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

• affǫr
• atfǫr
• ófǫr

Descendants

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

References

• för in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, G. T. Zoëga, Clarendon Press, 1910, at Internet Archive.