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forms, given under meaning 2, are peculiar to Du. — Ross records (doubtfully) a form “finnske”, m., mould (= farde), in No. (Ryf.). Cf. Sw. dial. fönske, m., a covering, thin crust on the earth when the snow has melted in spring. Fær. (Sandø) finska [fɩ‘nska], vb., to become musty, e.g. of corn, = fúna, vb.

finsket [fɩ‘nskət, fə‘nskət], adj., = find and finnet, adj., blofinsket [blofɩ‘n·skət, -fə‘n·skət, bᶅo-] and blovinsket [-vɩ‘nskət, -və‘nskət], blue-f., musty. Esh., Nm^w.: finsket and finted; q.v.

finster [fɩ‘nstər, fə‘nstər], sb., a find, an object found; I’m fonn a f., I have made a (valuable) find. Ai. Deriv. of finn, vb., formed like words ending in -ster. Cf. finder and funder, sbs.

finted [fɩ‘ntəd] and fintet [f^əi‘ᶇƫət], adj., = find, finnet, finsket, adj.; finted, fintet corn. N^w. occas. [fɩ‘ntəd]. Y^b. [f^əi‘ᶇƫət].

fintek [f^əi‘ntək], sb., esp. in the compd. “roni [roni]-f.”, a) a puddle, inside or outside a byre; b) a filthy puddle or slough covered with green slime. Fe. fintek is doubtless a deriv. of O.N. fen, n., a swamp; soft bog; morass; with roni, cf. No. raan, f., and Fær. runa, f., mire; mud. The first part of No. runefen, n., quagmire round a watercourse (run; R.), differs in meaning from the first part of the Shetl. word.

fip [fip], vb., to steal about (prop. to walk on tiptoe): a) to trip about, to geng fipin aboot; — to steal about, ingratiating oneself in order to get something; to come fipin, to come fawning; de hens cam’ here fipin. b) to walk feebly with short steps, of a weakly person. U. No. fippa, to grip with one’s finger-tips (from “fipp”, m., a tip; point); No. fjappen, adj., light; nimble. O.N. fipla, vb., to touch, finger. Cf. fisp, vb.

firdet [fɩrdət], adj. (prop. perf. part.), lost; disappeared, of something not to be found, in spite of search. U.? Edm.: firdit. — Prob.: firðr, perf. part. of O.N. firra, vb., to put out of sight; take away; deprive.

*fire [fərə], prep. for, in a single, old rigmarole: gott or goit f. monna, good for the mouth, in the verse about the cat (see Introd.). Conn. O.N. fyrir, prep., for.

*fire [fərə, fɩrə, fi̇̄rə], num., four; O.N. fjórir; only in the riddle about the cow: F. honge, f. gonge. . . . four are hanging, four are going . . . . . . .(see Introd.). U. The pronunc. of “firə” is not regularly developed from O.N. fjórir; cf. Fær. fíra, No. fire (= fjore) and Da. fire, modified acc. to Germ. vier.

firebord [(fɩr··əbȯrd·) fər··əbȯrd·], sb., an apparition coming as a (supernatural) warning. N.I. The expr. “turned till a f.”, is used in Ai. in the foll. senses: a) has come to nothing, a vain hope; b) of a person: entirely emaciated. Also (corrupted) fidabord, fidebord [fɩd··abȯrd·, -bərd·, fəd··a-, fəd··ə-] (U. occas.; Ai. occas.) and fjedebord [fjē··dəbərd· (-bȯrd·)] (Fe. occas.) in sense of a vision; warning. O.N. fyrirburðr, m., appearance; vision; spectre, prop. that which gives rise to presentiment; cf. “ber afore” under ber, bear, vb.

*firfoder, sb., a sea-term, tabu-name for cat. Reported by J.I. Prop. the four-footed one. See *fire, numeral, and fudin, sb., a cat (tabu-name) — the last word in various forms.

firi [fɩri, fi̇ɩ̄ri, fi̇̄ri], sb., epidemic, = far³, sb.; esp. canine epidemic, a f. among de dogs. In Fe. firi [fɩ̄ri] is occas. used disparagingly or jokingly of a slight illness, a cold, etc.; du’s gotten a f. In Conn. often fig. of a sickly, nervous state or indisposition supposed (formerly sup-