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flogins, fljogins [fᶅōgins, fᶅōgɩns], sb. pl., chaff, dust, driven off by the wind from the thrashed, dried corn during the cleaning (flinging’). Uⁿ. *fløygi(ngar). See flog³, fljog, vb. From Du. is reported a form flowins [flɔuɩns], prob. by association with flow, sb., a grain; particle (borrowed from L.Sc.).

floi, vb., see flog³, fljog, vb.

flokatros [flok··atrɔs·, -trås·], sb., fidgety, noisy haste; feverish, confused anxiety; to be in a f., to hasten confusedly along (cf. flogadrift); to be in a f. aboot somet’in’, to rush noisily about, showing fidgety anxiety about something. Ai. For *flogatros (-dros?). Orig. *flog-tros? For floka- in stead of floga- see prec. under flogadrift, sb. For the second part, tros may be compared to No. trosa, vb., to crush; crash (Aa.), also inter alia: to rush on heedlessly and noisily. ^tros might, however, poss. be referred to No. drusa, vb., to rush on; tumble about (tr for dr, in that case, like flokatrift for flogadrift).

floker [flokər, flɔkər], sb., 1) confused rushing along; to be in a f., to hurry along precipitately; Uⁿ. 2) confusion; excitement; anxiety; in a f. (N.I.). Really fluttering, *flakr, *flǫgr or flǫkr; see below floker, vb.

floker¹ [flokər], vb., to flutter or fly to and fro (confusedly); a flokerin ful, a fluttering fowl; to geng flokerin. Du. *flakra or *flǫgra, *flǫkra; No. flakra, O.N. flǫgra (flǫkra), vb., to flutter, etc.

floker², flokr, vb., see flukr, vb.

flokk [flå‘k], sb., a crowd; multitude; a f. o’ folk. O.N. flokkr, m., flock.

flokner [fᶅåknər], and flukner [floknər, fᶅoknər], sb., a sea-term, tabu-name in fishermen’s lang. for fowl, esp. a hen. U. fᶅåknər, fᶅoknər: Uⁿ., floknər: U^wg. *flognir (deriv. of fljúga, vb., to fly); cf. O.N. “flognir” in

“árflognir”, m., as a poetical name for the raven (Eg.).

flokra, sb., see flukra, sb.

floks, flokster, sb., see flukster.

flom [flōm, flō^əm], sb., a large piece of sod. M. Really the same word as the foll. flomi, sb.

flomi [flōmi, flō^əmi], sb., 1) a (large) flat expanse, (large) stretch of arable land, a f. o’ grund; we’re [‘have’] delved or shorn a guid [‘good’] f. 2) a large piece of cloth or stuff. 3) a great, broad snowflake; great flomis o’ snaw [‘snow’] (Y.). — Prob. *flám-, deriv. of the root “flá”, used of something flat, extensive; Icel. flæmi, n., something wide, large, extensive; flat surface or space; cf. No. “flaa” and “flaan” (R.), f., an extensive, flat surface; wide expanse.

?floms, sb., see flams.

flora-fever [flō··rafɩv·ər], sb., epidemic, esp. dog’s epizooty, — far³ and firi, sb. Du. flora has prob. arisen from *foral(d) by metathesis of l; orig. *farald(r); cf. Icel. farald(r), epidemic, under far³, sb.

floraskit [flor··askit·], sb., 1) bungling; unsuccessful work or result, esp. in the expr.: hit [‘it’] turned (ut) in a f., it failed entirely, it came to nothing, etc. Uⁿ. 2) much ado about nothing. Esh., Nm^w. — Prob. an old *flór-skítr, used contemptuously; O.N. flórr, m., that part of the byre floor on which the dung falls, behind the stalled cattle. The last part is skit, sb.

†flos¹ [flɔs], sb., common rush (plant), Juncus. comm. Also Ork. as well as in some L.Sc. and N.Eng. dialects (acc. to E.D.D.; “floss” is quoted by Jam. as an Ork. word, and Edm. gives it as Ork. and Shetl.). Poss. denoting something frayed, scaled or peeled off, as formerly the pith from the peeled rush was used for wicks in the open train-oil lamp (koli). In that case, to be classed