fǫr

Old Norse

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *farō.

Noun

fǫr f (genitive farar, plural farar or farir)

  1. journey
  2. attack, assault
  3. fate

Declension

Declension of fǫr (strong ō-stem, ar and ir-plurals)
feminine singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative fǫr fǫrin farar, farir fararnar, farirnar
accusative fǫr fǫrina farar, farir fararnar, farirnar
dative fǫr fǫrinni fǫrum fǫrunum
genitive farar fararinnar fara faranna

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Icelandic: för
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: fòr
  • Old Swedish: far

Further reading

  • Zoëga, Geir T. (1910) “för”, in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 157; also available at the Internet Archive
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