Germanic compound name, occasionally still in use in both Dutch and German. It is composed of the elements 'fara', 'travelling' [sometimes also interpreted as 'family' or 'tribe'] and 'hild', 'battle'. It was the name of a saint who's bones were buried in Gent, Belgium.
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