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[flada], floda [flɔda, flȯda], Flota [flɔta], Flod- [flɔd-, flȯd-], in place-names, spring from O.N. flata, flǫt, f., a plane; see Sh. Stedn., pp. 93-94.

fli [fli̇̄], sb., very small quantity or thin layer; a particle; grain; a mere f.; a f. o’ butter. Y.; Fe. *flý; No. fly, f. and n., a) a shaving; chip; b) a film; fluff; grain. — See fluid, fluin, sb., which are other forms of the same word with dropped i-mutation and with final def. art.

flider¹ [flɩdər], sb., a slight, passing shower. Du. Not wholly confirmed word. Poss. an orig. *fliðra in sense of a small, detached cloud; cf. No. fledra, flidra, f., a thin, loosened splinter; chip, and cf. Shetl. flis, sb. (flis 4).

flider², flidder [flɩdər], sb., 1) unseemly, foolish laughter (with grimaces), grin; Y^h. 2) soft, sweet speech; Esh., Nm^w. See flider, vb.

flider, flidder [flɩdər], vb., 1) to laugh in an unseemly way, foolishly, making grimaces; to grin (foolishly), = flir, vb.; q.v. Y^h. 2) to talk sweetly (L.Sc. flether). Esh., Nm^w. *fliðra. Cf. No. fledra, vb., to behave flippantly; to grin frivolously.

flikr, fliker [flɩkər], vb., to be in restless, fidgety motion, a) = No. flikra and Eng. flicker, vb., b) in a fig. sense: to fondle; coax; flirt; fool, = flakr, flaker, vb.; No. flikra (R.) and L.Sc. flicker, vb., in same sense; cf. Eng. flicker, vb.

flim, sb., see flem, sb.

flimer, flimmer [fləmər], sb., a snɩall quantity; a grain; particle, a f. o’ meal, o’ tea; I do no [‘not’] see de leastest [‘least’] f. Y^h. *flim-. Doubtless to be classed with flem, flim, sb., and No. flima, f.

flinder [flɩndər] and with the dim. ending flinderkin, flindrekin [flɩn··drəkɩn·], sb., 1) a splinter; shaving. 2) a thin slice; a flinder o’ a bannock, a very thin wheaten-cake (Y.).

3) thin spreading, e.g. of butter on bread, a flinder o’ butter (Y.). 4) something thin, weak, e.g. thin material. 5) a miserable, weak person. — No. flindra, f., a thin flake or splinter, chip of stone. Cf. Eng. flinders, sb. pl. — Flindra [flɩndra] is found in Shetl. (Øja, Nm^w.) as a place-name, name of a flat rock (used when angling) on the sea-shore.

fling¹ [flɩŋ], sb., a trifle; small quantity; yon (dat)’s a f. Y., Fe. Cf. No. flinga (and flingra), f., a thin crust; splinter; slice.

fling², sb., see flink, sb.

fling, vb., see flink, vb.

*flingaso, *flingasø [flɩŋ··asə·, -sə·, -sø̄·], sb., water in which limpets have been scalded from their shells. Uⁿ. (Skaw). These limpets are used as bait for fishing, flingaso for *flignaso from an older *fliðna-soð. Fær. fliða, f., limpet, see further under fladrek, sb.; O.N. soð, n., broth, water in which something (esp. meat, fish) has been boiled. For Shetl. g from an original ð, see Introd. V (also N.Spr. VII) § 29, the end.

flings [flɩ‘ŋs], and more comm. flinks [flɩ‘ŋks], sb., a rushing, bounding along, throwing out one’s legs; he had a f. upon him, he went jumping, running, kicking up his legs. Sa. See flings, vb.

flings [flɩ‘ŋs] and more comm. flinks [flɩ‘ŋks], vb., to rush along with swinging movements, throwing out one’s legs (in quick walking), to geng flingsin, flinksin. Sa. No. flingsa, vb., to swing one’s body, also to gad about. Cf. flink, vb.

flingset [flɩ‘ŋsət] and flinkset [flɩ‘ŋksət], adj., giddy; wild; a f. body [‘person’]. Fo. [flɩ‘ŋksət]. No. flingsutt, adj., giddy.

flink [flɩ‘ŋk], sb., a) quick, sweeping movement or gait; der’r a f. upo yon ane (yon lass), look, how she sweeps along (in all her finery)!