fimr

Related via descandant verbal derivatives to English fimble, famble, fumble; Low German fimmeln (“to finger, to fiddle”), fammeln (“to fumble, to fiddle”), German fummeln (“to fumble, to fiddle”); etc. Compare Swedish verbal derivative fimla (“to finger, to fiddle”) with famla (“to grope, to fumble”) and fumla (“to fumble”).

fimr m

1. nimble, agile, mobile
   1. quick, swift, clever
   2. lively, alert
   3. healthy, brisk, spirited
   4. convenient, handy
   5. dainty

• fimafengr (“nimble-fingered”)
• fimleikr (“nimbleness”)

• Danish: fim
  • ⇒ Danish: fimre (“to move quickly back and forth”)
• Norwegian: (dialectal) fim
  • ⇒ Norwegian: (dialectal) fimra (“to finger, to fiddle”)
• Icelandic: fimur
• Old Swedish: fimmer
  • Swedish: fimmer, (dialectal) femmer, fimper, femper, fäm
    • ⇒ Swedish: fimla (“to finger, to fiddle”)