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172 oneself; to fawn, to f. aboot ane; rather ; de cat was aboot him, the cat was purring and rubbing her head against him. 2) to talk in a whimpering voice, to whine, what is du aboot? ? 3) to chatter, talk nonsense; also [fjāmər] with change of r and m. . —  fjarma,, to talk softly; to seem gentle and kind; to fawn, also: to chatter unreliably.

fjarmsom [fjarmsɔm],, that makes himself agreeable; fawning, ingratiating, a f. body; “he was no [‘not’] very f. wi’ us ava’ [‘at all’], he did not give us any kind welcome at all. Also very talkative. — *fjarmsamr. See ,

fjarsk,, see ,

fjarskin [fja‘rskin, -ɩn] and fjaskin [fjaskin], exclamation, 1) =, the devil; what f. [fja‘rskin, -ɩn] is de matter wi’ dee? 2) , outburst, expressing anger, disappointment, gloom; feeling of pleasure; oh f.! ''The devil! ’Sdeath!'' Heigh-ho! [fja‘rskin, -ɩn, fjaskin]. [fja‘rskin],. [sic] On  is found  [fjä‘rstin] and [fjȯ‘rstɩn], for “fjarskin”, in sense of ''oh! Heaven help us!'' — (?) fjarski,, exceedingly much; unreasonable,, fjarskaligr, , and fjarskaliga,, exceedingly,

fjarter [fja‘rtər],, a rag; shred, (a torn) piece, in  in the to pieces, mostly of garments; also in a wider sense: laid in , torn asunder, crushed, , ? with the  “torn in ” is used “torn in [ta‘rtərs]”. appears to be “tǫtrar”, of  tǫturr, , tatter; might then be a of a) one of the many words prefixed by fj- denoting something tattered  tat- tered'' (in  are found: fjag$n$, fjeg, fjogg$h$ or fjugg, fjoks- (fjuks-), fjunks, fjølg), and b). Note fjarreleg, fjurreleg, fjurren (R.), , shabby; badly dressed (fjarre = farre,, a tramp). might, however, be thought to be a contraction of an old *fatstǫtrar, , influenced by ; , , a rag of an old garment (Fr.).
 * torn in, torn, asunder,

fjask [fjask],, scrapings; small heap scraped together. fjask,, thrash. See , , and ,

fjask [fjask],, 1) to scrape together; to hoard; also [fjārsk, fja‘rsk]; a  body, an avaricious person; de coo is , the cow is eating greedily;  2) to go quickly, in a headlong manner, to geng aboot; [fjask]. 1 is doubtless faska, , to bury; to grab; hoard, partly also fjaska,, to bungle (see , , and ). 2 appears to be a second or third word; fjasa,, to puff; overhurry oneself,

fjaskin [fjaskɩn],, desirous; greedy? only noted down in the negative fish will not bite.  from , 1.
 * de fish is no f., the

fjaskins [fjaskins],, scrapings; leavings; he was (greedy) to get de f.  fjask,, thin, worthless stuff, thrash.

fjedemor [fjē$1$··dəmər·],, contemptuous for poor butter. Doubtless a name used comparatively, and, in that case, may be explained as an “*feiti- or *feitu-mǫrr”; feiti,, fat substance ( feita, feta, ); mǫrr, , the inner fat of a slaughtered animal, tallow. “feta” is used in sense of adipose membrane, lining the intestines of an animal, with mǫrr ( mörr,  mørur, ).