An Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language Part 328
/An Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language
An Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language Part 328
_A. Douglas._
Fr. _effronte_, overbold.
_To_ FRUSCH, FRWSCH, _v. a._
1. To dash.
_Douglas._
2. To break in pieces.
_Barbour._
3. To overthrow.
_Wallace._
Fr. _froiss-er_, to dash.
_To_ ~Frusch~, _v. n._ To break.
_Wallace._
~Frusch, Frush~, _adj._. Brittle, S.
Teut. _broosch_, fragilis.
_Minst. Bord._
~Frusch~, s. Breaking.
_Barbour._
_To_ FRUSTIR, _v. a._ To render useless.
Fr. _frustr-er_, id.
_Dunbar._
~Frustir~, _adj._
1. Frustrated.
_Wallace._
2. Vain, empty.
_Dunbar._
FUD, FUDE, _s._
1. The matrix.
_Wallace._
A. S. _foth_, Isl. _fud_, id.
2. The backside, S. B.
_Ritson._
3. A hare or rabbits brush, S.
_Burns._
FUDDER, FOTHYR, FUTHIR, FIDDER, _s._
1. A large quant.i.ty; a cart-load.
_Barbour._
2. A certain weight of lead.
_Skene._
3. A great number.
_Chr. Kirk._
A. S. _fother_, a wain-load.
FUDDER, _s._ Lightning.
_Burel._
Fr. _foudre_, id.
FUDDY, _s._ A designation given to the wind, Aberd.
_Poems Buch. Dial._
Isl. _fud-r_, motus; or _hwida_, aer.