FARANDNESS, sb. comeliness, handsomeness.  R.R., 1931.  See
    farrand.  Cp. cunnandness, from pr. p. cunnand.

FARRAND, adj. appearing, generally well-appearing, handsome, e.g.,
    a seemly farrand person.  The word frequently means “fitting,
    proper,” O.N. fara, to suit, to fit, a secondary sense of
    fara, to go.

FEIR, FER, adj. sound, unharmed.  O.N. faerr, safe, well, in
    proper condition, originally applied to a way that was in
    proper condition or a sea that was safe, e.g., Petlandsfjoerethr
    var eigi faerr, the Pentland Firth was not safe, could not be
    crossed.  Norse for also has this same meaning, also means
    “handy, skillful,” finally “strong, well-built.”  Dan., Sw.
    foer, 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. fjoerethr, O. Sw.
    fjoerdher.  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, flekkottr, 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. flaegger,
    false, flaegre, 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.
    flaenga, 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. flyttae, 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.