An Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language Part 309
/An Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language
An Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language Part 309
1. Abundance.
Fr. _foison_, id.
_Barbour._
2. Pith, ability, S.
_Ross._
~Foisonless~, _adj._ Without strength, S.
_Kelly._
FOLD, _s._ Ground.
_Wallace._
A. S. _folde_, id.
FOLY, _adj._ Belonging to fools.
_Doug._
Su. G. _fiollig_, foolish.
~Foliful~, _adj._ Foolish.
_Complaynt S._
FON, FONE, _s. pl._ Foes.
_K. Quair._
_To_ FON, _v. n._ To play the fool.
_Lyndsay._
O. E. _fonne_, id.; Isl. _faan-a_, fatue se gerere.
_To_ ~Fone~, _v. a._ To fondle.
_Peblis Play._
_To_ FONDE, FOUND, _v. a._
1. To go.
_Barbour._
2. _To found off_, to go from.
_Wallace._
A. S. _fund-ian_, tendere.
FONERIT, L. _seuerit_.
_Dunbar._
FONNED, _adj._ Prepared; _ill-fonned_, ill-prepared, Ang.
A. S. _fund-ian_, disponere.
FOOLYIE, _s._ Gold leaf, S.
Belg. _foeli_.
FOOR-DAYS.
V. ~Furedays~.
_To_ FOOT, _v. a._ To strike with the _foot_, Ang.
FOR, an inseparable particle, which implies negation, excess, intension, or vitiation.
FOR, _conj._ Because.
_Wyntown._
FOR, _prep._ Denoting quality.
Su. G. _foer_, id.
FOR, _prep._ Against.