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Rh old; advanced in years. farren, far(r)and, in “auld-f.”, has, to Jam., a meaning: sagacious. — “auld- (-fareld)” may be a contraction of “aldri farinn”, and the first part consequently not an  auld? In that case, more correctly written ,

fargert,, see.

used by boys during a game. This game consisted of pitching a stone into a certain hole. When someone succeeded “ f.!” was cried, and the next time, “second [anā·ri]!” Sound and Lerwick, Reported by John Irvine. — is doubtless the  form of “far” in the sense of time, round, like far, ; “ f.” is an  *fyrsta farit;   fyrste faret, the first time. (the second syllable stressed) might, in reference to this, be a contraction of “annat farit”, second time. “second”, in that case, has been added tautologically, because “anari” or eventually “*anna fari” was no longer understood. The contraction of “anna(t) fari(t)” to “anari” might be explained thus, that “second” was used to introduce the second exclamation, as “firsta” the first one, before the contraction had taken place. Exclamation 2, regarded as a kind of second line of verse, would, by the addition mentioned, contain one stressed syllable more than exclamation 1. This dissimilarity would then be adjusted by the contraction mentioned.
 * fari [fāri],, noted down in the
 * “ f.!”, exclamation, formerly

farlek [fārlek, -lək],, a vessel; ship, tabu-word, used by fishermen at sea. of ; see $1$,

fasgerd, -gert [fasgərd, fasgə‘rt, fāsge‘rt, fāsgə‘rt] and fasgord [fas - gōrd, -gɔrd, -gȯrd],, 1) a wall of peats laid up for drying along the edge of a peat-pit; the second drying in larger, closer piles; the first drying of newly cut peats takes place in the so-called or “-lay”.  :  [fāsgə‘rt (fas-)]. 2) a length or circlet of plaited straw: a) a length of straw sewn round the upper edge of a straw-basket, a circular plaiting round the edge of a basket; sometimes also b) a length of straw, sewn round and round in the bottom of a broken basket to mend it; c) a collar of straw, placed round the neck of a draught-horse (= $w$); d) a ring of straw, placed round the hollow of a “knockin’-stane”; see further under $1$, ; e) a length of string or straw in a plaited straw-net basket, in contrast to . Reported from in the forms:  [fadᶎgə‘rt] and [fāsgə‘rt] in sense 2 a; from in the forms  [fasgōrd (fasgɔrd)] and  [fasgərd] in senses 2 a and b; from : [fāsgȯrd] in sense 2 a; from :  [fāsge‘rt] in sense 2 a; from :  [fasge‘rt, fasgə‘rt] in senses 2 c and d. [fāsgə‘rt], in sense 2 e, is reported by J.I. . “ [fasgɔrd]-boddom” , a part of the bottom of a basket sewn on afterwards. 3) jokingly and comparatively: a piece partly torn off, of a petticoat or a pair of trousers; long rag, dragged behind a person in walking; to geng trailin’ a ; what’na [‘what’] is yon [‘that’], (at) du is trailin’ efter dee? [fāsge‘rt]. In this sense also [fargə‘rt, fār-]. —, seems to have a double origin: a) from , -, -, from  fastgarðr;