Fell, sb. mountain. O. N. fjald, Norse fjell. See Wall.
Fillok, sb. a giddy young woman. Douglas, III, 143, 10; Lyndsay, 87, 2654. Diminutive of filly, q.v.
Filly, sb. a chattering, gossipy young woman. Ramsay, II, 328. Sco. usage. See Skeat under filly, O. N. fylja.
Firth, sb. a bay, arm of the sea. O. N. fjörðr, O. Sw. fjördher. See Skeat.
Flake, sb. a hurdle. Douglas, IV, 14, 10. O. N. flaki, a hurdle, or shield wicker-work. Norse flake, Sw. flake and O. Sw. flaki. Cu. flaks, pieces of turf, is probably the same. Cp. Norse flake, in kote-flake.
Flat, adj. dull, spiritless. Rolland, Prol. 16. O. N. flat, Norse flat, ashamed, disappointed, fara flatt fyrir einem, to fare ill, be worsted, O. Dan. flad, weak.
Fleckerit, pp. adj. spotted. Gol. and Gaw., 475. O. N. flekkr, a spot, flekkóttr, spotted. The r in the Sco. word is frequentative, not the inflexional ending of the O. N. See also Skeat under fleck.
Flegger, sb. a flatterer. Dunbar, F., 242. Dan. dial. flægger, false, flægre, to flatter.
Flingin tree, sb. a piece of timber hung by way of partition between two horses in a stable (Wagner), Burns, 32, 23. O. N. flengja, Norse flenga, flengja, to fling, to sling. Sw. flänga, O. Ic. flengja, to whip up, to cause to hurry, to ride furiously. The Norse and the Dan., like the English, do not have the primary meaning seen in O. Ic. and N.Sw. See further Skeat.
Flit, vb. to move, change abode. O. N. flyttja, Norse flytta, O. Dan. flyttæ, O. Sw. flyttia, to move, M. E. flytten. The O. N. flyttja meant "to migrate," as also the M. E. word, otherwise the usage is the same in all the Scand. languages. Sco. flit is to be derived from O. N. not from Sw.