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188 [flåu] reported from, a f. a’ meal, is

fluk$1$ [fluk, fᶅuk],, a speeding along in great haste: der’r a f. on [‘upon’] him (her); he (she) is rushing along; to geng wi’ a f., to make much headway ( of a boat, a ship), to hasten. [fluk, fᶅuk],  [fᶅuk]. flug,, = flog, , flying; speed.

fluk$2$,, see $1$ ,

fluk$1$ (fljuk) [fluk, fᶅuk],, to be in quick motion, to hurry, hasten; to geng aboot, to rush about. Formed either from $1$, , or developed from fljúga, , to fly, through of $1$,

fluk$2$ or fljuk [fᶅuk],, to fly off; fall off, f. aff, of chaff on corn, cleaned by ‘flinging’, the so-called , , ; de langtails on de aits [‘oats’] aff when de corn is. Either directly from fljúga,, to fly, or the same word as the derived = $w$, [fløygja], to f. de corn, to clean the corn by flinging, which may have become intransitive in use.

fluki (fljuki) [fluki, fᶅuki],, a nimble, little fellow, as a pet-name for a lively, active child; “my (little) f.”! of $3$ ,

flukner,, see ,

flukr, fluker [flokər], and flokr, floker [flɔkər],, to snow in broad flakes (of snow); he is. arisen through dropped i-mutation; see ,
 * flykra. The form has

flukra [flokra, flok··əra·] and flokra [flɔkra, flɔk··əra·],, , quantity of big flakes of snow falling (in calm weather). also of a single snowflake, thus in [‘snowy’] f. From *flykra through dropped i-mutation. flykra, , snowflake. ,
 * , [flokər], a snawie

Flukra [flok··əra·],, the name for a speckled hen. Formed from, ; Not directly from, —  is found in  as the name for a hen in same sense as. “Flura” is apparently formed from “flooer” = flower,  Note the form for * with dropped k.

flukret [flokrət, flok··ərət·], , spotted; speckled (white-speckled), of hens; a f. hen, a speckled (black and white) hen., , , *flykróttr. See ,

flukster [flokstər],, great haste; to be in a f., to be in a great hurry; [flɔks] and [flɔkstər] agitation; excitement; To be classed with flugsa and flogsa,, to flutter; bustle.

†flunder [flondər],, a small flounder. sandflynder,  and sandflundra. Also “sand-fluke”. ,, flundra, , a flounder.

flungs [flo‘ŋs] and flunks [flo‘ŋks], , a swinging; shaking; fluttering; flapping; he had a f. upon him, he swung along with flapping garments (: flunks); “de oo’ [‘wool’] was a’ [‘all’] in a f. upo de yowe [‘ewe’], applied to a sheep losing its wool (: flunks). Also quick movement in turning round. See ,

flungs [flo‘ŋs] and flunks [flo‘ŋks], , 1) to swing; shake; flutter, of untidy clothes, wool on sheep, to wear loose, flapping garments; de claes is . In : ; de fleece is on de sheep. 2) to flap the wings; de (the eagle) guid [‘went’] op de burn. 3) to make quick movements in turning round, to geng . — flumsa,  a) to fly quickly, to flap the wings (Aa.); b) to tumble about (R.). — For a change
 * to geng (,