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flow [flåu] reported from Ai., a f. a’ meal, is L.Sc.

fluk¹ [fluk, fᶅuk], sb., a speeding along in great haste: der’r a f. on [‘upon’] him (her); he (she) is rushing along; to geng wi’ a f., to make much headway (e.g. of a boat, a ship), to hasten. Conn. [fluk, fᶅuk], Fe. [fᶅuk]. O.N. flug, n., = flog, n., flying; speed.

fluk², sb., see floga¹ (flog), sb.

fluk¹ (fljuk) [fluk, fᶅuk], vb., to be in quick motion, to hurry, hasten; to geng flukin aboot, to rush about. Conn. Formed either from fluk¹, sb., or developed from O.N. fljúga, vb., to fly, through infl. of fluk¹, sb.

fluk² or fljuk [fᶅuk], vb., to fly off; fall off, f. aff, of chaff on corn, cleaned by ‘flinging’, the so-called fl(j)ogin, fl(j)ugin, fl(j)ukin; de langtails on de aits [‘oats’] fl(j)uks aff when de corn is fl(j)uket. Nm^w. Either directly from O.N. fljúga, vb., to fly, or the same word as the derived fl(j)uk = flog³, fljog [fløygja], to f. de corn, to clean the corn by flinging, which may have become intransitive in use.

fluki (fljuki) [fluki, fᶅuki], sb., a nimble, little fellow, esp. as a pet-name for a lively, active child; “my piri (little) f.”! Conn. Deriv. of fluk¹ (fljuk), vb.

flukner, sb., see flokner, sb.

flukr, fluker [flokər], and flokr, floker [flɔkər], vb., to snow in broad flakes (of snow); he is flukrin (flokrin). *flykra. The Shetl. form has prob. arisen through dropped i-mutation; see flukra, sb.

flukra [flokra, flok··əra·] and flokra [flɔkra, flɔk··əra·], sb., collect., quantity of big flakes of snow falling (in calm weather). comm. Occas. also of a single snowflake, thus in Du.: flukr, fluker [flokər], a snawie [‘snowy’] f. From *flykra through dropped i-mutation. Fær. flykra, f., snowflake. Cf. flurakavi, sb.

Flukra [flok··əra·], sb., the name

for a speckled hen. Wh. Formed from flukret, adj.; q.v. Not directly from flukra, sb. — Flura is found in Uⁿ. as the name for a hen in same sense as Flukra. “Flura” is apparently formed from “flooer” = Eng. flower, sb. Note the form flurakavi for *flukrakavi with dropped k.

flukret [flokrət, flok··ərət·], adj., spotted; speckled (white-speckled), esp. of hens; a f. hen, a speckled (black and white) hen. Wh., N., Uⁿ., Fe. *flykróttr. See prec. flukra, sb.

flukster [flokstər], sb., great haste; to be in a f., to be in a great hurry; Conn. floks [flɔks] and flokster [flɔkstər] agitation; excitement; Du. To be classed with No. flugsa and flogsa, vb., to flutter; bustle.

†flunder [flondər], sb., a small flounder. Da. sandflynder, No. and Fær. sandflundra. Also “sand-fluke”. U^wg. No., Sw., Fær. flundra, f., a flounder.

flungs [flo‘ŋs] and flunks [flo‘ŋks], sb., a swinging; shaking; fluttering; flapping; he had a f. upon him, he swung along with flapping garments (Fo.: flunks); “de oo’ [‘wool’] was a’ [‘all’] in a f. upo de yowe [‘ewe’], applied to a sheep losing its wool (Fo.: flunks). Also quick movement in turning round. See flungs (flunks), vb.

flungs [flo‘ŋs] and flunks [flo‘ŋks], vb., 1) to swing; shake; flutter, e.g. of untidy clothes, wool on sheep, etc.; to geng flungsin (flunksin), to wear loose, flapping garments; de claes is flungsin (flunksin). In Fo.: flunks; de fleece is flunksin on de sheep. 2) to flap the wings; de ern (the eagle) guid [‘went’] flungsin op de burn (Y^b.). 3) to make quick movements in turning round, to geng flungsin. — No. flumsa, vb. a) to fly quickly, to flap the wings (Aa.); b) to tumble about (R.). — For a change