- FARMR
- (-s, -ar), m.1) freight, cargo (bera, flytja farm af skipi);load (in general);2) contents (maðrinn finnr fötuna með sínum farmi).* * *m. a fare, freight, cargo, Jb. 411, Eg. 129, Band. 5, Fms. iv. 259, Grág. ii. 395: metaph. a load in general, vide Lex. Poët.: in the Edda, Odin is Farma-guð and Farma-týr, m. the god and helper of loads,—he also was invoked bv sailors; skips-f., a ship’s freight: viðar-f., timbr-f., korn-f., hey-f., etc., a load of wood, timber, corn, hay, etc.
An Icelandic-English dictionary. Richard Cleasby and Gudbrand Vigfusson. 1874.