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F
Fash Fuss
F’yass Face
Fell/s / fellsides Mountain/s [Old Norse] / hillsides, mountainsides
Fellwalkers Mountain walkers / hikers
Fettle Health (e.g. “Watt [sec] fettle?” “How are you?” / “What such health?”)
Fettle (-up) To repair or put to rights, but depending on context, sometimes it can mean the opposite” “He’s nut si good, e’s mappen fettled,” could mean someone is dying.
Finnd Find (pronounced “finned,” like a fish, not “fined.”)
Flair/t (or flayt) To scare / scared (pronounced as “flair” but with a silent r)
Flarch Flirt or scrounge
Flayt see “Flairt”
Flooer/s Flowers
Frae From (e.g. “Weer’s ta frae?” – Where are you from?)
Fwoaks People (folk)
F’yull Fool
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