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Rh b) speed, haste; der’r a f. upo dee, what a hurry you are in! . — [flɩŋ)],, = , of sweeping movements (gait); shø’s gaun [‘she’s going’] wi’ a upon her . — See ,

flink [flɩ‘ŋk],, nimble; agile; active. Edm. flink, quick; brisk; active.

flink [flɩ‘ŋk],, 1) to swing giddily along, to geng aboot, wi’ a sweetheart; more rarely [flɩŋ] . 2) to walk quickly, as being in a hurry, to geng . *flinka from *flina. flina, , to flutter about with swinging movements,, and flinka,, to urge on; bound along; make haste. flingsa,, is found in sense of to gad; flirt; see above , ,

flinket [flɩ‘ŋkət],, giddy, = , See ,

flinks, and, flinkset, , see,.

flins [flɩ‘nᶊ, fle‘nᶊ],, to flense, the blubber of a whale. flinsa, , to slash; flense.

flinsj (flensj) [flɩ‘nᶊ, fle‘nᶊ], , to lie basking in the sunshine; also “to f. anesell [‘oneself’]”; to lie (or flinsjin anesell) afore de sun; he is lyin him. a corruption of fletjask, , to stretch oneself (in the sun, by the fire).

flinter [flɩ‘ntər],, bustling to and fro in a (confused) hurry; in a f. and see, ,
 * *flimt; below, ,

flinter [flɩ‘ntər],, 1) to bustle to and fro in a (confused) hurry. 2) of the wind: to puff; blow softly, now from one quarter, now from another; de wind is. : *flimtra. of flima,, to move restlessly to and fro.

flir [fli̇̄r],, giggle; grin; frivolous fri- volous or foolish laughter, a f. o’ laughter. See below ,

flir [fli̇̄r],, to giggle and laugh in a frivolous or foolish manner. flira,, to giggle; chuckle (untimely); flíra,, to smile (orally reported);  fleyr, , to make grimaces, and fleer, might, however, have arisen from a *fliðra by dropping of ð and be a parallel form to , ,, in the same sense; fledra,, to behave flippantly; to grin; giggle,, and below, ,

fliret [fli̇̄rət, flɩrət],, gadding, variable, loose and flighty, a f. body, a variable, flighty person; also of dress: a f. dress, a dress too loose and flimsy.  fledra,, to gad about; behave flippantly, and ,

flis [flɩs, fles, fləs (flʌs)],, 1) a chip; splinter; flake; thin slice. 2) a split; crack, a f. in a piece o’ wood (: flɩs, fləs). 3) a very small quantity, particle, a f. o’ corn, o’ tea. 4) a light, passing shower, a f. o’ a shooer [‘shower’]. — flís or flysja,, a) a thin slice; b) a flake; peeling, and flys (fløs), , a flake; mote; particle, =,. — in meaning 4 might be explained like $n$,  The explanation may, however, be somewhat uncertain in consequence of [ *flas?] = 4; see $n$,
 * flys-. flís,, a chip; splinter;

flis [fləs],, to peel off, to f. aff; to unravel, to f. op.  flysja, , to peel off; to cut into slices.

flissi, fliss-y [flɩsi],, flaky, flat and sharp, of pebbles; sma’ [‘small’] f. bits o’  =
 * . From ,

flit [flit],, a slice cut from the belly of a fish ( mackerel) and used as bait.  allied to