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følva (fölva), felva, vb., id. See above fivl, sb. Fivla, sb., name for a sorceress: see under fifler, sb.

fjab, sb., see flab, sb.

fjag¹ [fjāg], sb., I) 1) dust; flake; something light, dust-like (U.); fine meal-dust (U^wg.). 2) a thin, light covering of clouds; detached, misty clouds in motion; Fe. and Y. occas. (Y^h., Y^e.); de f. is flyin’ ower de sky (Fe^w.). 3) drizzle or snow falling slightly (mostly in calm weather), a slight shower, a f. o’ rain, o’ weet [‘wet’], a f. o’ snaw [‘snow’]; U. (Uⁿ.). II) 1) something loose, unravelled, feazed; de end o’ de rep [‘rope’] is a’ [‘all’] in a f., the end of the rope is quite feazed (Fe.); his head was in a f., his hair was quite dishevelled, hanging loose and untidy (Fe., Y.); cf. meaning II 2 c; to be in a great f., to be very untidily dressed (Nm^w.). 2) a) thin, short, empty corn in the field, a corn (a trifle) o’ f.; b) thin, poor hay; c) scant, dishevelled hair (see fjag II 1). Fe. and occas. Y. (Y^h.). 3) lumber, a lock [‘lot’] o’ f. (Fe.). — Old *fjak? see fjakom, sb. (trash; mess). Various words may here have been merged together. With fjag II 2 maybe compared No. fjagg, n., scantily growing (poor) grass, hair, etc. (R.). fjag I assimilates entirely to fjog² or fjug (fjok, fjuk), sb., and might be a parallel form to this word. A *fyk, which through *fig [*fi̇̄g] was changed to fjag by a later change of i to ja, might be indicated. Change of i, and esp. e, in Shetl. Norn, is carried out in a somewhat different way from the other Northern languages. — Cf. No. fyk, n., “some snow, just enough to drift” (R.), with fjag I 3, and cf. Sw. dial. fyk, n., a flake, = fjuk, with fjag I. With fjag cf. further Shetl. (Fe.) fjeg [fjē^əg], sb., rags; fibres, which might be regularly developed from a *fig (cf. e.g.

monnvjeg from monnvig, -vik, ongnibjeder from onglabiter. bjerek from birek, from O.N. byrr, m., fair wind). Note, however, forms with “ja”, such as Sw. dial. “fjagel, fjagla”, recorded in Ri. with reference to “fjuk” — not mentioned, however, under this word (verb). — See fjog² or fjug (fjok, fjuk) and fjogg¹, sbs.

fjag² [fjāg], sb., 1) eager bustling with trifles (N.I.?). 2) fidgeting about a person with excessive or simulated kindness and care; to be in (op in) a f. aboot ane (Nm.; Ai.). 3) feverish bustle; to be in a great f. aboot somet’in’, to be very busy about something, of fidgety bustle with little progress (Nm^w.); needless haste, to be in a f. (Nm^s.). 4) a long, close conversation, esp. disparagingly, mockingly or jokingly: a long, wearisome talk (between two persons); to get intill [‘into’] a f. (Nm.; De.). — No. fjak, n., fidgety bustle. Cf. also No. fik, n., and fika, f., restless bustle or haste, Icel. and Sw. dial. fik, n., Da. dial. figværk, haste. See fjag², vb., and fjakk, sb.

fjag¹ [fjāg], vb., to unravel; feaze, esp. in perf. part. fjaget [fjāgət], fjaget op, unravelled; feazed; de end o’ de rep [‘rope’] is a’ [‘all’] fjaget op (Fe.). Deriv. of fjag¹, sb. (meaning II 1).

fjag² [fjāg], vb., 1) to trifle (N.I.?). 2) to fidget about someone, simulating excessive kindness and care, to f. aboot ane (Nm.; Ai.), = the more usual fjarm, vb. No. fjaka, vb., to fidget; bustle. Cf. also No. fika, vb., to fidget; wag; trifle, etc. (R.).

fjagers [fjāgərs], exclamation of annoyance, e.g. when something has been lost: hang it! etc.; also = fy upon it! fie. U. Cf. fjaldreks.

fjakom [fjakom, fjakəm], sb., scrapings; thin, worthless stuff; a grain o’ f. N.Roe. Cf. fjag¹, sb.

fjakk [fjak], sb., 1) feverish hurry,