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180 wind) or cam’  doon [‘down’] de lum (the smoke-hole in the roof). Also  :  and  flana,, to rush on blindly; tumble, gad about; flane: to flirt. For the development of the meaning in   , , squall of wind, from *brusa; , , stormy weather, from *busa; , , = bus, from *rusa; further  $2$, (from *flasa, to rush on; flirt?).

flaps [flaps],, a gentle blow; flap; to get a f.; flap of the wings (see, ). . From the root *flap; see ,

flaps [flaps],, to give a gentle blow; to flap; of birds: to flap the wings.. *flapsa from *flap-; see ,

flar [flār],, a thin layer of something, a f. o’ snaw [‘snow’], o’ muck, =. *flaðr (or *flaðra). dialects flader, flar (flår), , bark, a flake of bark; fla(d)r, , a flake, a kind of thin, flat fish (R.), also a thin coating (R. Suppl.). fladra (flara),, a small splinter. In a sense, ;

flati [flati],, a level piece of land, =, ,. flati,, flata, , a plane surface.

flatj (flats?) [flatᶊ],, 1) to flatten; press down. 2) to walk heavily and clumsily, to geng aboot. 3) to strike to the ground. — fletja,, to level; stretch out,  flatch, , to fold down. “flatᶊ” might be formed regularly from fletja:  for the  of tj,  [brɩtᶊ] and  [brȯtᶊ], , from  brytja;  [fɩtᶊ], , =  from  fit(j);  [fɩtᶊ], , from  fitja;  [flɩtᶊ], , from flytja;  [vɩtᶊ], , from vitja. See $1$ or ,

flatsi$1$ or flatji [flatᶊɩ (flatsi?)], , 1) something large (extended) and flat . 2) a flat cake, =. 3) in  and compounded with “liver’’: liver-, a couple of young coalfish  slightly dried, split and laid together with liver between, and grilled (,  , , Skerries), = (liver-) ; see $n$, Appears to be formed of  , , see above.  3 might be a transformation of an older word, beginning with “flat-” (  flatningr, , a flat fish) or an of an  *flat-seiðr, “flat coalfish”.

flatsi$e$ [(flatsi) flatᶊɩ],, a shakedown, a bed of straw on a threshing-floor, = “flat-bed”. of flatsæng,, a bed made on the floor.

flatti [flaƫi, fläƫɩ],, a level patch of ground, =,. See , For the doubling of t  “fløttur” from  flǫtr,, a level stretch, a strip of arable land or grass-land.

flek or flekk [flɛk, flæk],, 1) a small stretch of land of a certain quality, from the surrounding land (swampy, sandy, rocky, ), now mostly in place-names. 2) a part of the sea-bottom of a certain kind; sandy, muddy or covered with seaweed. In Unst often used in names of fishing-grounds, mostly with, between a common noun and a place-name: de f. (Flekk), de Firselsflekk, de Muflekk (Mua-). See Sh.Stedn. pp. 94 and 205. flek, , a piece of ground, a field; flekk,, a small stretch of field (R.).

Flekka [flɛka, flæka],, a cow with large spots, as name for such a cow. ; *Flekka. From flekkr,, a fleck, spot.

flekket [flɛkət, flækət],, spotted, having large spots, of cows: a f. coo;  also of horses: a f. horse; of soil of varied appearance, partly snow-covered ground: f. grund;