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Rh aimless and useless bustling about; de(r) wer [‘there was’] a f. upon him; to be in a f. and  2) trouble; anxiety; dilemma; to be in a f.  fjakk,, bustle;  of *; see $2$,   fjakk, , disorder; confusion.

fjakk,, see ,

fjal [fjāl],, to hide oneself; disappear: now only in fishermen’s tabu- at sea: [pōbi] is, “Pobi” (sea-term for a hill in Unst, used as a landmark during fishing) is disappearing (hiding itself) in the distance.. *fjala from “fela”. fela, fjala, , to hide.

fjaldreks [fjaldrəks], exclamation of surprise; oh, f. on eart’! what on earth!.

fence, division, marking the boundary between parts of the out-field ; now : hill-dyke. * [fja‘lsgōrd] and “f.-dyke”, now as a common noun, is used as a place-name in, as a name for the remains of an old fence, separating the villages Haroldswick and Norwick: de F.-g. (-dyke). *fjallsgarðr. fjall,, mountain, and garðr,, a wall. “dyke” ( dyke, , a wall) is a tautological addition to. — is found in a few other place-names, such as: “de -mires” : *fjalls-(mýrar); but otherwise the unchanged form is usual in place-names of heights. For the forms of place-names: , ,, see ,
 * fjalsgord [fja‘lskər]-dyke,, a

fjamer,, see ,

fjana [fjāna],, a disagreeable, obtrusive flock, of poultry (hens); a f. o’ hens, o’ dukes [‘ducks’]. Doubtless something belonging to the devil, devilment. A mingling of ( fjandinn, the devil) and “fan-”, the devil? fani, , and “fanen, fan”, the devil, — might have arisen from * by a later inserted j. fananskapur can be used, similar to “fjana”, of an obtrusive flock. — Though a few instances are found in in which a is developed from an ó (thus: reasons “fjana” can hardly be derived from fjón,, enmity; hatred,  as another obvious explanation exists.
 * , mother), owing to phonetic

fjandi [fjandi, fjäᶇdi (fja$wg$ndi)], , 1) with the of the old : [fjandin, -dɩn], the devil, mostly in exclamations, oaths, such as: f. sit i’ dy hands!, oh f.! confound it! hang it! . In  the word is found equally stressed on both syllables: fjan·din·, noted down in the  “gane to de f.” gone to the devil, entirely disappeared. 2) contemptuous term for short, thin corn; [(fja$wg$ndi) fjäᶇdi]; now more usually “fiend”. With suffixed : [fjandin], thin, empty corn. — fjandi (fjándi),, enemy; devil, with (fjandinn), the devil. With to  2,  the use of “trami”, partly a) the devil; partly b) poor yarn.

fjanskin [fja‘nskin], an oath; exclamation: oh f.! ''confound it! hang'' it! Also used as a kind of blessing: f. upo yon ting! may fortune attend that child! ( to: heaviness upo! may misfortune attend!); ; applied here in a sense to the, as the word must be regarded as a corruption of. See ,

fjarm [fjārm],, 1) fawning; ingratiating oneself; to had [‘hold’] a (big) f. aboot ane = to aboot ane. 2) whimpering; whining complaint. 3) chattering; jabbering. See ,

fjarm [fjārm],, 1) to ingratiate