An Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language Part 277
/An Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language
An Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language Part 277
2. Pa.s.sion, S. B.
A. S. _fam_, _faem_, spuma.
_To_ ~Fame~, _v. n._ To be in a rage, S.
FAMEN, _pl._ Foes.
_Wallace._
A. S. _fah-mon_, foe-man.
FAMYLE, FAMELL, _s._ Family, race.
Fr. _famille_.
_Douglas._
FAMOUS, _adj._ Of good character.
Fr. _fameux_, of much credit.
_Wodrow._
_To_ FAND, _v. a._ To try.
V. ~Faynd~.
FAND, _pret. v._ Found, S.
_Hudson._
_To_ FANE, _v. a._ To protect.
_Dunbar._
FANE. _In fane_, fondly.
_Gawan and Gol._
FANG, _s._
1. Capture.
_Wallace._
2. What is seized or carried off, Ang.
_Morison._
_With the fang_, having in possession, LL. S.
3. In pl., claws or talons, S.
4. The bend of a rope.
_Gl. Sibb._
A. S. _fang_, Teut. _vanghe_, captura, captus.
_To_ FANK, FANKLE, _v. a._ To entangle, especially by knots, S.
_Henrysone._
Teut. _vanck_, tendicula.
FANNOUN, FANNOWNE, _s._ A linen handkerchief carried on the priests arm at ma.s.s.
Fr. _fanon_.
_Wyntown._
_To_ FANTISIE, _v. a._ To regard with affection.
Fr. _fantas-ier_.
_G. Buchanan._
~Fantise~, _s._ Vain appearance.
_K. Quair._
FANTON, _s._ Swoon.
_Palice of Hon._
FANTOWN, _adj._ Fantastic.