An Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language Part 289
/An Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language
An Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language Part 289
FERIS, _v. n._ Becomes.
V. ~Afferis~.
_Douglas._
FERYS, _s. pl._ Marks.
V. ~Fair~.
_Douglas._
FERYT, FERRYIT, _pret. v._ Farrowed.
Sw. _faerria_, porcellos parere.
_Barbour._
FERYT, _pret. v._ Waxed.
_Wallace._
FERITIE, _s._ Violence.
_Bp. Forbes._
FERLIE, FERELY, FARLIE, _s._ A wonder, S.
_Douglas._
A. S. _faerlic_, _ferlic_, repentinus; also, horrendus.
_To_ ~Ferly~, _v. n._ To wonder.
_Douglas._
~Ferlyfull~, _adj._ Surprising.
_Barbour._
FERLYST, L. _Terlyst_.
_Wallace._
_To_ FERME, _v. a._ To make firm.
_Doug._
_To_ FERME, _v. a._ To shut up.
Fr. _ferm-er_.
_Douglas._
FERME, _s._ Rent, Fr.
_Acts Ja. VI._
~Fermorer~, _s._ A farmer. L. B. _firmar-ius_.
_Knox._
FERN, FEARN, _s._ Prepared gut. S. _tharm_, E.
_Gl. Sibb._
FERNITICKLES, _s. pl._ Freckles, S.
Dan. _fregne_, id.
~Fernitickled~, ~Fairntickld~, _adj._ Freckled, S.
_Ritson._
FERNYEAR, FARNE-YEIR, _s._ The preceding year, S.
_L. Hailes._
A. S. _faren_, past; or Moes. G. _fairni_, old.
~Fernyears Tale~, a fabrication.
_Sir Egeir._
S. _fernyears news_, any intelligence that has been known long ago.