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loose, light, unsubstantial, esp. in the foll. senses: 1) dry, light peats mouldering away, esp. peats damaged by frost (or rain). Also fjost [fjȯst] (N.Roe). 2) trash; worthless stuff, e.g. of poor corn; work badly done. 3) haze; light, misty clouds, a fjosk ower de sky; Ai.; Nm.; Fe. 4) something carelessly flung aside or rolled together; esp. in the expr. “in a f.”, in disorder; slovenly, etc.; Nm.; cf. fjogg², sb. — No. f(j)usk, n., Da. fusk, a) something loose and light (empty, unsubstantial); b) work badly done; No. fuskegras, n., withered grass.

fjosk [fjȯsk], vb., to hurry with a piece of work in a careless manner, to f. at onyting [‘something’]. N.Roe. No. fuska, Da. fuske, vb., to bungle.

fjosket [fjȯskət], adj., slovenly; untidy; a f. craeter’ [‘creature’]; U. (U^wg.). Deriv. of fjosk, sb. Cf. No. fjuskutt, adj., empty; unsubstantial; shabby; ragged, etc., from fjusk, n.

fjost, sb., see fjosk, sb. 1.

fjosti [fjȯsti], adj., of peats: damaged by frost (or rain); f. peats. N.Roe. For *fjoski. Deriv. of fjosk (f. 1), sb.

fjug, sb. and vb., see fjog², sb., and fjog, vb.

fjugg, sb., see fjogg², sb.

fjugget, adj., see fjogget, adj.

fjuglins [fjoglɩns] and fjoglins [fjɔglins], sb. pl., refuse, offals of fish (esp. of halibut), cut into pieces for bait, turbot [‘halibut’]-f. Y^{h. n}. and Deⁿ.: fjuglins. U^wg.: fjoglins. Doubtless to be classed with No. fjugl, n., poor, unserviceable material (R.).

fjuk, sb., see fjog², sb.

fjukset, adj., see fjokset, adj.

*fjumtan, num., see *fjomtan.

fjungs [fjo‘ŋs], sb., 1) slovenliness; disorder; carelessness; tangle; de hair is in a f., the hair is dishevelled (Fe.); slovenly, ragged dress

or state of dress, = fjunks, sb. N.I.; Wests. (Sa.). 2) untidy, slovenly and careless person, = fjungsi; U.; Wests. (Sa.). *fums. Fær. funs, n., slovenly, careless, bungling person. See fjunks and fjonks, sbs.

fjungs [fjo‘ŋs], vb., to slight over; to walk in a careless manner, to geng fjungsin aboot. Wests. (Sa.). *fumsa. Fær. funsa, vb., to carry out work slovenly and carelessly.

fjungset [fjo‘ŋsət] and fjungsi [fjo‘ŋsi], adj., slovenly; untidy; careless; a f. creature; U.; Wests. (Sa.). Also with baggy, flapping garments, fjungset (U^wg.). Of hair: untidy; dishevelled; de hair is a’ [‘all’] f. (Fe.). fjongset [fjȯ‘ŋsət] is reported from Y^h. in sense of slovenly; a “fjongset” røll, a foal with tangled hair (when shedding its coat). *fumsóttr. Fær. funsutur, adj., slovenly; careless; bungling.

fjungsi [fjo‘ŋsi] and fjunksi [fjo‘ŋksi], sb., shabbily or poorly dressed person; Uⁿ. fjungsi is reported from U^wg. in sense of an untidy, slovenly person, or one with wide, flapping garments. Deriv. of fjungs, sb.

fjunk¹, sb., see fjonk, sb.

fjunk², sb., see funk, sb.

fjunks [fjo‘ŋks], sb., slovenly, ragged dress or condition, to geng in a f. Y. From Y^h. is reported fjonks [fjȯ‘ŋks]; de claes [‘clothes’] is [‘are’] in a fjonks, the clothes fit badly (esp. of shabby or ragged clothes). Really same word as fjungs, sb.; q.v.

fjæl, sb., see fjel, sb.

fjølg [fjølg], sb., loose, ragged dress, a f. o’ pels (pel = rag); to geng in a f. Also fjolg [fjȯlg]. Nm^s. (Bard.). Prob. for *fjøgl (*fjogl) by metathesis of gl to lg, and the same word as No. fjøgl, n., glitter; finery; tomfoolery; cf. Fær. fjöggur, m., an old rag or patch.

fjörd, sb., see fjord², sb.

fjörek, sb., see fjorek, sb.

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