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Rh with flasa,, to peel off in large, long flakes; to chip off, and flosa,, to loosen off in flosor (flakes). See ,

flos$2$ [flȯs],, a light, passing shower, a f. o’ a shooer [‘shower’]. May be classed with and flasa,, to flirt; go heedlessly on; remarks under , For the vowel-sound,, , from *flasa. A form [flɩs, fles, fləs (flʌs)], more used, seems to be another word; see (f. 4),

flos [flȯs],, to flirt; coquet; dally, to geng ut a-flosin [a-flȯs·ɩn]. flasa,, to flirt; coquet, flosa,, to chatter; flosi, , a dandy.

floster [flɔstər, flȯstər],, 1) great, confused haste; to be in a f., to rush violently and heedlessly along ; to get quickly through one’s work, to do onyting [‘something’] in a f. . 2) hot temper; impatience; to be in a f., to have a fit ofimpatience; — flɔstər: flȯstər: ; —  flaustr, , careless haste, badly (hastily) performed work; and  flaustra, , to work violently in a slipshod way. — The word assimilates partly to fluster,, bustle, confusion on account of hurry, and partly to fluster,

floster [flɔstər, flȯstər],, to rush violently and confusedly along (: flɔstər); to get quickly through with one’s work, to f. at onyting (: flȯstər). See ,

flot [flɔt],, a level stretch of land, wide expanse; a o’ land, o’ corn. ;  from (and flati),, a level stretch of land;  and ,
 * flat-; flǫt (and flata),, flǫtr

floti [floti],, a small raft, ferry-boat. floti,, that which is floating or is floated on the water; a raft; ferry-boat. flotti [flɔti],, the uppermost part of the partition-wall through the house, dividing but and ben (corresponding to and  “røgstue”: the living-room, and “glasstue”: the best room); chiefly applied to the triangular-shaped straw partition above the wooden wall.  flatta,, a mat (plaiting).

fluder [fludər],, a flat rock, a flat skerry in the sea. Now mostly used as a place-name: de o’ Bakkigert, de F. o’ Øri ; de Fluders,. an “*flyðra” with dropped i-mutation. See further under $w$,

flook, fleuk. ? May be derived from flóki (Sn.E.) on account of the final g.  flóki, , a small flounder.
 * flug [flug, flog],, a flounder,

flug$w$ and fluk,, see $w$, ,

flug$w$ [flūg],, to hang loose, flapping = $2$, ; de oo’ [‘wool’] is on de sheep. May be an *fluga,, — *floga; flug,, in sense of a vane, something fluttering in the wind, and floga,, to float; hover; to run about. Might also be thought to be developed through a middle-form “*fᶅūg” from fljúga, , to fly, although the latter ought to give a “*fløg” in

fluid [fᶅūed] and fluin [fᶅūɩn], , a very small quantity or thin layer; a particle; grain; a f. o’ butter. same word as, , in the same sense (see ), and developed from a *flý. u in - has arisen through dropped i-mutation; - in is the suffixed  in [*], and -in, in, is the in the gender [*]; “” (a flake; fluff; grain) is found both as a and as a  noun.
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