fær – Old English noun declension

Noun: fær
Gender: n

Nominative

Singular	fǣr; fær
Plural	fǣras; faru

Genitive

Singular	fǣres; færes
Plural	fǣra; fara

Dative

Singular	fǣre; fære
Plural	fǣrum; farum

Accusative

Singular	fǣr; fær
Plural	fǣras; faru

Sample Sentences

Ðonne mid fēre foldbūende sē micla dæġ meahtan dryhtnes æt midre niht mæġne bihlæmeð, sċīre ġesċeafte, swā oft sċeaða fǣcne, þēof þrīstlīċe, þe on þȳstre fareð, on sweartre niht, sorglēase hæleð semninga forfēhð slǣpe ġebundne, eorlas unġearwe yfles ġenǣgeð. (Then the Great day of the mighty Lord clangs earth-dwellers, in bright being, with woe at the middle of the night’s strength, as often a guileful robber would, a thief boldly, who goes into the darkness, on a black night, takes carefree heroes, bound by sleep, forthwith by surprise, attacks unready men with evil.) [10th century, Christ C:]
fǣrslide (a sudden fall)
fǣrrǣs (sudden rush)
fǣrrǣsende (rushing headlong)
fǣrnīþ (hostile attack)
fǣrgripe (sudden grip)

Nouns inflected like fær

fær,

Etymology

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

Verbs referencing "fær"

English Nouns fare, Middle English Nouns fare, Swedish Nouns fara.