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Rh fjedin [fjēdin, -ɩn],, a sea-term, tabu-name used by fishermen for a whale. , (Dalseter). with blubber, of feitr,, fat;   “feidenakkje” as a jocular name, sea-term, to a seal (De Fine; Aasen in a concluding remark p. 975).
 * *feitingr, animal covered

fjeg [fjē$n$g],, shreds; fibres; rags; tak’ (cut) awa [‘away’] yon [‘that’] f.! May stand for a something drifting. Some instances of, developed from i ( i, í, y), are given under $ə$, A development is, however, also possible ( føyk,, and føykje, , drifting particles, drift). — See further $1$,
 * [*fi̇̄g] from an older *fyk, ,
 * føyk- > *føg, *fjøg >

fjel [fjēl, fjē$1$l],, a board; plank in a boat., From is also reported a form [fjǣ$ə$l]. In the form [fel, fəl] the word is found as the second part in some, - or , , a board.
 * fjǫl (fjal-),


 * fjell, *fjel,, see , , and
 * -dyke.

fjerk,, fjerkin, , see , .

fjevlos (fjeflos),, see ,

fjilsk,, fjilska, , fjilsket, , see, ,.

fjim,, see ,

fjiml, fjimel [fjɩməl] and fjimbl, fjimbel [fjɩmbəl],, to bungle, struggle with something; foo [‘how’] lang is du gaun [‘going’] to f. aboot yon [‘that’] ting? For the form fimla,, to fumble, paw (R.); but the meaning comes nearer to fumla,, to fumble, bungle (R.).

fjodi [fjodi, fjȯdi],, a short skirt, skirt with a bodice; de upper f.; also “f. [fjȯdi-]-skirt”. Perhaps from a *fota from an older state; order, from “fat”. fat, , clothes; dress (fat 3; Fr.).
 * fat.  fota,  (R.), custom;

fjog$ə$ [fjōg, fjō$n$g],, loose, untidy dress; to be in a f., to be untidily dressed; de claes is a’ [‘all’] in a f., the clothes hang loosely and untidily about him or her. a later developed parallel form to $1$, II? Note, however, the $ə$ [fᶅōg],, the softened l of which might have changed to j, as in >.

fjog$w$ or fjug [fjȯg, fjog],, 1) light, loose substance; dust; fluff; [fjȯg]. 2) too finely ground corn; [fjog, fjȯg]. 3) thin covering of detached, misty clouds, loose f. [fjȯg], light, quickly drifting clouds ; heavy drift of clouds in the sky, a f. [fjog] ower de sky ; haze; der’r [‘there is’] a f. [fjȯg] upo de land ;,  — A parallel form with k:  or  [fjok], is used in  in sense of: a) = , 1; b) snow falling in small, thin flakes, mostly in calm weather, = $1$ I 3 ; c) very thin, lean corn, a grain o’ f. — The root-meaning: something light, drifting. The word can be referred partly to fok,, drift, drifting, partly and to fjúk,, drift, snow-drift, in (fjuk) also: flake, drifting fibres. f. 3 is most probably to be referred to “fok”; f. 1 and 2, as well as, , to “fjúk”.

fjog, fjug [fjog],, said of a quern, mill: to grind, crush the corn too finely; de mill  de corn, de corn is , [fjogət]. of $2$, 2.

fjogg$2$ [fjȯg],, thin, lean, ill-grown corn, = II 2 a.  f(j)ogg, fjugg and fjagg,, poor, scantily growing corn.

fjogg$b$, fjugg [fjȯg, fjog],, 1) a lump; disorderly bundle; tangle; hit [‘it’]’s a’ [‘all’] in a f. [fjȯg], of