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158 same word as, , but altered through influence of vat. 2) : an oval-shaped chest for keeping small articles of clothing, women’s caps, Reported in this sense by J.I. . 3) : a stumpy or clumsy person, corpulent woman, [fədək] and [fȯdək]:   the relation between $n$ and $1$. — fat, n., a vat, and fata, f., a pail for fetching water. 2 might, however, have an origin from 1, or, at any rate, be influenced by another word from the latter;  fatakista, , a chest for garments, the first syllable of which is “fat”,, a garment.

fedmel [fɛdməl, fedməl],, a fat, corpulent woman. Also [fädməl]. - is feitr,, fat; ä in fäd- is influenced by fat, For the suffix -, such nouns as fedme,  fetma.

feger [fɛgər], feg [fɛg, fēg], foger [fogər, fȯgər],, a periphrasis for the sun, only in form: de f., the sun, and only as a tabu-name, used by fishermen at sea. , Unst, is recorded [føgər]. — From fagr,, fair; beautiful; may also originate from the form “fǫgr”, used as a noun. from “fǫgr”. In Alvíssmál (Elder Edda) is mentioned “fagra-hvél (the fair wheel)” as the elves’ name for the sun. ,
 * ; : From Burrafirth,
 * hin fagra (sól, ), the fair.

†fei [fɛi, fæi],, dying, who is near death.  [fai]: feigr, (Jam.) fey, fee, fie,, on the point of death. Though   may be regarded as most a form and without any direct development from feigr (which in ought regularly to give * or *; note the form “fiegan” in  the Foula-ballad,  , feigan), the word is used in certain sayings, not to be found in Jam., but quite with the  sayings, built upon “feigur” (predestined to die) and certainly originating from ; thus: “he is no [‘not’] f. de day [‘to dayto-day [sic]’]”, of a person arriving on the spot just when being spoken about; “he is (surely) f.”, of a person behaving in a manner unusual to him, is exceptionally flippant, boisterous, ness [fæinɛs (fäi-),)], [sic] (not in Jam.), a supernatural vision portending death, : a) the apparition of a person not present (is considered to portend the death of the person concerned before the close of the year); b) one’s double, alter ego (portending the person’s approaching death); to carry ane’s f., to be followed by one’s own double . In “hamferð” is used in the same sense as  ness, and it is always said of one seen in “hamferð” that he (she) is “feigur (feig)”,, will die before the close of the year.

fell [fɛl, fel, fɛᶅ, fäᶅ],, a mountain; height; except in place-names, now only preserved in a few cases in fishermen’s tabu-lang. at sea: “de Hill o’ Hagrister” is called ( by  fishermen) when at sea “de [fɛ‘lᶊən]” or “de ’s (’s) ” [fɛ‘ls, fe‘ls]: the end of the hill, fells endi; (really stump; fragment), rope’s end in fishermen’s (see, ). in “fell’s damp” is still mainly a common noun, while now doubtless is understood only as a place-name, is quite common as the second part of  in names of great heights, pronounced “fĕl” (with a weak secondary accent or unaccented), and (as in Unst) “fäᶅ” (with a strong accentuation), Hamrafell, see, ;
 * Blofell [blōfel, bᶅɔ̄fel] : *bláfell;