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Rh hit’s ill to track de o’ ower f. grund, it is difficult to follow the otter’s trail over patchy, snow-covered soil. to the sea-bottom: covered with bunches of seaweed, growing in patches on it (Edm.). — flekkóttr,, flecked; spotted.

flem, flim [flem],, a layer; covering, of fat; fat, floating on the surface of a liquid; fat, skimmed from water in which meat is boiling.  fleima (Aa.) and flima (R.),, thin cloud; slight covering of clouds. — [flɛm] and [fløm], phlegm coughed up, differ from, here treated.

flemper [flæ‘mpər],, passion; restless, excited state of mind; to get in [‘into’] a f., to fly into a temper. *flempra or *flimpra for an older *flem(p)tra or *flim(p)tra. See the cognate, , , . pr from an older ptr is found, in,  [ aptra].

flemster [flæ‘mstər] and flemter [flæ‘mtər],, a rushing along in a confused hurry; to be in a f., to rush along or about in confusion. flempter: Edm. in an extended form: [flæ‘m·stərē·ᶊən] , formed on analogy of words ending in -ation. flams, , fidget; flutter, flemsen,, confused, flema and flima,, to fidget; to rush restlessly about, and , and

flemter,, see and .

flens,, see ,

fleper [flɛpər (flæpər)],, trifling, flattering talk. fleipr,, chat; tattle.

fleper [flɛpər (flæpər)],, to speak in aflattering, fond way. fleipra, , = fleipa, to chat; tattle; fleipra (fleipa),, to flirt; caress; coax; flatter; flepa, fler [flē$wg$r],, = , a thin layer.  may either have arisen from : *flaðr, or be an older parallel form: *fleðr-; fledra,, a thin flake; splinter.

fles$ə$ [flɛs (flæs), flēs (flē$1$s)], , 1) a flat skerry in the sea; also with final : [flɛsɩn] and  [flɛᶊɩn, flæᶊɩn]. Now mostly as a place-name, name of a skerry,  de Fles [flēs] (Skeldanes, ), de Fles [flɛ̄$ə$s] (ShawSkaw [sic], ), de Flesjins [flɛᶊens] (Øjasund, ), de Flesjins [flæᶊəns] o’ Ørister . An extended form [flɛstrɩk, flestrɩk] is found in Unst, where it has partly superseded  as a common noun; note the  explanation: “de  [flɛs] at Skaw is a big wide ” . As a place-name: de Flestreks [flestrəks] (Balta Isle, ). 2) a flat rock on the sea-shore; flat, rocky point of land, as a place-name; [flɛs, flæs]; and [flēs (flē$ə$s)]. — fles, , a flat skerry in the sea. — With the form   flistra,, a chip; splinter, from “flis”.

fles$n$,, see $s$,

flestrik,, see $n$,

flet$n$ [flæt],, a large, flat rock or stretch of rocks sloping towards the shore.   flata, flǫt, , and flati,, a plane.

land, strip of arable land or grass-land; now doubtless only in place-names, in which it appears as the second part of in names of cultivated patches of home-field. as a place-name in the forms [flȯt], [flæt, flət (fləƫ)] and, , fläit [(flat) fläƫ, fläit]. See further Sh. Stedn. pp. 93-94. flǫtr,, a plane; flot,, a small, flat field; fløttur,, a patch of cultivated land, a strip of arable land or grass-land. —
 * flet$e$ [flət],, a patch of cultivated