fæ

From Old Norse fé (“cattle, property”), from Proto-Germanic *fehu, cognate with Norwegian Bokmål fe, Swedish fä, English fee, Dutch vee, and German Vieh. The Germanic noun goes back to Proto-Indo-European *péḱu (“livestock”), cf. Latin pecū (“farm animals”).

• IPA^(key): [ˈfɛˀ]

fæ n (singular definite fæet, plural indefinite fæ)

1. fool, blockhead
2. (dated) livestock

• folk og fæ

• “fæ” in Den Danske Ordbog
• “fæ” in Ordbog over det danske Sprog

From Old Norse fé (“cattle, sheep; property, money”), from Proto-Germanic *fehu, from Proto-Indo-European *peḱu- (“livestock”).

• IPA^(key): /fɛaː/

fæ n (genitive singular fíggjar, uncountable)

1. cattle, livestock
2. riches, richness, property, goods, money

• (cattle, livestock): neyt, fenaður
• (richness, property): ríkidømi, ognir, eyður, góðs, peningur

• fíggjar-

See fá.

• IPA^(key): /ˈfaiː/

fæ

1. first-person singular present indicative of fá

fæ

1. inflection of fâ:
   1. second-person singular/second-person plural present indicative
   2. second-person plural present subjunctive
   3. second-person plural imperative
2. (obsolete) inflection of fâ:
   1. second-person singular future indicative
   2. first-person singular/third-person singular present conditional

fæ

1. first-person singular present active indicative of fá