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178 fjörk,, fjörkin, , see , , ,

fla$1$ [flā],, thin, pared-off heather- or grass-turf, — flag, (moldar) flaga,, thin covering or layer of earth or mould. “flaw”,, to Jam., is the same word as  “peat-bank”; see, The dropped g in the  word may be due to the of (and ) “flaw”. to Jam., “flag” is found in with preserved final g in sense of a piece of greensward.

fla$2$ [flā],, 1) a wide, level stretch of grass-land. 2) broad ridge of land. flaw: Edm. to Jam., the word is (flaw) in the same senses. flag,, a tract of sea ( flag, flaga), wide bank or level shoal (Aa.), wide expanse of land (R.), in the latter sense = flak, , borrowed from ? $1$,

fla [flā],, in peat-cutting: to pare off the surface-soil before getting down to the actual peat, to f. de [‘moor’], to f. de “bank”. of $1$,

flab [flab],, 1) sonɩethingsomething [sic] loose and flapping; a torn, loosely-hanging garment. 2) unsteady wind with breaks in between, now break or short lull in windy weather, a f. i’ de wadder; in this sense also [fjab], arisen from  through a form with a softened (palatalized) l: *. flapr,, unsteady wind; flapaligr,, careless. also “flap”, which, however, in  is distinguished from (f. 1).

flab [flab],, to hang flapping loosely, of a torn garment.
 * flapa. See ,

flad,, see $1$,

flada [flāda],, ray (fish); a sea-term, tabu-name, used by fishermen. Really “the flat” or “flatfish”; “flat- fish”; *(hin) flata; doubtless the form of flatr,, flat.

fladrek [flād(ə)rək] and more flodrek [flōd(ə)rək, flȯd··ərək·], , limpet; tabu-name, a word belonging to fishermen’s tabu-terms. These limpets are commonly used as bait for fish. The form is nowadays the rarer form , the more frequent. The latter form is noted down in some places in the [flōd(ə)rək, flȯd··ərək]; [flȯd··ərək·] and in [flȯd··ərək·]. [flȯdək] =. to (*) de, to loosen limpets from their shells by scalding them (tabu-phrase); see $2$, — *flaðra. fladra,, small splinter. For the change of meaning, the relation between fliða [fli̇̄a],, limpet, and flida,, a thin flake; splinter. See, , and *, ; of the latter word the first part, “fliða” in is handed down in sense of limpet. In same sense flither (flidder) is found in (Yorkshire) and in the Isle of Man.

flag$1$ [flag (fᶅag), flāg],, 1) shoal of fish, shoal of small fry, a f. o’ (small coalfish); [flag, fᶅag, flāg];  [flâg]. 2) a flock of birds, in flight, a f. [flâg] o’ birds;  — In Papa a form [flād] is found in sense of abundance or a good haul of fish; we got a f. o’ haddocks. — flak, , and flake,, inter alia: a shoal of fish swimming on the surface of the water (flak 5, flake 3. Aa.). “steed”,

flag$2$ [flāg, fᶅāg],, 1) untidy, loose, flapping dress or state of dress; to be in a f. [flāg], to be loosely, untidily dressed; de oo’ [‘wool’] is in a f. [flāg], the wool (the sheep’s wool) is hanging loose, flapping; ; 2) much outward show of kindness; ingratiating