### Noun

fær n
* sheep
    Synonym: sauðr

#### Derived terms

* Færeyjar

#### Descendants

* Icelandic: (obsolete) fær
* Faroese: fár
* Old Swedish: fār
** Swedish: får
* Old Danish: far
** Danish: får
*** Norwegian Bokmål: får
*** → Norwegian Nynorsk: får