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fitje-skammr, a. having short flippers (selr ekki fitjaskammr).
fitna (að), v. to become fat.
fífil-bleikr, a. dandelion-yellow.
fífill, m. dandelion.
fífl, n. fool, clown, boor.
fífla, f. wanton girl, romp.
fífla (-da, -dr), v. to beguile, seduce; refl., fíflast, to act as a seducer.
fíflingar , m. pl. beguilement.
fífl-megir, m. pl. monsters, giants.
fíflska, f, foolishness, folly.
fíflsku-fullr, a. full of folly.
fífl-yrði, n. pl. foolish language.
fífrildi, n. butterfly.
fíkjast (t), v. refl. to have an eager desire (á e-t, for a thing).
fíll (-s, -ar), m. elephant.
fínn, a. fine, smooth (rare).
fítons-andi, m. spirit of prophecy heathen soothsaving. (From med. Latin. Phiton for Python.)
fjaðraðr, a. feathered (= fiðraðr).
fjaðra-spjót, n. = fjáðr-spjót.
fjaðr-broddr, m. point of a spearblade;
-hamr, m. feather-coat;
-lauss, a. featherless;
-sárr, a. 'feather-sore', moulting;
-spjót, n. a kind of spear.
fjala-brú, f a bridge of planks (fjöl);
-kottr, m. mouse-trap.
fjal-högg, n. chopping-block.
fjall, n. mountian, fell.
fjalla-dalr, m. dale, valley;
-gol, n. light breeze from the mountains;
-sýn, f. mountain-view.
fjall-berg, n. crag, precipice;
-bygð, f. district among fells;
-dalr, m. dale in the fells;
-ferð, f. mountain excursion;
-garðr, m. range of mountains;
-hagi, m. mountain pasture;
-maðr, m. a man searching the fells for sheep;
-rapi, m. dwarf-birch.
fjalls-brún, f. brow (edge) of a mountain;
-hlíð, f. mountain-side;
-múli, m. a hill projecting between two valleys.
fjall-stong f. fellman's staff;
-vegr, m. mountain road;
-vindr, m. wind blowing from the mountains, opp. to 'hafvindr'.
fjara, f. (1) ebb-tide, ebb; (2) fore-shore, beach (var þá skógr milli fjalls ok fjöru).
fjara (að), v. impers. to ebb; skip (acc.) fjarar uppi, fjarar undan skipi, the ship is left aground, or remains, high and dry.
fjar-borinn, pp. remotely related.
fjarða-gol, n. a breeze blowing out of the firths.
fjarðar-botn, m. botton, or head of a firth;
-horn, n. creek at the head of a firth;
-íss, m. ice in a firth, land-ice;
-kjaptr, m. mouth of a firth.
-mynni, n. mouth of a firth.
fjarg, n. heathen,God (poet.).
fjarg-hús, n. heathen temple.
fjar-kominn, pp. by no means entitled or obliged to (til e-s);
-lægjast (ð), v. refl. to withdraw (recede) from;
-lægr, a. far off, distant.
fjarra-fleinn, m, landlouper (rare).
fjarri (firr, first), adv. (1) far off (svá at f. flugu brotin); with dat. far from (sólu f); standa f. e-m, to stand far from one; compar., firr, farther off farit firr húsi, keep off from the house; allt er fjörvi firr, life is the nearest (dearest) thing; firr meirr, farther aloof (bóndamúgrinn sat firr meirr); (2) fig., taka e-u fjarri, to take a thing coldly, show disinclination, refuse (Ormr tók því ekki f.); ok er þat ekki f. hennar skapi, it is not far from her mind; f. ferr því, far from it, by no means; nú sé ek eigi, at mér mætti firr um fara en þér, now I see not how I can fare worse than thou; (3) far from, bereft of; f. feðrmunum, bereft of my patrimony.
fjarski, m. far distance; vera (liggja) í fjarska, to be (lie) afar off.
fjar-stœðr, a. far off; -stœtt er um áfl várt, there is a great difference between our strengths;
-sýnis, adv. at a great distance;
-tœki, n. refusal (hafa -tœki um e-t);
-tök, n. pl. = tœki;
-vist, f. living far off.
fjá (early form fía), v. to hate; refl., fjást e-n = fjá e-n.
fjáðr, a. moneyed, rich (f. vel).
fjánda-kraptr, m. fiendish power.
fjándi (pl. fjándr), m. (1) enemy, foe; gefat þínum fjándum frið, give no truce to thy foes; (2) fiend, devil.
fjánd-liga, adv. fiendishly;
-ligr,

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