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Rh (black-) spotted cow, having a white head and black-spotted forehead (round the eyes). *Frána, *Fræna. See,.

fronet [frō$ə$nət],, of an animal, a cow: black-spotted, with a white head and black-spotted forehead (round the eyes); a f. coo. frænutur [fræa··nót·ȯr],, pied (Fær. Anth. II, vocabulary). “fræning” in “gulfræning”,, a serpent (viper) having yellowish spots, and “raudfræning”,, a ruddy-faced, freckled person. — A form [fē$ə$rnət] for an older either be derived from an *fránóttr or be a “*frænóttr” with a later dropped i[r]-mutation. Alternation of á and æ is found in fránn, fránn and frænn, *frænur, , glittering (frænarormur = Fraanarormen, ).
 * fránóttr = *frænóttr. frænóttur,
 * from *fræn- is reported from
 * see   may

fross$1$ [frȯᶊ],, 1) long, thick, dishevelled hair or beard; a great f. o’ hair; 2) bunch, cluster, spreading out; a f. o’ flooers [‘flowers’]. — from * by assimilation of ns to ss, and the same word as fruns,, a tassel; bristling tufts of hair.

fross$2$, frosj [frȯᶊ],, 1) a spitting with a sputtering sound; de f. o’ a cat. 2) froth, foam, rising from the stem of a boat or ship at full speed; shø [‘she’, = de boat] is settin’ or sendin’ a f. afore her. See , ,

fross, frosj [frȯᶊ(ᶊ)],, 1) to spit with a sputtering sound; a cat; de cat (is ) at dee; to f. ut , to spit out half-boiled, chewed limpets on the sea in order to allure the fish. 2) to froth, foam (from the stem) of a boat or ship at full speed; de boat is  = de boat is  settin (sendin) a   afore her. *frussa? frussa,, to snort; (and ) frýsa, , ; frøsa,, to snort; sputter; gush; froysa,, to sputter; emit froth.

froti [froti, frɔti],, froth, foam from a boat or ship at full speed; de boat is settin’ de f. fae [‘from’] her. . The same word as and $s$ [ froða], , with hardening of d to t. For t from d, ð, in  Norn, see Introd. V (also N.Spr. VII), § 29, the end.

frotset [frȯtsət, frətsət],, peevish; sulky, from the form , see below , and frutt, fruttun, , sullen; malicious.
 * frottutt,, sulky,

frott [frȯt and : frət], , in  in the : to tak’ de, to feel offended and become peevish; he’s ta’en [‘taken’] de, he is sulking.. frott and frutt,, protruding lips, frottutt,, sulky, frutta and frytta,, to sulk; frotta, , to protrude the lips(?). merges with [fræt(s)] in the same sense as fret,  The “frət(s)” may arise either from “frott-” or “fret”.

†frou,, see ,

fru [frū],, tabu-name, sea-term, used by fishermen at sea for woman; wife.  frú,, mistress of the house; a lady. The form [frɔu, fråu], however, is more common than. is borrowed from (vrouw). Note, however, that already in, “frov, fro(u)va” = frú, is found as a word borrowed from

frumli,, in the ,
 * see ,

†frums [fro‘ms] and froms [frɔ‘ms, frȯ‘ms],, peevish, fretful mood;