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206 not succeed; I cam’ till a f. (.), I met with a misfortune. Seems to have arisen by mingling of ferð,, and fǫr, , a journey. See further $1$, $2$ and ,

førd$1$ [fø̄rd, førd],, to convey; carry, something heavy, or ironically used of something trifling; to f. a heavy burden, to carry a heavy burden; to f. awa [‘away’] ane’s, to carry one’s booty into safety; also in the phrase: “du ’ll f., as du ”, you most content yourself with what you have or get, really, you bring home and put aside,  to that which you find. — fœra,, to ferry; to bring. For d in see the note under $wg$ and , also $2$,  — from forða,, to move; bring to a safe place, forda, , to convey, move. See $2$, $1$ and , førd$2$ [fø̄rd],, 1) to wander; in a fisherman’s verse from : de   wis [‘was’ — were] aboot de fire, the sucking pigs wandered about the fire (the fire-place) . 2) a) to get on or along in a certain manner, in conjunction with “weel” [‘well’], more rarely with “ill” [‘badly’]; he weel, he was well received. passively: he was weel, he was well treated and entertained. b) to thrive; to f. weel, to thrive well. —  1 springs from ferðask,, to travel, 2 from fara,, to fare, fara vel, to fare well, to be successful in one’s expedition. For the mingling of the forms see $2$, and, , as well as $b$,

føst [føst],, to make great haste. Either from *føysa ( føysa,  fösa,, to drive hastily onwards), or  a parallel form to. See ,

  gaat,, see ,

ga$2$, ga’ [gā],, 1) mock-sun; “a ’ afore de sun” is considered to portend bad weather. See $1$, 2) in the “wadder [‘weather’]-’”, low, threatening, storm-charged cloud (Burra). — a shortening of * with dropped, final ll to usage (see further under the word). a)  galle, gall,, fragment of a rainbow (a portent of rough weather); b)  väder-gall, , a storm-charged cloud.

ga$1$, ga’ [gā],, hard piece in the centre of something, hard spot in the middle of a potato; de taati [‘potato’] had a ’ in him. — ’-knot = -knot, a firmly tied knot. — See further under ,, of which ’ seems to be a shortening with dropped ll, to  usage ( ba’, ca’, fa’, ha’, wa’ =  ball, call, fall, hall, wall).

ga$1$ [gā],, a hole; opening, see $2$,

gab [gāb],, 1) a gap; opening, an open tract, a wind-swept place, noted down in the : to stand i’ de g. o’ de wind, to stand in the mouth of the wind. , 2) idle