Proto-Germanic: *fímfVla-n, *fímfVlōn; *fimbō; *fimbán- vb., *fambḗn, *fumb=; *famp=
Meaning: heap, swell
Old Norse: fīfl n. `Narr, Tölpel', fīfla f. `Närrin', fimbul- (fimbul-fambi `tor', fimbul-ljōδ `Zauberlied', -tǖr `mächtiger Gott' usw.); fimbul-fambi m. `Tropf'
Norwegian: famp `dicker Lümmel', fɔme, fume `Dumkopf'
Danish: dial. fjambe `Dumkopf'
Old English: fīfel, -es n.? m.? `a sea-monster, monster, giant', fīfel- `monstruous'
English: dial. famp `schwerfällig gehen'
Old Saxon: fimba `haufen'
Middle Low German: vimme f. `haufen'
