FEIR, FER, _adj._ sound, unharmed. O.N. _færr_, safe, well, in proper condition, originally applied to a way that was in proper condition or a sea that was safe, e.g., _Petlandsfjörðr var eigi færr_, the Pentland Firth was not safe, could not be crossed. Norse _før_ also has this same meaning, also means "handy, skillful," finally "strong, well-built." Dan., Sw. _för_, able. So in Dunbar, 258, 51. Sometimes spelled _fier_. 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. FLYRE, _vb._ to grin, leer, whimper, look surly. Montg. F., 188. Dunbar, T.M.W., 114. O.N., _flira_, Norse _flira_, smile at, leer, laugh, Dan. _flire_ to leer, M.E. _fliren_. The three words _flina_, _flira_ and _flisa_ in Scand. mean the same. Cu. _fliar_, to laugh heartily. See also Wall. FLYTTING, _sb._ furniture, moveable goods. Wyntoun, VIII, 38, 50. In Wallace simply in the sense of removal. O.N. _flutning_, transport, carriage of goods. The Sco. word is probably a deriv. from _flyt_, as indicated also by the umlauted vowel.