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Rh (Hofell) [hūfel (hufel, hofel)] (Grimista,, , , , ): *hó(há)fell, “high mountain”; Twarifell [twar··i-fel·] : *þver-fell; Valafell [vâ··lafel·] : *val-fell. Hwifell [hwi̇̄·fäᶅ·, with the first and second syllables equally stressed] (Haroldswick, ): *kví-fell; see *, A high, pointed headland  , which, from the sea, has the appearance of a rounded hill, is called (was called) by fishermen from Unst, when at sea,, - [trȯt··nəfäᶅ·, trøt··nə-] and [trod·ənafäᶅ· (trū··dənafäᶅ·)]: the swollen hill, *þrútna fell. — The extended form is less, and is found as the second part of , in Papa Stour [feli], in “Halafelli” [hal··afel·i, hall··i-] and “Tunefelli” [tū··nəfel·i, tun··ə-]: *tún-fell(i). — As the first part -, - [fɛl (fɛla)-, fɛᶅ-]. — As name of farms and villages are found [fɛᶅɩ], [fjelɩ] (Skaw, ) and in several places [fjēl, fjē$n$l]; the latter forms might, however, just as well spring from “fjall”. — See further Shetl. Stedn. pp. 90-91 (and 210, 211-12). — fell,, mountain;  felli, , a parallel form to “fell” in names of mountains. As a place-name in is found [mɛlən fjɛla, meᶅən fjɛᶅa] from an older *millum fella or fjalla, “between the hills (mountains)”; but as the name was explained by a person from in 1894 as “atween de hills”, the meaning has been understood till a short time ago;  [meᶅa fjēla] as a place-name in

†fell$w$ [fæl],, to strike; “I’ll f. dee atween de ha(l)s and de head”. Doubtless a local application of fell,  fella,

fell$n$ [fæl],, to scald, half-boil, a phrase belonging to fishermen’s tabu-: to f. de, to half-boil the limpets (for bait), = to leep de limpets. vella,, to bring to the boil. for *, is due to assimilating influence from f in the.

†fello, feljo [feᶅô (fæᶅo)],, an equal; mate; he had no [‘not’] (did no leave) his f. Pronounced from “fellow”, which in (also ) is used quite commonly in the sense of a companion; fellow, pronounced “fælo (fɛlo)”. ,, with a softened (palatalized) l, appears to be an older form in than “fellow” and  arises from félagi,, companion; comrade.

fem [fem],, a very thin layer or covering of something, floating on the surface of a fluid (water), a f. o’ dust, o’ meal ; something sticky (fat, oil) floating on the water. feime (Aa.),, a skin of fat, sticky fluid (on the water), and feim (R.),, a thin layer of dew, dust, fat in a liquid state, ,

fem [fem],, 1) , of something fatty, sticky: to float as a layer on the water, to f. abune [abøn·], of oil ; also  of dust, meal . 2)  , to sprinkle some meal on the water, to f. meal on de water. — feima,, to stick, adhere; feimin and feimen,, sticky. See ,

fen, fain [fē$n$n, fɛ̄$ə$n],, to show delight and pleasure at one’s coming; to receive one kindly and hospitably, to f. ane or to f. aboot ane; de dog (“fains”) his master, the dog wags its tail to its master, shows pleasure to him; de dog was (“fainin”) aboot him, the dog bounded about him, wagging its tail; I did no f. him, I could not bear him. fagna,, to welcome; receive with good cheer. The