far n
1.
a means off passage, ship; bjarga fari á floti, to save a vessel qflaat; in compds, a trading vessel (Islands-far, Englands-far) ;
2.
passage ; taka (fá, ráða) sér fari or far, to take a passage in a ship; beiðast fars, to ask for a passage; synja e-m fars, to deny one a passage ; banna e-m f, to forbid one to sail (cf 'farbann') ;
3.
trace, print, track (Sveinki rak lömb sín til fjöru i förin) ; villast hundarnir farsins, the hounds lose the track ; of et sama f,on the same subject;
4.
life, conduct, behaviour; í fari konungsins in the king's character;
5.
state, condition (gefa þeir eigi gaum um hennar far) f veðranna, the course of the winds; at fornu fari, of yore, of old
