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posed) to be caused by the fairies; wha’s [‘who has’] gi’en dee de f.? — For *feri? Is doubtless a deriv. of far³, sb. Note No. “ferd” in “yverferd”, f., epidemic.

firl, firel [fɩrəl], sb., a ridiculous new fashion in dress; a new f. on de hat. U. Prob. to be classed with No. firl, n., something crumpled. Infl. by Eng. furl, vb.?

firsmo [fərsmō·], sb., 1) contempt; outrage; neglect; to get a f. 2) a trifle; a small, trifling present; to get a mere f. Wests. N.I. O.N. fyrirsmán (forsmán; Icel.) and fyrirsmáning, f., contempt. See firsmo, vb.

firsmo [fərsmō·], vb., 1) to diminish or lessen; to represent one’s resources as being poorer than they are; to understate; complain without reason; Ai.; Y. firsmjo [fərsmjō·] a firsmjoin [fərsmjō·ɩn] body: Y^b. 2) more comm.: to disregard; disdain; also to scorn; insult. — O.N. fyrirsmá, vb., to despise. In Shetl. the word is preserved in its orig. meaning: to reduce; to lessen the value of a thing.

first [fə‘rst], adj. and adv., first, O.N. fyrstr and fyrst, is used occas. in sense of not until now, = Da. først nu, Fær. nú fyrsta; I’m f. come, I have just come (U.).

fis [fi̇̄s], vb., of fluid: to ooze; flow slowly (through narrow openings), to f. ut t’rough (Fe.). Doubtless also of air: to press through an opening, and in that case, the same word as O.N. físa, vb., to fizzle; puff.

*fisk¹ [fɩsk], sb., fish. Fo. In Ai. a form, fusk [fosk], is preserved as a sea-term, tabu-name for fish. O.N. fiskr, m., fish. Cf. the compds. fiskafjel (-brod), sb., fiskali, adj.

fisk² [fisk], sb., comm. in pl.: fisks, small, short, faded tufts, wisps of hair, esp. on an elderly person, fisks o’ hair. Fe., Nm^w. Appears

to belong partly to Sw. dial. fjas, n., short, downy hairs, O.Da. fjæs, fjøs, føs — fibre, cf. Sw. (Da.) dial. fjässkad, adj., “furry”, “bushy”, of hair: S.Schonen (Ri. under fjas¹), partly to O.N. fis- in fisbleikr, adj., pale, withered, No. and Sw. dial. bleikfis (blaik-, blek-), Da. dial. blegfis, a pale, gaunt, withered person. Cf. fisket, adj., and frisk, sb.

fiska [fɩska]-brod, sb., see fiskafjel, sb.

fiskafjel [fɩs··kafjē^əl·] and fiskafel [fɩs··kafel·, -fəl·], sb., “fish-board”, partition in a boat to prevent the fish slipping from one hold to another. The “fish-boards” are placed under the so-called bekks (fastibekks, fastibands, hadibands, the cross-bars under the thwarts). fiskafjel: U. fiskafel: comm. *fiskafjǫl. See *fisk¹, sb., and fjel, sb.

fiskali [fɩs··kali· (fəs··kali·)], adj., 1) a) suitable for fishing; f. bait, a good, large piece of bait, a f. bit o’ line, a f. ayre [‘oar’], a f. hook; hit ’s no f. de day, it is not a good day (the weather is unfavourable) to-day for fishing; b) lucky for fishing, e.g. observance of old customs, tabu-rules. 2) that becomes a fisherman, orderly, neat, tidy, a f. body [‘person’]. N.I. Occas. fistli [fɩstli (fəstli)] for *fiskli, a f. bait: Y^b. — O.N. fiskiligr, adj., fit for fishing. Cf. ufiskali (un-fiskali) and “*fiskarroe”.

“*fiskarroe”, adj., unlike or unbecoming a practical fisherman, = ufiskali. U.? Acc. to Edm. Not further corroborated.

fisket [fiskət], adj., out of order, tangled, of locks of hair; lass, dy hair is a’ [‘all’] f. Wh., Fe., Nm^w. Deriv. of fisk², sb. Cf. Sw. (Da.) dial. fjässkad, adj., “furry”, “bushy”, of hair: S.Sc. (Ri. under fjas¹). fisket poss. for frisket? The meaning appears, in any case, to be infl.