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b) speed, haste; der’r a f. upo dee, what a hurry you are in! (Uⁿ.). — fling [flɩŋ)], sb., = flink, of sweeping movements (gait); shø’s gaun [‘she’s going’] wi’ a fling upon her (Ai.). — See flink, vb.

flink [flɩ‘ŋk], adj., nimble; agile; active. Edm. Cf. Da. flink, quick; brisk; active.

flink [flɩ‘ŋk], vb., 1) to swing giddily along, to geng flinkin aboot, flinkin wi’ a sweetheart; more rarely fling [flɩŋ] (Ai., etc.). 2) to walk quickly, as being in a hurry, to geng flinkin. *flinka from *flina. No. flina, vb., to flutter about with swinging movements, etc., No. and Sw. dial. flinka, vb., to urge on; bound along; make haste. No. flingsa, vb., is found in sense of to gad; flirt; see above flings, flinks, vb.

flinket [flɩ‘ŋkət], adj., giddy, = flingset (flinkset), adj. See flink, vb.

flinks, sb. and vb., flinkset, adj., see flings, flingset.

flins [flɩ‘nᶊ, fle‘nᶊ], vb., to flense, e.g. the blubber of a whale. No. flinsa, vb., to slash; flense.

flinsj (flensj) [flɩ‘nᶊ, fle‘nᶊ], vb., to lie basking in the sunshine; also “to f. anesell [‘oneself’]”; to lie flinsjin (or flinsjin anesell) afore de sun; he is lyin flinsjin him. Ai. Poss. a corruption of O.N. fletjask, vb., to stretch oneself (in the sun, by the fire).

flinter [flɩ‘ntər], sb., bustling to and fro in a (confused) hurry; in a f. Uⁿ. Prob.: *flimt; cf. below flinter, vb., and see flemster, flemter, sb.

flinter [flɩ‘ntər], vb., 1) to bustle to and fro in a (confused) hurry. Uⁿ. 2) of the wind: to puff; blow softly, now from one quarter, now from another; de wind is flinterin. Fe. Prob.: *flimtra. Deriv. of No. flima, vb., to move restlessly to and fro.

flir [fli̇̄r], sb., giggle; grin; fri-

volous or foolish laughter, a f. o’ laughter (Uⁿ). See below flir, vb.

flir [fli̇̄r], vb., to giggle and laugh in a frivolous or foolish manner. N.I. No. flira, vb., to giggle; chuckle (untimely); Icel. flíra, vb., to smile (orally reported); cf. L.Sc. fleyr, vb., to make grimaces, and Eng. fleer, vb. Shetl. flir might, however, have arisen from a *fliðra by dropping of ð and be a parallel form to flider, flidder, vb., in the same sense; cf. No. fledra, vb., to behave flippantly; to grin; giggle, etc., and cf. below, fliret, adj.

fliret [fli̇̄rət, flɩrət], adj., gadding, variable, loose and flighty, a f. body, a variable, flighty person; also of dress: a f. dress, a dress too loose and flimsy. Cf. No. fledra, vb., to gad about; behave flippantly, and Shetl. flir, vb.

flis [flɩs, fles, fləs (flʌs)], sb., 1) a chip; splinter; flake; thin slice. 2) a split; crack, a f. in a piece o’ wood (Fo.: flɩs, fləs). 3) a very small quantity, particle, a f. o’ corn, o’ tea. 4) a light, passing shower, a f. o’ a shooer [‘shower’]. — flís or *flys-. O.N. flís, f., a chip; splinter; No. flysja, f., a) a thin slice; b) a flake; peeling, and flys (fløs), n., a flake; mote; particle, = flus, flusa. — flis in meaning 4 might be explained like flider¹, sb. The explanation may, however, be somewhat uncertain in consequence of flos [orig. *flas?] = flis 4; see flos², sb.

flis [fləs], vb., to peel off, to f. aff; to unravel, to f. op. N.I. O.N. flysja, vb., to peel off; to cut into slices.

flissi, fliss-y [flɩsi], adj., flaky, flat and sharp, e.g. of pebbles; sma’ [‘small’] f. bits o’ stens (Uⁿ.) = *spirvigru. From flis, sb.

flit [flit], sb., a slice cut from the belly of a fish (esp. mackerel) and used as bait. Du. Poss. allied to