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Rh back. , . , and  fetta, , to bend back one’s body, fetta sér , sær, seg ;  fattr, , bent backward; and fattur, fatt,, bent backwards; hollow-backed.

fettin [fæ‘tɩn],, in the “keel-f.”, bend, curve of a boat’s keel to facilitate sailing ( to “keel-”, the keel-rounding which is better for rowing).
 * fetting. See ,

fib [fəb],, downy hairs; small, short, soft hairs. Also [fȯb]. a [fəbi]- or  [fȯbi]-seal , a young seal. to be compared with  fípa,, in “mýri-fípa” = fífa,, cotton-grass, myrdun, cotton-grass, Eriophorum.

fibi or fibbi [fəbi],, an otter; tabu-name, used by fishermen at sea. . May, like “-seal”, be derived from in sense of small, short, soft hairs. A of * in sense of tail might, however, also be indicated; febb, fibb,, a point; tail (fibbul, , dog’s tail). In that case, the name must be classed with other sea-terms for the otter, as: (corresponding to “dratthali” of the fox);  (from  dǫf,, a hind part),  (*, from hali, , a tail), and  -tail, dring-tail), really, that which drags its tail.

stretching along a river (or lake) and sometimes inundated; in still partly as a common noun, and partly as a place-name: de (.), ; also : de , Otherwise the word is common as a place-name in forms: a) - or - [fɩd]: Fidda [fɩda] and “Uta-dyke’s-Fidda” (oot o’ dyke’s = outside the fences) (Lerabakk, ); de Fiddins [fɩdens],   form: *fitjarnar; Fidna grøna [fɩdna grøna] (Collaster, ), a piece of meadow in the middle of a swampy dale between two hills: *fitin (: fitina) grœna (: grœnu), “the green meadow”. b) [fɩtᶊ]: de Fitj ; de meadow o’ Fitjin [fɩtᶊɩn] ,  form: *fitin; de Fitjes [fɩtᶊəs] (Hoswick, ), ; de Fitjins [fɩtᶊɩns] (, Collafirth,, Catfirth, ); also Vidji [vɩdᶎɩ]. c) as the last part of the [ᶄȯ‘r··kafɩts·] (Bakka,, Uyea, ): de Fedis [fēdis] (Lunnister, ), and “Fjed [fjēd]” in Fjedhul [fjēd··hul·] , a piece of damp meadow at the foot of a hillock, the name of the hillock itself: —  fit,  ( fitjar), meadow-land on the banks of a firth, lake or river.
 * fid [fɩd],, a low, fertile meadow
 * [fɩt], de Kjorkafits
 * kirkju-fitjar. d) “Fed [fēd]” in
 * fit-hóll. See Shetl. Stedn. p. 92.

fidabord, fidebord,, see ,

fiddikoddi [fɩd··ɩkȯd·i],, concubareconcubare [sic]. Vulgar. The first part fitte, fitta, , vulva, pudendum muliebre.

fider, fidder [fɩdər, fedər],, a sheep-mark: a slanting cut, from the upper edge of a sheep’s ear, to “hingin’ [‘hangin’] widder” = a cut slanting from below upwards. In some places (as in ) , is similar to “strae-draw”, a strip cut from the edge of a sheep’s ear. [wɩdər, wedər] (in several places) and [wɩtər, wetər] are parallel forms to. The word means feather.  and  fjöður, , a) a feather; b) a cut, slanting from the upper edge of a sheep’s ear, also “hangandi fjöður”, a cut, slantingfrom below in a sheep’s ear (orally reported). A distinct difference of is made between 11*