An Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language Part 288
/An Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language
An Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language Part 288
V. ~Faird~.
_Baillie._
FERDE, _s._ An army.
_Sir Gawan._
A. S. _faerd_, id.
FERDELY, _adv._ Perh. actively.
_Wallace._
FERDER, _adv._ Farther.
_Douglas._
FERDY, FEIRDY, _adj._ Strong, active, S.
_Poems Buchan Dial._
Su. G. _faerdig_, paratus.
FERDLY, _adv._ Fearfully; Bord.
_Wallace._
FERE, _adj._ Fierce, Lat. _ferus_.
_K. Quair._
FERE, _s._ Appearance, shew.
V. ~Fair~.
FERE, FEER, _s._ A companion.
A. S. _ge-fera_, socius.
_Barbour._
_In fere_, together.
_Gawan and Gol._
_Yfere_, _yferis_, the same.
_Douglas._
FERE, FER, _adj._ Entire.
_Hale and fer_, whole and entire, S.
_Barbour._
Isl. _faer_, Su. G. _foer_, validus.
FERE ~of~ WEIR.
V. ~Feir~.
FERETERE, _s._ A bier.
_Douglas._
FERY, FEIRIE, FEERIE, _adj._ Vigorous, active, S.
_Douglas._
Germ. _ferig_, expeditus, alacer.
~Ferilie~, ~Feerelie~, _adv._ Cleverly, S.
_Lyndsay._
FERIAT, _adj._ _Feriat times_, holidays.
_Acts Sedt._
Lat. _feriati dies_; _feriae_, holidays.
FERIE-FARIE, _s._ Bustle.
V. ~Fary~.