fäfot
Swedish
editEtymology
editfä (“cattle”) + fot (“foot”), from Old Swedish fæfoter.
Noun
editfäfot c
- cattle's hoof, as used in the expressions:
- ligga för fäfot
- to lie uncultivated, to lie waste, to be abandoned by humans, to be in ruins, literally: to lie at cattle's hoof
- lägga för fäfot
- to lay uncultivated, to abandon, to lay waste
- ligga för fäfot
See also
editFurther reading
edit- fäfot in Svensk ordbok.