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170 følva (fölva), felva,, See above ,, , name for a sorceress: see under ,

fjab,, see ,

fjag$1$ [fjāg],, I) 1) dust; flake; something light, dust-like ; fine meal-dust. 2) a thin, light covering of clouds; detached, misty clouds in motion; and  ; de f. is flyin’ ower de sky . 3) drizzle or snow falling slightly (mostly in calm weather), a slight shower, a f. o’ rain, o’ weet [‘wet’], a f. o’ snaw [‘snow’];. II) 1) something loose, unravelled, feazed; de end o’ de [‘rope’] is a’ [‘all’] in a f., the end of the rope is quite feazed ; his head was in a f., his hair was quite dishevelled, hanging loose and untidy ; meaning II 2 c; to be in a great f., to be very untidily dressed. 2) a) thin, short, empty corn in the field, a corn (a trifle) o’ f.; b) thin, poor hay; c) scant, dishevelled hair (see II 1). and. 3) lumber, a lock [‘lot’] o’ f. . — Old *fjak? see, (trash; mess). Various words may here have been merged together. With  II 2 maybe compared fjagg, , scantily growing (poor) grass, hair,  (R.).  I assimilates entirely to $wg$ or , , and might be a parallel form to this word. A *fyk, which through * [*] was changed to  by a later change of i to ja, might be indicated. Change of i, and  e, in  Norn, is carried out in a somewhat different way from the other Northern languages. —   fyk, , “some snow, just enough to drift” (R.), with I 3, and   fyk, , a flake, = fjuk, with  I. With  further    [fjē$h$g], , rags; fibres, which might be regularly developed from a * ( from, -, from. from, from byrr, , fair wind). Note, however, forms with “ja”, such as “fjagel, fjagla”, recorded in Ri. with reference to “fjuk” — not mentioned, however, under this word (verb). — See $e$ or   and $w$,

fjag$n$ [fjāg],, 1) eager bustling with trifles (?). 2) fidgeting about a person with excessive or simulated kindness and care; to be in (op in) a f. aboot ane. 3) feverish bustle; to be in a great f. aboot somet’in’, to be very busy about something, of fidgety bustle with little progress ; needless haste, to be in a f. . 4) a long, close conversation, disparagingly, mockingly or jokingly: a long, wearisome talk (between two persons); to get intill [‘into’] a f. . — fjak,, fidgety bustle. also  fik,, and fika, , restless bustle or haste, and fik,, figværk, haste. See $w$,, and ,

fjag$h$ [fjāg],, to unravel; feaze, in  [fjāgət], fjaget op, unravelled; feazed; de end o’ de [‘rope’] is a’ [‘all’] fjaget op. of $2$, (meaning II 1).

fjag$ə$ [fjāg],, 1) to trifle (?). 2) to fidget about someone, simulating excessive kindness and care, to f. aboot ane, = the more usual,  fjaka, , to fidget; bustle. also fika,, to fidget; wag; trifle, (R.).

fjagers [fjāgərs], exclamation of annoyance, when something has been lost: hang it! ; also = fy upon it! fie..

fjakom [fjakom, fjakəm],, scrapings; thin, worthless stuff; a grain o’ f.. $2$,

fjakk [fjak],, 1) feverish hurry,