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189 ms > ngs (nks) in Norn, see Introd. V (also N.Spr. VII) § 38 c.

flunki [flo‘ŋki],, a long cloak or dress.  synonymous or cognate with  flange,, an old-fashioned kind of coat or dress, wide (unbecoming) clothes.

fluns [flo‘ns],, the fins, cut off from the sides of a ray ; the thin part, including the fins, nearest the head of a ray, de f. o’ a skate , = $h$. Really, that which is sliced off or flensed. flunsa,, = flinsa, to slice, flense.

flurakavi [flū··rakā·vi],, dense snow falling in broad flakes, mostly in calm weather. flykrukavi,, - for *-; see ,

flød [flø̄d, flø̄$n$d] and flørd [flø̄rd], , speed; great haste; to geng (com’) wi’ a f.; der’r a f. upon him; dey were upon a great, they were in great haste.  flýti, , and flýtir,, speed; fleetness. See $1$,

flød$n$ [flød],, to reach high water; he’s ; to f. de brust, see $ə$, May be partly flœða,, partly flood,  — The substantive [flød], flood, high water, is  flood, , as “flóð” in  regularly ought to have given *.

flød$2$ [flø̄d, flø̄$1$d],, to hasten; walk quickly, in the form; to geng ; he guid [‘went’] by, he cam’. Other forms, also from : [flø̄gd] and [flø̄rd]. — flýta, , to urge on; to speed oneself; to hasten (from fljótr,, speedy). — A form [flø̄g], which might be quite another word, : fljúga,, to fly, is not further confirmed and therefore uncertain, and are  influenced by “fljúga”,, and $1$, , respectively. fløder [flødər],, (great) hurry. A mingling of, , haste, and (and ) fludder, fluther, , hurry (pronounced flȯdər in ).

flødferd [flød··færd·],, great hurry, speed; he was on a f., he was in a great hurry. May be either an old “*fljótferð” from fljótr,, brisk; quick, and ferð, , a journey ( fljotfarande,, moving quickly), or a later of, , and ,

flødskerri [flød··skær·i],, a skerry, overflowed at high water, = flœðarsker.

flør [flø̄r],, is floor, but used in in fishermen’s tabu- in sense of the sea-bottom, a shoal or bank in the sea, a meaning originating from Norn ( golf,, floor, ); note, golv, gulv,, in sense of a patch of ground or field; a slope. Found as a place-name in “de Flør o’ Gamlarett”.

fløs [fløs] and fløsin [fløsɩn] , skerry with a broad surface; he’s a great f. o’ him. in place-names (= ), such as [flø̄sgjo]. See, , to which is a parallel form. For the form   flös = fles,, an open plain (B.H.).

In Hildina-ballad (the Foula-ballad) in the form “fwo, fuo”. 2), to procure. Noted down in the : Fo me a ! get me something to drink!  fá, , a) to get, gain; b) to procure.
 * fo [fō],, 1) , to get; receive.

fob,, and fobi, , see and ,

fodabrod,, see ,

fodek [fodək, fȯdək],, a water-pail, = . In  is (was) used  as a tabu-name by fishermen at sea, while the current word is [dafək], -