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Rh as light as f.; 2) haze, (light) vapoury clouds, =  and, . 3) a f. [fjo‘ŋk] o’ hair, soft, thin, untidy hair. — for meanings 1 and 3, fjon (fjaan), fjun, and, a flake; down, (fjon inter alia: thin, scant straw); fjaangr,, something thin, scant; furthermore fjom,, a) thin layer of dust; b) short, thin grass or beard. See ,
 * a (tick) f. [fjo‘ŋk] on de sky

fjonks$1$ [fjɔ‘ŋks],, confused, excited haste; to get in [‘into’] a f. , For * ( and,  and ). May have arisen either from *fjams (*fjoms) or *fums; a)  fjamsa,, to run about in confusion; to slur over; fjomsa, , a person easily confused, overhurrying himself;  forfjams(k)e, , to confuse, forfjamsket, fara fram ettir fummun, to go heedlessly on, follow one’s nose; fums, , = fuml, , fumbling; grabbing. — ,  is, however, a *fjams, partly on of the ɔ-sound, partly because and   are found in in sense of slovenly, ragged dress ( funs from *fums). For a change ms > ngs, nks in  see Introd. V (also N.Spr. VII) § 38 c.
 * b) fum,, confused haste;

fjonks$h$ (fjꜵ̈‘ŋks, fjə‘ŋks],, used contemptuously of a worthless gift; dat’s [‘that is’] a f. *fjams or slur over, , and fjangl, , valueless work.
 * fjangs.  fjamsa,, to confuse;

fjonks$n$ [fjȯ‘ŋks],, see ,

fjonsk,, see , , and , ,

fjora [fjora, fjɔra] and fjoren [fjɔrən], , a) ebb; b) foreshore, beach (dry at ebb and covered at flood-tide), now only used by fishermen as a tabu-word (at sea) in sense of limpets, because these, used for bait, are found on the beach. fjara,, ebb-tide; foreshore. the word “ebb” is used in sense of limpets; the common to the foreshore to gather limpets. See *,, and , — is found as a place-name: a) as a name of a fishing-ground: de Fjora [fjȯra], named after two low-lying tracts of shore, used as landmarks; b) as the first part of in a couple of names, in sense of ebb: de Fjorastens [fjȯr··astens·] , some rocks, visible at ebb [*fjǫru-steinar,] Fjorawick [fjȯr··awɩk·] (Lunnaness, ): several other names.
 * to geng to de limpet-ebb, to go
 * fjǫru-vík — to be found in

absence of ebb, formerly used of one of the three instances occurring in the winter months when ebb does not take place by day, on account of its shortness, but immediately before sunrise and after sunset. This phenomenon was called “de tree [‘three’] ”. , *fjǫruhvarf; fjara,, ebb. hvarf,, turning away; disappearance,
 * fjorahwarf [fjȯr··ahwa‘rf·], ,

fjoraskit [fjɔr··askit·, -skɩt·, fjȯr··a-], , 1) empty shell of a shell-fish, found on the foreshore ; dead shell-fish, putrid or putrifying piece of bait of a shell-fish, found on the beach, in the sand, when digging for bait . fjɔr··askit·: or - [fjȯr··askēd·, -skē·] and  [-skɩd], empty shell of a shell-fish;  2) = ; [fjȯr··askit·]. — *fjǫruskítr; see, , and , fjære-skiit [*fjǫru-skítr] denotes a species of small sea-bird.
 * fjȯr··askit·, -skɩt·: Also

fjord$2$ [fjȯrd],, 1*) a firth; large bay, now only as a place-name; de
 * a) the bay between