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Rh go back, ; also called “to geng [‘go’] [fɩtᶊ··fæt·əls]. fitja, fittja,, to draw together (to plait), tie together; fitja,, to make folds; fedde, , to tie in skeins (hanks of thread).

fitj-fetel,, see under ,

fitjin [fɩtᶊɩn], straw-band twisted in and out, used in thatching. of ,

fitl, fitel [fɩtəl, f$ɛ$itəl, f$æ$itəl, fæitəl], , 1) to take short, light steps in walking; ? (Edm.: fittl). 2) to do trifling work; to bungle; to f. aboot somet’in’; what is du aboot? or [fɩtəl]; [(f$n$itəl, f$ɛ$itəl) fæitəl], — (and ) fitla,, to touch lightly; fitla,, to bungle; trifle; fittlä,, to be dilatory. —, ,  2, with 2. See further, , from which is derived.

fitlek, fitlin, fitrik,, a sea-term (tabu-name) for mouse; see further , ,

fitlin [fɩtlin, fətlin, f$æ$ɩtlin, fəɩtlin, fəɩtᶅɩn, fäitlin, fäitᶅɩn],, the skin of the foot of animals, of a cow, ox, or horse; is made into (shoes). — fɩtlɩn, fətlin: fəɩtᶅɩn and fäitᶅɩn: fäitlin: — *fitlingr. fitel (R.) and fetling (Aa.),, skin of the foot of an animal, fitjung,, a shoe made of the skin of a foot, are of fit,, hide between the hoofs of a cloven-footed animal, also web, the webbed foot of water-birds, in also = fitel, fetling. fitskór,, a shoe made of fit. — See ,

fitlinn, fit-linn [fɩtlɩn, fətlɩn], , a stretcher in a boat supporting the feet in rowing, = fótalunnur. The first syllable is fit, , a foot; for the second syllable see $ə$,

fitsek,, a sea-term (tabu-name) for mouse; see ,

fittek, fitter, fittin,, sea-term (tabu-name) for mouse and cat; see .

fitti,, see ,

fitwark, fit-wark [fətwä‘rk], , 1) pain in the feet. 2) much trudging about; we had a f. destreen [‘yesterday’]. fótaverkr,, gout. “fit” is a form ;  also “wä‘rk” ( wark = work, wark = an ache, a pain). The , now modified in its form to, is doubtless ancient in , arising from fótaverkr, to which the meaning of “fitwark 1” assimilates.

fivl, fivel [fɩvəl], fivla [fɩvla (fəvla)] and fivlin [fɩvlɩn],, a very thin layer of something; a o’ butter (on bread), o’ meal, o’ snaw [‘snow’], ; a o’ = a o’ butter. In also noted down in sense of a thin layer of low-lying mist, a o’ mist. mostly of a thin covering of snow, a  o’ snaw. — fivl, fivel: fivla:  fivlin: — Other forms:, [fɩfəl], a f. o’ snaw, and, [fɩbəl], a f. o’ snaw. — fǫlva (fölva),, and fǫl (föl), and , a thin covering of snow (snæfǫlva, snjá- and snjófǫl); følv (fölv), felv,, and følvan (fölvan), felvan, , a thin layer (of snow, of butter on bread), følva (fölva), felva, , to spread on quite thinly; to make a thin covering of snow on the ground. föl,, a) fading; b) “a little snow hardly visible on the ground” (B.H.). — The forms have arisen by metathesis of l and v: for an older * or *.

fivl, fivel [fɩvəl],, to cover thinly, to spread butter thinly on bread, to f. upo de bread.