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Rh fɔlᶁu, fɔldju] and fulgju (fuldju, fulju) [folᶁu, foldju, foldᶎu, folju],, 1) annual allowance or pension; life-long support or residence given to one person by another; he’s ta’en [‘has taken’] her for a , he has taken her to stay with him for good, has given her lifelong support ; he guid [‘went’] to sicc a place for a , he went to such and such a place to make a permanent stay there . 2) abundant provisions; I ha’e [‘have’] a here. 3) an unlimited or very long time, “eternity”, in the “for a f.”: a) for good; beyond recall; I tink, he’s gaun [‘going’] to sit here for a ; he’s gane [‘gone’] for a, he has gone for good, taking away with him all his belongings ; he’s no [‘not’] gane for a ; b) for a very long time; to geng [‘go’] or bide for a ; “to blaw [‘blow’] or stand for a ”,  of wind, blowing continually from the same quarter ; c) to go on with something continually in real earnest; we’re no begun for a, we have not yet begun to work seriously, so that we can continue without a break. — The forms of  are distributed as : : [fɔl·gjū·], [fɔ̇l·gjū·], [fɔlᶁu], [fɔldju];  :  [folᶁu, foldju],  [foldju, foldᶎu, folju]. — The same word as fulga,, payment for one’s support; board; annual allowance; folga,, annual allowance; fúlga,, inter alia supply of food or fodder (B.H.). The words ending in -, - (-) spring from an “fulgu”,,  and of “fulga”. For the stress on the unstressed ending see the examples given in Introd. V (also N.Spr. VII), § 41. fom [fȯm (fəm)],, a thin layer, a f. o’ meal, o’ saut [‘salt’], a f. o’ snaw [‘snow’] on de eart’. Parallel-form to, , ;

foml-ous? fommelos [fåm··ələs·], , powerless and awkward in handling anything.  fumlen and fumlutt (“foomml-”), , fumbling; awkward, from fumla, ; fum(m)la and fåmmla, , to fumble; to be awkward. The form - is more closely connected with the Northern forms given than with fumble,

fomm [fɔm, fȯm],, to smoke; drift; a) of smoke: to escape; de reek is ut de door, the smoke is escaping through the opening of the door; he’s  ut de reek, the smoke is escaping through the opening of the door or roof (‘louver’);  [fɔm]; b) of dry, falling snow: to drift densely; a kavi, very dense, dry snowstorm; [fɔm]; [fȯm]. Also [fəm]; ; a = a “fommin kavi”. — From fumus, smoke? “fumma”, a sea-term (tabu-name), used by fishermen for smoke. For phonetic reasons, the  cannot be derived directly from fume,

fommin (fimmin) [fȯmin, fəmin], , heavy, very dense, dry snowstorm. See ,

fommis [fȯmɩᶊ],, confused state of mind; trembling, caused by a sudden, disagreeable surprise; he set me in a f., he made me confused, surprised me disagreeably, causing me to tremble. fume,, confusion; heedless bustle, fuma,, a) to bungle; b) to bustle, rush foolishly on; fumm, , foolishness; confusion, and fumma, , a) to be foolish or confused; b) to have trembling hands; fum,, confused haste. For
 * fum-.  fum,, foolery, and