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190    (from  dabhach, a large vessel, brewing-vat).

fodin, foder,, a cat, see ,

fog [fog, fɔg],, drift, drifting; clouds; a f. ower de sky, a light f. o’ mist. 2) fine, drifting snow; snow-storm, a f. o’ snaw; ; ; ; 3) misty spray from strong surf; de f. o’ de sea ; de sea is standin wi’ a f.. — with close o: ; elsewhere : fɔg. — fok,, drift,  drifting snow.  from  “fok” is in several instances merged with fog, (in  pronounced: fåg, fɔg). $2$, ,
 * 1) thin covering of light, damp

fog [fɔg],, to drift, of densely falling snow; a, dense snow-storm (= a ); he’s i’ de door, the snow is drifting in through the door. , of (f. 2),

fogbord [fɔg··bȯrd·, fog··bərd·] and fogborder [fɔg·bȯr·dər, fog·-], , dense snow-storm, a o’ snaw [‘snow’]; he’s snawin’ [‘snowing’] wi’ a. ; F.Fe. [sic]; : [fɔgbȯrd, fog-]; [fogbərd]; [fɔgbərd]; : . From is recorded a form,  [fɔg·(ə)bȯr·gər]. In Unst is used also of dense sea-spray, a f. o’ sea, spray rising from strong surf, = 3. From  and [fɔg·bȯr··dɩn] is reported as a rare form in sense of a snow-storm. — *fokburðr; a of fok,, drift, drifting, and burðr, , bearing, something borne or carried. snjóburðr,, a snowstorm. For rg in Norn from an original rð, see Introd. V (also N.Spr. VII) § 29, the end.

fog(e)borger,, see (er),

fogensi [fɔg··ənsi·],, drifting snow; snow-storm (with gusts of wind). More recent of ,

foger [fogər, fȯgər],, de f., the sun; tabu-name in fishermen’s , sea-term. “the fair”; see further under, , and ,

fogge,, bailiff; see further under

fog [fɔg]-moor,, dry, mouldering, peaty soil. *fok-(mór). See ,

fogmuld, -mould [fɔg··møld·], , dry, dusty mould. *fokmold; fokjord,, very loose, light earth. See ,

fogri [fōgri],, fishermen’s tabu-name at sea for mackerel. form: “de f.” from “hinn fagri”, the fair.  and as name for the sun.

foitlin,, sea-term (tabu-name) for mouse, see, ,

fokk,, see ,

fold [fɔᶅd] and foild [fɔild],, to wrap oneself up in clothes, in , wrapped up in too much clothing, mostly of a woman; shø [‘she’]’s op; op aboot de face. ; doubtless to lay in folds, in plaits. falda,, to fold, faldr (foldr),, fold; the hem of a garment; border; flap; a woman’s white linen hood; folda,, a plait or fold in clothes.

foleks [foləks, fɔləks],, folk, people, preserved as a tabu-word, used by fishermen at sea, in sense of men.  fólk, , people,, of  fólk by inserted connecting vowel. The form in  from  folks = folk,, commonly used in and pronounced like folks, with dropped l before k, as distinct from .

folgju (foldju) [fɔl·gjū·, fɔ̇l·gjū·,