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From Old Norse *fél, from Proto-Germanic *finhlō (“file”).

6 f (definite singular fela)

1. rasp, file

fêl

1. to rasp, to file

   ja skull a hatt feld opp såga

   I should have filed the saw.

• IPA^(key): ,

6 n

1. (neuter, impersonal, as an adverb) urgent, necessary, pressing, important

   Fäll var ä felt

   Certainly it was necessary.

   Hä jär int na felt om hä

   There is no hurry therewith.

feläs- +‎ väj

6 m

1. cattle-path

• felasväj

• feläs-stig

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Cardinal : 6     Ordinal : femtant

From Old Norse fimmtán, from Proto-Germanic *fimftehun.

6 (pronoun femtanen)

1. Fifteen; the cardinal number after fjohttan and before sekstan.

• (ordinal pronoun forms) femtantn m, femtanta f, femtantä n.

• fęinstęr, fönster

From Middle Low German venster, vinster, from Latin fenestra (“window.”).

• Rhymes: -ər

6 n (definite fensträ)

1. (architecture) Window.

   Hä dörrä ti fensträ, då thorn gikk

   The window shook when there was thunder.

Middle voice of Old Norse féna (“grow.”)

• IPA^(key):

6

1. (middle voice, intransitive) Begin to germinate.

• fära, fɑra, fara, fåra

From Old Norse fara, from Proto-Germanic *faraną, from Proto-Indo-European *por- (“going, passage”).

• IPA^(key): ,

  Rhymes: -èːrɐ, -ɛ̀ːrɐ

6 (preterite for, supine förä or furi or fyri, negated oförä or ofuri or ofyri)

1. (intransitive) to go, move, travel, leave, fall

   Ji vadht häfftä sä ji int kónd fära dill bröllope

   I was prevented from being able to attend the wedding (lit. go to the wedding.)

   Han spela heelä vajen han for

   He sang throughout the entire journey (lit. the whole way he travelled.)

   Än fåur fräisk å feḷa å kåm hem såm en helsläusståkkar

   He left healthy and ready, and came home as a healthless wretch.

   ji huls äint isa bråono, anä ji fåor ini fåsjo

   I couldn't hold on to the bridge — instead I fell into the rapids.

2. (auxiliary verb) to begin

   han for ginnäs

   he started to cry

   han a förä få säg

   he has begun to recover

   kraftän a förä miink

   the forces have begun to subside/power wains

3. (with particle åt) to act, behave

   Hä gikk som han for åt

   It went as he behaved; the result corresponded to his actions.

From Old Norse ferill.

• IPA^(key):

  Rhymes: -èːrɪl

6 m (definite singular fereln)

1. A track, trace, mark.

   he syins fereln et åm ― there are tracks visible after him

2. The devil.

• (track, trace): fäl, spör
• (devil): farul, däväl, saltar

• (Lövånger) IPA^(key): /²fe̞rɡɐ/

6 f

1. definite feminine singular of ferg

• IPA^(key): /feːs/

  Rhymes: -éːs

6 n (nominative & accusative definite singular fese)

1. A fise.

6

1. careful, scrupulous in small matters; who unnecessarily prescribes or blames; is said in a libelous sense

From Old Norse fet, from Proto-Germanic *fetą.

6 n

1. footstep, step

From fetaräij.

6

1. fetter with fetaräij

From Old Norse feta.

6

1. walk

   feta opp n väg

   walk a road

• IPA^(key):

6 n

1. chain fastened between a horse's right hind leg and left foreleg or conversely
2. bond with which the legs of a rooster are secured together

• feta

Old Norse *féfl < *fimfl, cf Icelandic fífl

• (Lövånger) IPA^(key):

  Rhymes: -éːʋɛɽ, -ɛɽ

6 n (definite singular fevle, dative fevlen)

1. revenant, ghost, goblin
2. someone less knowing, good-for-nothing

6 (preterite fiilt, supine fillt)

1. to blub

• fil

Compare Icelandic þél (“thickened milk.”) Related to tjett (“dense.”)

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1. Snivel.

• fiil

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1. A kind of fermented and soured milk.

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• IPA^(key):

6

1. To fumble.

finn å

1. To hit a target.
2. To guess correctly.

finn (“Finn”) +‎ köko (“bread, round loaf, cake”)

6 f

1. An of corn flour baked often(most) round, flat round loaf.

6 m (dative firinåm, feminine firina, neuter firine, plural firinen)

1. the one who is or was before

From Old Norse fiskr, from Proto-Germanic *fiskaz, from Proto-Indo-European *peysḱ-.

• IPA^(key): /fɪsk/, /feɪsk/

  Rhymes: -ɪ́sk

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1. A fish.

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• fiskj
• fiskjälä
• fiskres
• fiskspänning
• fisktjuv
• fiskuv

From Old Norse fiskja, fiska, from fiskr (“fish,”) whence fisk.

• IPA^(key): /²fiʃː/, /ˈfisːtɕ/

6

1. (intransitive) To fish.
2. (transitive, with opp a) To ponder upon.
3. (intransitive) To play a certain outdoor game, involving two teams sending each one person at a time to tag someone from the other team.

• fisk, fistj

• fiskeli

From fisk (“fish”) or fiskj (“to fish”) +‎ -li (“-y”).

6

1. suitable for fishing

   fiskjälä sjö

   a lake where fish are found and can be caught

   fiskjälä vär

   useful weather for fishing

From Old Norse fjǫrðr, plural firðir, from Proto-Germanic *ferþuz, from Proto-Indo-European *pértus.

• IPA^(key): , , , ,

6 m (plural fjahl or fjähl)

1. bay

• havfjöl (“sea bay”)

From Old Norse fjǫl.

• IPA^(key): , , ,

6 f

1. board
   1. a board put on two sticks like a shelf to put something on

      lägg på fjahla

      Put it on the board.

   2. shelf under the ceiling
   3. crossboard in shelf or cabinet
   4. baker's peel

• bökufjal
• bröfjal

• IPA^(key): /²fjɑʈː/ Template:gmq-bot-pronu-note

  Rhymes: -ɑ̀ʈː

6

1. buffoon

• IPA^(key): /fjɑʈː/ Template:gmq-bot-pronu-note

  Rhymes: -ɑ́ʈː

6 m

1. buffoon

From Old Norse fjall. Akin to English fell.

• IPA^(key): /fjelː/, /fje̞lː/

6 n (definite fjellę, dative fjellęn or fjellęɳ)

1. The elevated, less cultivated part of a parish; opposed to byigda.
2. A mountain chain or ridge.

6 f

1. rock ptarmigan Lagopus muta

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fjuster +‎ -ut

6

1. Foolish, confused, witless.

• fjerkäs
• fjärkes

6 (preterite fjärkäsä)

1. (middle voice, intransitive, particle fȯr + object) To abhor, shun; have disgust (about food.)
2. (middle voice, intransitive, particle fȯr + object) To dread.

• fjärkäsam

6

1. frightening, disgusting

• fjärkäs

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From Old Norse fantr.

6 m

1. buffoon, wimp

6 (preterite & supine fjöntä)

1. (transitive) hit slowly, bump into quite lightly and quickly

   Han fjöntä dill ’om vä nävanom

   He gave him a mild blow with his fist.

   Han fjöntä’n ti öjrä

   He gave him a slight blow to the ear.

From Old Norse fjórði, from Proto-Germanic *fedurþô.

6 m (feminine fjöla, neuter fjöle, definite plural fjölen, combined fjöl-)

1. the fourth

• fjöldäl (“a quarter, a fourth”)
• fjölmening (“a third cousin”)

6 f

1. weather vane

• flög

Related to flangän, flaka, flak, flɑkk, from Proto-Indo-European *pleh₂- (“flat, broad, plain.”)

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1. A flake.

From Old Norse fleiri, from Proto-Germanic *flaizô.

6

1. More; comparative of marge (“many,”) and mang.
2. Many, several.

   flair i gången ― several at a time; in plural

6

1. manyfold

Apparently from an older *flaðk, from a variant of the root of flat.

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1. Quagmire, bottomless bog; swamp, overgrown with tufts of grass, so that it with effort carries one walking.

• flarkmyr

flark +‎ myyr

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1. Swampy bog with rusty water.

• flos

See flasa (“to peel off”)

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1. Peel.

• flasa
• flösi

From Old Norse flasa, from a Proto-Germanic derivative of Proto-Indo-European *plē- (“to cut off, split off”), probably related to *pleh₂- (“flat”) and thus English flake, along with Faroese fles (“skerry”).

• IPA^(key):

  Rhymes: -ɑ̀ːsɐ, -ɒ̀ːsɐ

6

1. To peel.

• flas

• IPA^(key):

  Rhymes: -ɑ́ːsɐ, -ɒ́ːsɐ

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1. A careless woman, ditz.

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1. One who laughs a lot, giving in to children.
2. Semi-liquid pulp.

• flattär
• flittär
• flitter

6 (preterite flatträ)

1. To chuckle; laugh.

• flatter
• flittär
• flitter

• IPA^(key): , ,

Rhymes: -ɑ́ʊ̯ːt

6

1. The singular preterite active indicative of fluut.

• (Burträsk) IPA^(key):
• (Bygdeå, Lövånger) IPA^(key):
• (Skellefteå) IPA^(key):

Rhymes: -ɑ̀ʊ̯ːt

6 n (definite singular flautä, definite plural flauta)

1. The stanchions that carry the sled or sleigh bed and sometimes also the crosspiece etc.

6 f

1. A little slice of something.

• fliis (“To tear or cut a thin piece of something.”)
• flas
• flasa
• flister

6 (preterite & supine flintä)

1. (transitive) To strike (with flint.)

   Fliint opp ell’n ― To strike fire (with flint and fire striker.)

2. (figuratively) To slap.

   Han flintä’n vä öjrä ― He slapped him by the ear.

   Han flintä dill’n midt i trutn ― He hit him right on the mouth.

3. To repeat persistently (chop, shoot.)

   hɑnn fleinnte å hågg ― he cut intensely

6

1. snow lightly

6 f

1. flake

6 n (definite singular flistre)

1. Dandruff.

• flesu
• fliis
• flas
• flister

6 m (definite flitn, dative flitåm)

1. Fly-Tox (insecticide)

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1. Laughter, ridicule.

• flatter
• flattär
• flittär

6 (preterite flitträ)

1. (intransitive) To chuckle.

• flattär
• flatter
• flitter

Possibly related to Old Norse fleipa, fleipra (“to babble, prattle;”) compare fleip and flip.

6 m

1. troublemaker, imp

From Old Norse fljótr.

6

1. fast, good
2. brisk, diligent, dexterous, working quickly and well

   Han jär en flut skrivar

   He writes fast.

   Han jär flut dill arbeit

   He works fast, it goes quickly out of his hands.

6

1. Expeditious.

• flyt

From Old Norse fljóta, from Proto-Germanic *fleutaną; related to flót and flöta.

• IPA^(key): ,

  Rhymes: -ʉ̀ːt

6 (preterite flaut, supine fluti)

1. (neuter verb) float

From Middle Low German vlī(g)en (“to stack, sort out”), cognate with Dutch vlijen (“to place”), from Proto-Germanic *flīhan, of unknown ultimate origin; possibly related to the root of *flaihijan (“to be sly, to flatter”), though the semantic gap is wide.

6

1. to send, to hand

   fly me sɑksa

   hand me the scissors

Cognate with Icelandic flug, Swedish flog (“flight, flying,”) Norwegian Nynorsk flog (“flight; steep drop,”) fly, flaug (“steep mountainside,”) Norwegian Bokmål flog, Scanian fløw, Bohusian flåg, flau (“id.”) from Old Norse flug (“projecting and overhanging rock, rock wall.”)

6 n

1. Steep mountain or rock wall, steep cliff.

• flygg

Related to Old Norse flói and fljóta

6 n

1. marsh, swamp forest, marshland

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6 n

1. timber and logs being driven

From Old Norse fletta.

• IPA^(key):

  Rhymes: -ɛ̀tː

6 (preterite flättä)

1. turn over, turn upside down

   Flätt om stókken!

   Turn up the other side of the log

2. overthrow, throw over
3. fall, fall over

6 (preterite flänne)

1. To cry, grin, gap.

• flännøt (“prone to crying”)
• flänn m (“crying”)

From Old Norse flana, possibly from a Proto-Germanic derivative of Proto-Indo-European *pleh₂- (“flat”). Related to Icelandic flana.

6

1. To act foolishly, playfully.

From Old Norse flórr, from Proto-Germanic *flōraz.

6 m (dative flåoro)

1. floor

• gólv

• tak

• pall

From Old Norse flóa, from Proto-Germanic *flōaną.

6 (neuter flótt)

1. flowing strongly

6 f

1. flatbread (cornbread), dipped in the grease or fat gravies and added alternately on each other: a desirable dish

6

1. swift

6 m

1. collection device of iron wire on the scythe

6 f

1. simple flag, cloth on a stick or similar

6

1. inflection of flöög

6

1. to flag

• flög f

From Old Norse flœðr f (“flood-tide”) (gen flœðar).

• IPA^(key):

  Rhymes: -ǿːð

  (ð-dropping) Rhymes: -ǿː, -ǿːð

6 f (definite singular fløa)

1. flood

• flo f

From Old Norse flœða, from Proto-Germanic *flōdijaną.

• IPA^(key):

  Rhymes: -ø̀ːð

  (ð-dropping) Rhymes: -ø̀ː, -ø̀ːð

6

1. to flood

flø +‎ -al

6

1. Prone to flooding, which easily floods (said of fields.)

• flørend

6

1. Alternative form of fløal

From Middle Low German vlak, from Old Saxon flak, from Proto-Germanic *flakaz.

• IPA^(key): /fɽɑ́kʰː/ Template:gmq-bot-pronu-note

  Rhymes: -ákː

  (a-o merger) Rhymes: -ákː, -ɒ́kː

6 (neuter flɑkt)

1. flat

   flɑkt e lɑnn

   a flat land

• Larsson, Evert, Söderström, Sven, “flack a. flɑkk”, in Hössjömålet : ordbok över en sydvästerbottnisk dialekt (in Swedish) →ISBN, page 58

From Old Norse *fnas, from Proto-Germanic *fnasą. Cognate with Swedish fnas.

6 n

1. the green cap, socket, capsule that surrounds nuts
2. the outer brown cover around the kernel of the nut
3. peel on ground fruits
4. mote, fine dust, speck
5. trifle, nonsense

   Bara fnas!

   Just trifle!

• fnasa
• fnask
• fnaask

• Rietz, Johan Ernst, “Fnas”, in Svenskt dialektlexikon: ordbok öfver svenska allmogespråket (in Swedish), 1962 edition, Lund: C. W. K. Gleerups Förlag, published 1862–1867, page 157

6 n

1. fluff

6

1. angry, offended

• snörr

From Old Norse fnjósa, from Proto-Germanic *fneusaną.

6 (preterite fnaus, supine fnusä)

1. (intransitive) snort, heavily breathe through the nose
2. (intransitive) disagree, disdain, despise

   Han fneus bara åt deg

   He scorned you.

6

1. "bird-married": living together without being married

From fus, -fos, from Old Norse fúss, from Proto-Germanic *funsaz.

6

1. right away, in a moment

6 n

1. (anatomy) ankle

• brist f

6

1. Alternative form of fräjst

From Old Norse fram, from Proto-Germanic *fram, related to frå.

• IPA^(key): , ,

  Rhymes: -ámː, -ǽmː

6 (comparative främmer, superlative främmerst or fremderst)

1. forth, forward

   Han knasa framm åt vägjom

   He paced forth on the road.

2. south

   dem bo fram e lɑnnen

   They live south in the country.

• åt

framm +‎ fȯr

6

1. before, ahead of
2. south of

6

1. from the front
2. from the lower country, from the south

6

1. pushing, forward

framm +‎ fäl

6 f

1. behaviour during travel, on the road; way of walking forwards

6

1. headlong

From framm (“forwards; south”) + -länning (“inhabitant, native”), from Old Norse fram and -lendingr; compare Norwegian -lending and sørlending, and Swedish regional speech sörlänning (“person living in or hailing from Svealand or Götaland”).

6 m

1. someone living further framm (south) in the country

For example, used by someone living in Nordmaling of someone living in Angermannia.

• Rietz, Johan Ernst, “FRAMMLÄNNING”, in Svenskt dialektlexikon: ordbok öfver svenska allmogespråket (in Swedish), 1962 edition, Lund: C. W. K. Gleerups Förlag, published 1862–1867, page 163

6

1. Too much loaded in the front; said both of carriages and vehicles.

   Slään jär frammläst

   The sled is heavily loaded at the front.

• bakläst

• frammsätt
• frammtong

framm +‎ -sätt

6

1. Too much loaded in the front; said mostly of ships.

• baksätt

• frammläst
• frammtong

framm +‎ tong

6

1. heavy in the front; said when loading a cart and the load in the front of the carriage becomes too heavy

• bakatong

• frammläst
• frammsätt

6

1. bold in speech; saying inconsiderately or bluntly what he thinks

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framm +‎ stamn

6 m

1. prow, stem, bow

• bakstamn
• stamnrot

• flasa

See fres (“hissing, crackling”)

6

1. crackle, sparkle; of fire
2. fizzle, mill

   Hä frasa ti norrskena

   sputtered in the aurora (When aurora is very low, the sound is heard thereof as when fanning with a piece of silk fabric.)

• frees

6

1. brave

• hörk
• fœr

frau (“lush”) +‎ -läik (“-ness”)

6 m (nominative & accusative definite singular frauläikjän)

1. Luxuriance.

From Old Norse fræ, from Proto-Germanic *fraiwą.

• IPA^(key):
• Rhymes: -éː

6 n (definite singular fre or frett)

1. a seed of a plant

From Old Norse friða bú.

6

1. To play hide and seek.

• galigant

• fre
• frepå
• tjufre

6

1. (with dative) Freed, free from.

   fredu sjuken

   free from the sickness

   ve vohdt då allär fredu bjernom

   We never became free from the bear.

2. (with accusative)

   Nu jär vä fredu kölda

   Now we are freed from the cold.

   Ji ha vodhtä fredu sjukdomen

   I have been freed from the disease.

From Old Norse fræs f (“whizzing, hissing”). Compare frasa.

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  Rhymes: -èːs

6 (preterite frest)

1. fizzle, simmer

   Hä fres ti gryta

   The pot boils up

2. whiz and roar; of rapids
3. express dissatisfaction, harshly address, be wroth

   Han frest dill’om

   He hissed at him

• fres

Compare Old Norse fress, fres m, Icelandic fress n, Norwegian frøs, fross m.

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1. Tomcat.

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• fres m
• fress m

6 m (definite singular fregan)

1. a question

• fräga