F
f, in Northern Scotch, often for wh; as, fa, faa, who; fan, when; far, faer, where.
fa, IV, 260, 6; 261, 6: who.
fa, V, [118], B 10: fault.
fa, my lady cannot fa sic servants, I, 116, 11: have such fall to her, put up with. fa frae her, II, 133, D 1: break off, give up.
fa, fae, IV, 256, 5; 337, f 2, 3, 7: from.
faa, V, [275] a, 8: who.
face, with a, III, 180, 12: with effrontery, boldness.
fache, fetch.
fact, III, 229, 32; IV, 11, 11: offence, crime.
fadge. fat fadge, II, 182, 8: “a lusty and clumsy woman.” Jamieson. “fadgy, corpulent, unwieldy. fudge, a little, fat person. North.” Halliwell. “fodge, a fat person; evidently the same with fadge.” Jamieson. A dirty drab is the phrase corresponding to fat fadge, II, 194, 10 (fusom fag, IV, 469, I 10, 12). See fag, fug.
fadther, IV, 260, 7: father.
fae, fay, fey, fee, fie, I, 245, 6; III, 481 f., 30, 24; 489, 39; 490, 24; 492, 26; IV, 430, 2: (A. S. fǽge) destined to die.
fae, II, 184, 19; 196, 9: foe.
fae, IV, 165 f., 2, 10; 337 f, 2, 3, 7: frae, from. See fa.
faein, faen, fawn, fallen.
faem, fame, I, 68, 1; 70, 1; 86, 1; II, 24, 12; 25, G 14: foam, sea.
faer, IV, 262, 15; 378 f., 6, 19: where.
fag, I, 304, F 2, 3; IV, 469, I 10, 12: a dirty drab. Cf. fusome fug, described as a dirty drab, B 3-6; dirty slut, C 4; dirty bitch, E 4; filthy foul flag, G 4. See fadge, fug.
faikine, III, 199, 24: faith.
fail, feall, fell, I, 304, F 6: turf.
fail-dyke, I, 253, 2: turf-wall.
fails, II, 365 f., 2, 3, 23: falls, befalls.
fain(e), fayn(e), II, 444, 48, 57; 453, 28; III, 100, 66; 298, 50; 309, 32: glad, pleased, eager. IV, 211, 13; V, [115], 2: fond. for faine, III, 479, 40: for glad, for gladness.
fainly, joyfully, blithely.
fair, V, [26] f., 13, 39: far.
fairlie, farlie, ferlie, I, 324, 11; 325, B 9: wonder. gars me fairlie, IV, 357, 2: causes me astonishment.
fairly (fields), IV, 57, D 1: fair, looking well.
fait, faitt, fett, V, [224], 18, 19; [274], 10; [278], 29: white.
faith and troth, to be, IV, 147, 34: to be in the relation of men who have taken the engagement of mutual fidelity, sworn-brethren.
fald, fall, fauld, n., V, [105], A 3; [248], 21: fold.
fall, III, 76, 406: suit, become. well falls me, V, [25], 5: my luck is good.
fall, V, [206] b, 8: pret. of fall, unless there is ellipsis of did.
falling, III, 470 a: sunset.
fallow’s deed, I, 448, 7-10: deed of a bad fellow seems unlikely. felloun’s? farlie, strange?
falsh, IV, 442, 1, 10, 12: false.
falyf, III, 13, 4: fallow.
fame, faem, I, 68, 1; 86, 1: foam, sea.
fa’n, IV, 6, 7; V, [249], 7: fallen.
fan, fand, found.
fan, IV, 262, 19; V, [110], 4; [116], 1; [184], 49: when.
fancy, fell in her, V, [272] b, 2: fell in love with her. faen deap in my fancy, [273], 12.
fand, found.
fang, III, 160, 5: fastening. (164, b 5, whang.) Perhaps North Scotch for whang.
fankit, IV, 27, 28: entangled, obstructed.
far, III, 513 b, 1-4: fair.
far, fare, faur, I, 165, N 1; II, 191, 23; 335, N 3-5; V, [224], 17, 18; [227], 8; [248], 22: where.
fare, go, I, 170, 4; II, 222, 21; III, 22, 6; 98, 24; 340, 23, 24; 421, 43; V, [183], 22, 32. I fare you well, II, 207, A 1: I bid you fare well. pret. foor. p. p. forn.
fare, go on, comport oneself: III, 188, 6; 357, 59.
fare, n., III, 160, 11, 20: going on, procedure. III, 76, 403: (in the modern sense) fortune, experience.
fared, favored, well-fared, well-(weel-)fard, weel-fart, well-(weel-)faird, weil-faurit, weill-(weel-)faurd, well-fard, II, 268, 21; 317, B a 21; 408, 26; 462, 7, 8; IV, 220, 8, 1, 4; 223, 3; 274, 2; 434, 2, 3; V, [16], 1; [154], 10; [163], 12; [177], 14: well-favored, handsome.
farei, farie, Farie (MS. farie), V, [165] f., 6, 9, 10: should be emended to Fyvie. See V, [305] f.
farer, I, 369, 51; V, [91] f., 4, 8, 12, etc.; [208], 9: further.
ffarley, adj., ffarley thinge, III, 92, 9: strange.
farlies, farleys, ferlies, I, 325, B 9; IV, 147, 26: wonders, novelties. See fairlie.
far sought, was, V, [161], 6: required long to reach.
fart, weel-fart, IV, 223, 3: fared, favored. See fared.
fas, fase, III, 299, 6; V, [248], 5: false.
fa’s, IV, 399, 46: fall, 1st per. sing. pres.
fash, IV, 493, 21, 23; V, [238], 22: meddle, make trouble, or, perhaps, trouble yourself. fashed himself, IV, 69, 18, 19: got himself into trouble by meddling.
fashes, II, 238, 4: troubles (emendation for fishes; possibly we should read freshes).
fast, fast they bad, III, 26, 90: strenuously. stare, look, III, 62, 122; V, [82], 35: intently. weep, II, 240, 3: copiously. fast unto, III, 131, 6: close down to.
Fastness, IV, 103, 15: originally meant for faustness, falseness.
fat, fatt, III, 281, 4; IV, 260, 2; 357, C 5, 7, 9, etc.; V, [111], 18; [214] b, 5: what.
fate they coud na fa, II, 130 1: from it (fae it, frae it) they could not desist.
fatten a, V, [221], 22; [247], 2: what, what sort of.
faue, V, [260], 7: fie!
fauld-dyke, IV, 199, 11: fold-wall,
faun, fallen.
faur, V, [124], 2: where. See far.
faurit, faurd. See fared.
fause, false.
fause fa thee, III, 435, F 5: may treachery befall thee, be thy lot!
fave, V, [275] b, 8: five.
fawe, IV, 505, 54: fall.
fawn, IV, 277, 13: fallen.
fay, adj. See fae.
fay, III, 74, 362; 110, 13; V, [85], 16: faith.
ffayne, III, 297 f., 48, 50: glad. III, 100, 66: fond of, pleased with. See fain.
fe, feea, wage, etc. See fee.
feall, feale, fail, fell, IV, 262, 29: turf.
Feansell, feanser, V, [55], 30: emended to le and fell.
fear, II, 470, 51: frighten (us from dancing).
fearder, feardest. See feart.
feare, in, V, [15], 18: together. See fere.
fearsome, II, 394, 18: fearful.
feart, feert, III, 262 f., 11, 13, 15, 17; IV, 456, 15; 498, 12, 14, 16: frightened. fearder, III, 267, 13: more frightened. feardest, III, 162, 55: most frightened.
feather, IV, 512 b, 2, 9: father.
feathern, IV, 482 f., 4, 9, 13: feathers.
fecht, feght, v., II, 319, 16; 391, 16, 17; III, 370, 15; IV, 224, 14, 15: fight. See ficht.
feckless, I, 429, 28 (dress): weak, feeble, effectless, miserable, silly. (here==inefficacious, of no account.)
fedred, ifedred fre, III, 69, 275; 70, 288: feathered liberally, handsomely.
fee (A. S. feoh), I, 327, 16 (wylde fee): animals. I, 58, 2; 434, 31; II, 25, 7; 172 f., 40, 42, 45; 442, 8; 447, 8; III, 94, 51; IV, 18, 17: wealth, possessions, property, having. I, 182, 2; II, 31, N 4; 114, 17; 123, 15; 379, 1; 403, 9; III, 433, 12; 435, F 6; 436, 14; IV, 514, 21: pay, wages. II, 117, 5, 6; III, 163, 72; 299, 5: reward. I, 328, 57: tribute. gentylman of clothynge and of fee, III, 30, 165: entitled to a regular stipend. knights fee, III, 94, 51: land of the value of £20 per annum (under Edward I., II.). See foster of the fe, III, 28, 140. penny-fee(-fie), I, 491, 10; IV, 444, 10: gift.
fee, v., I, 211, 3, 4: hire. (gae fee, go hire yourself.) See feet, pret.
fee, fey, doomed. See fae.
feed, feid, III, 436, 2; 464, 2; 468, c 2; IV, 2, 9; 36, 3; 37 f., 3, 10: feud.
feed, fode, food, I, 309, B 1: child, man.
feed about your fire, II, 184, 13: the sense eat seems unlikely. Possibly, to move about, to sit or move restlessly (like feik).
feed, pret. of feed, V, [236], 18: fed.
feel, fiel, II, 175, 1; 176, C 3; IV, 262, 29: fool.
feel daft, II, 410, 8: foolishly fond.
feel==fell: very.
feere, fere, feire, feer, mate, consort (fere): I, 295, 43; II, 58, 2. V, [15], 13: fellow (contemptuously). See feires.
feert. See feart.
feet, pret., IV, 355 b, D: hired. See fee.
feeties, V, [209] b, 4: feet.
feght, fight. See fecht.
feid: feud. See feed.
feires, feiries, I, 295, 43; IV, 2 f., 7, 20, 22: comrades, consorts. See feere.
felaushyp, III, 67, 229: abstract for concrete, our fellows.
felischepe, fellowship.
fell, fail, feale, feall, IV, 266, E 29: turf.
fell, III, 300, 9; IV, 500, 10: skin, hide.
fell, III, 439 f., 4, 8, 11; IV, 455, 15; V, [55], 30: high land, fit only for pastures, a wild hill. fells, III, 299 f., C 3, 6; IV, 26, 6; 500, 3: chain of hills.
fell (yard), I, 287, 63: severe, cutting. (spice), III, 388, 3: hot, biting. IV, 258, 20: strange, prodigious. fell thing to see, II, 132, 27: strange. freezes fell, IV, 93, 7; 105, 7; 514, 17: sharply, severely.
fell, v., II, 419, 46: kill.
fell, feel, I, 478, 14; II, 344, 15; V, [183], 20: very.
fellen, p. p. of fell, III, 483, 7: felled (a tree).
fells, befalls. well fells me, IV, 437, 25: good for me!
felon (the kynggis), III, 98, 21, 22: traitor, rebel.
felt, III, 146, 14: should be emended delt.
fences, cock shall crow fences three, II, 8, 10, 11: evidently bouts, coups; but I have not found this usage elsewhere.
fend, fende, V, [283], 2; [284], 22: fiend.
fend, v., III, 300, 12; IV, 500, 13: provision.
fend, III, 440, 12: defence.
ffend. that ffend I Godys fforbod, III, 113, 72: seems to be a double expression for deprecation,—I inhibit, protest, God forbid (see forbode). “I fende to Goddes forbode it should be so: a Dieu ne playse qu’aynsi il aduiengne. Palsgrave, p. 548, col. 1.” Hales and Furnivall, Percy MS., III, 554.
fende, III, 61, 106; 117, 8: defend.
fer dayes, III, 57, 16: far on in the day.
ferd, III, 99, 52: fear.
fere, fere love, IV, 219, B 3, 5: fair. (fair love, V, [260], E 5.)
fere, feere, II, 58, 2; III, 22, 5: mate, consort.
fere, in, on, III, 57, 27; 59, 61; 67, 231; 77, 423; 98, 38: in company, together. See feare.
fferli, I, 334, 7: fairly, civilly.
ferlicke, I, 334, 8: strange. See ferly.
ferly, ferlie, ferley, farlie, I, 325, C 1, 10; 329, 4; 333, 2; 424, d 11; III, 440, 20; IV, 455, 1, 13; 524, 10; V, [244], 8, 12: marvel, wonder, news.
ferly, adj., ferly strife, III, 97, 13: strange, extraordinary. See ffarley.
ferra-cow, farrow-cow, I, 224, I 9, 11; II, 261, 8: a cow not producing a calf for the current year.
fesh, fess, III, 319, 15; IV, 94, 14; 257, 1, 2: fetch.
fet. See fett.
fetchie, III, 520 b (note to II, 272, 22): tricky, practising fetches? Cf. wylie, st. 21.
fetcht a race, II, 454 f., 54, 58: took a swift preliminary run.
fett, I, 432, 5: fetch, pret. fet, fette, III, 31, 14; 63, 145; 64, 172; 298, 67.
fett, V, [224], 18: white.
ffettle, III, 92 ff., 15, 37, 56: make ready.
feud, II, 279 a, 16: contest of feeling?
feughten, p. p. of fecht, ficht, fight, I, 109, 15.
feume, IV, 473, 44: foam.
fey, I, 245, 6; IV, 44, 4; 430, 2: destined to death. See fae.
ffeyt, faith.
feyther, V, [296] a: father.
ficht, fecht, feght, v., IV, 84 f., 16, 26, 27, etc.: fight. pret. focht, foucht. p. p. foughten, feughten.
fie. See fee.
fie, doomed. See fae.
fiel, feel, II, 176, C 3: fool.
fieldert, V, [126], 1: fieldward, away (from where they were).
fiend thing, IV, 23, A c 18: devil of a thing.
fift, II, 75, 6: fifth.
file, v., I, 135, 4: defile.
file, IV, 494, 33: while, till.
fileshap, V, [260], 16: fellowship.
fill, full.
fill, I, 403, 10: follow, pursue.
filtt, p. p., III, 490, 20: filed.
fin, find.
fin, craig and fin, II, 28, 27: whin, whin-stone, synonymous with greenstone, but applied to any hard rock.
finikin, III, 174, 18: fine, handsomely dressed.
fire-beams, IV, 96, 3: should be fire-boams (bombs), as at 99, G 8, H 6.
fire-boams, bombs. See fire-beams.
firlot, IV, 46, 3; 379, 13: the fourth part of a fou, which is a dry measure varying from two to six Winchester bushels (a Winchester bushel being of a slightly less capacity than the present imperial bushel).
firmaty, V, [114], 3: frumenty; in old cookery, wheat pottage, with flesh in it; hulled wheat boiled in milk and seasoned with cinnamon, sugar, etc.
fit, fitt, fyt, fytte, II, 54, 60: song. I, 329, 62; III, 25, 51; 27, 97; 308, 24: division of a song. (A. S. fitt.)
fit, I, 131, G 4, 5; 164, J 6; 302, A 7; 472, 28; 491, 26; IV, 119, 6: foot, feet.
fit, III, 142, 32; V, [240], 5: ready.
fitches (of deer), II, 132, 19: flitches, sides.
fite (bread), V, [220], 6: (probably) wheat. See white bread.
fitt, III, 465, 21: it is better to read sitt, as in Caw’s text.
fitted, IV, 18, 9: footed.
fitted, II, 485, 18, 31; V, [103] a: suitably treated or served. V, [132], 2: ready, disposed.
fittie, IV, 450 a, 4: foot.
fivesome, III, 472, 3: five together.
flaff, IV, 470, 20: flap, fan.
flag, I, 305, 3, 4; V, [213], 3, 4: corruption of fag, drab, slut. See fag.
flain in, IV, 224, 23: correct to fla or flai (flew) in?
flamboy, V, [298], 7: flambeau, torch.
flat, II, 258, 45, 46: highest and lowest layer of a grave.
flatte, IV, 504, 32: positively determined on.
flattered, flottered (on the faem), II, 25 G 14; 27, 22: flitted, floated (O. Eng. floteren, Germ. flattern).
flattering (toung), II, 144, 8: fluttering, waggling. flattering tongue that flutters, II, 154, 21.
flaugh, flaw, pret. of fly, I, 286, 56; 397, E 8; II, 314, 9.
flaw, tell me without a flaw, V, [41], 28: lie.
flay, frighten. See fley.
flay (A. S. fléon), fly. pret. flaw, flaugh.
fleachy, II, 470, 53: infested with fleas.
flear, fleer, I, 454, 11; IV, 392, 7; 410, 26: floor.
flee, v., V, [304] b, 4: flay. pret. fleed.
flee, not a, IV, 53, 12: not a whit (fly, for a small thing). I count him lighter than a flee, etc., III, 480, 23; 482, 19; 488, 26 (flea); 490, 15. left him not a flee, IV, 53, 12.
fleechin, I, 424, d 11; II, 32, Q 2: wheedling, cajoling.
fleed, pret., V, [304] b, 4: flayed.
fleed, flied, V, [257], 7, 17: frightened. See fleg.
fleed, IV, 348, 14; 349, 9: flood.
fleer, I, 69, 39; 298, 4; 452, 14: floor. See flear.
fleet, flute.
fleg, fley, flay (A. S. flégan, Old Eng. fleyen), V, [253] b, No 203, 3: frighten.
flesse, V, [283], 18: flesh.
flex, V, [283], 11, 21: flax.
fley, flay, III, 457, A 2; 474, 36: frighten. pret. fleed, flied. See fleg.
flight, I, 21, note *: dispute and scold.
flink, care a flink, V, [259], 3: care a whit.
flirry, I, 424, d 10: blossom.
flo, flon(e) (A. S. flá, flán), I, 327, 10; III, 13, 5, 15: arrow.
flotterd. See flattered.
flourishd, I, 398, 13: adorned.
flow, IV, 79, 14: moss with a spring in it, morass.
flower, I, 352, 3, 4: get flowers for, or deck with flowers.
flutters, II, 154, 21: waggles,
flyte, flight, III, 414 b: dispute, debate, scold (here Percy’s word, replacing flout and mock).
forward, V, [283], 4: compact.
focht, pret. of fecht, ficht, fight, IV, 167, C 10. p. p. feughten, foughten.
fode. See feed.
folde, pret., III, 76, 407: folded.
folle, foal.
folye, I, 327, 17: a very unlikely word (unless we may understand it to have the meaning of Old Fr. foler, errer çà et là). Another text has balye (Fr. baillie), which gives a good sense, under thine own control, in thine own custody. (folye, in 17, may be caught from 18.)
fone, II, 196 b, 2, 8: foes.
fond, fond to see him sleep, II, 269, 26: doted, was foolishly happy? (But probably corrupt: cf. fondly seen thee sleep, 271, 30.)
food, III, 287, 61: man. See feed.
ffooder, II, 46, 41: (cf. Ger. fuder, cart-load, the largest or one of the largest measures for corn, liquids, and other things), here, tun, as is clear from auger, 41.
foonshief, V, [206] a, 8: foundation, bottom sheaf of a stack.
foor, V, [99], C 4: fared, went.
foote, goe two foote, III, 188, 6: corrupt for fold; cf. 267, 9.
for, ffor. ye (yes), for God, nay, for God, III, 61, 105, 107; 69, 259, 267, 269, 271; 76, 413, 414: by.
for, II, 124, 38: before.
for, IV, 21, 6; 438, 9; V, [16] f., 2, 5, 29: where.
for when but would be expected, II, 58, 11, 13; 59, 22 (see II, 57 b). for and, V, [76], 25; 144, 9.
for no, I, 183, 25; II, 256, K 3: phrase of refusal, obscurely elliptical, after the manner of why, no; or corruptly for fye, no (cf. II, 158, 2).
forbears, I, 206, 2; II, 63, 19: forefathers.
forbode, forbott, ouer Goddes, III, 29, 162; 123, 18; V, [199] a, 64: God forbid, against God’s prohibition; so A. S. ofer cinges bebod, against the king’s order; ofer dryhtnes word, against the word of the Lord, etc. Elliptically, God’s forbod, as III, 37, 79; 180, 16. III, 113, 72: see ffend.
forbye, forebye, I, 402, 1; II, 154, 8, 9; IV, 224, 17; 433, 16: near by. I, 86, 33; II, 70, 22: apart, aside. IV, 203, 2: further.
forbye, forebye, forby, I, 305, 1; IV, 203, 2; V, [17], 32; [213] a, 1: besides.
force, no, III, 57, 13; 67, 227: no matter.
forces. for (thro, V, [306], 8) a’ her father’s forces, V, [166], 11: in spite of all her father could do?
fordoo, destroy.
fore, first fore love, II, 191, 22, 25, 28, 29: earlier.
forebye. See forbye.
fforefend, III, 340, 26; 407, 5: avert, forbid.
forehammer, I, 21 b, 12; III, 474, 34: sledge-hammer, the large hammer, which strikes before the smaller.
foremost man, 1, 146, 12; IV, 412, 19: apparently the bridegroom’s “best man.”
forenent, fornent, I, 221 f., E 7, 17; 504, 7; IV, 77, 3; 288, F 2; 451 a, 3, 5: over against, in the face of.
foresteed, V, [237], 28: protection, protector.
foret, I, 244, 10: forth.
forfaulted, V, [194], 68, 73: forfeited.
forfouchald, IV, 4 b, 28: very much tired. (Scottish wauchle, forwauchld, forfaughlit.)
forfoughen, IV, 3, 28: tired out with fighting.
forgone, forgo.
foriete, forgotten.
forked, I, 492, 7; IV, 445, p. 100, B 7: of blood from a wound, issued in divided jets.
forl, V, [116], 2; [117], 3: whorl, fly of a spinning-rock.
for-lee, she’ll come in att your formast an gee out att yer forlee, IV, 377, 5; V, [275] b, 5: she’ll cross your bows and sail round you, coming out at your fore-lee or lee-bow.
forlorn, I, 450, 8; II, 114, 15, 16; III, 124, 13; 212, 16: lost. has him forlorn, II, 147, 17: causatively. II, 123, 13; V, [41], 23: destroyed, killed. I, 183, 42; III, 145, 9; V, [210] b, 2: destitute, deserted.
forn, p. p. of fare, II, 29, 6, 9. be weel forn: see that ye have fared well, eat and drink heartily.
fornents, forenent, fornent, II, 197 a, 15: opposite to, directly against.
forren, foreign.
forsake, forsake a ring, I, 192 a: let go, part with. forsake that I haue promised, III, 29, 156: withdraw from. forsake this sorowe, III, 73, 341: decline to have to do with this sad matter. II, 454, 52: decline as adversary in a combat. III, 360, 106: refuse an appointment. IV, 172, 1; 173, K 2: refuse suitors. III, 149, 33; IV, 181, 2: give up, renounce.
forth, find forth, III, 148, 17; choose forth, III, 440, 9: out. thou maye well fforth for to pay mee, II, 444, 58; thou mayst well forth, thou shalt pay me, 449, 63; (b, mayst forthwith): go on, or, make out?
fforthi, I, 329, 60: therefore.
forth withall, III, 127, 16 (play): forthwith.
forthynketh, III, 28, 137: repenteth.
fortune be my chance, III, 308, 21==my hap it were, 311, 16.
forward, III, 284, 11: van.
forward, V, [283], 4: compact.
foster of the fe, III, 28, 140: “A person who had for some service to the crown a perpetual right of hunting in a forest on paying to the crown a certain rent for the same.” Halliwell.
fot, I, 141 b, 10: fetched.
fothe, III, 112, 51: foot.
fou, II, 25, 8; 26, 11: a firlot, which see.
fou, V, [270], 9: how.
fou, fow, full. fou drunken, II, 144, 4.
foucht, pret., II, 391, 21: fought. IV, 200, 1: toiled. p. p. foughten, II, 418, 32; III, 277, 22; 281, 14; 333, 30.
fouie, IV, 20, 10: well off, “possessing a comfortable independence.” Jamieson.
fouled, a bill was fouled against him, III, 463 a: (equivalent to) found; he was indicted as guilty.
foumart, IV, 389 b: polecat.
found, III, 23, 15: provided for.
foure-eard foole, II, 483, 7: as denoting a double ass?
fousome, fusom(e), I, 302, B 3, 5, 6; 304, 2, 3: (fulsome) disgustingly filthy.
fow, fou, II, 273, 35; III, 490, 13; IV, 168, D 14, 15: full.
fowd, V, [304] b: sheep-fold.
fowk, I, 245, 6: folk.
frae, fray, from. be frae, IV, 433, 21: remain away from.
fraine, v., I, 334, 6, 7, 10: question.
frame, IV, 78, 4: succeed. sae weel we frame: we are doing, or beginning so well.
frank, of horses kept in a close, you keep them all both frank and free, II, 450, 64: apparently, fat. Free is a much abused word, and the only apt meaning here would be, liberally treated. In A 444, 59, you keepe them ranke and royallye.
ffrankely, II, 440, 13: freely.
free, n., I, 334, 8: (complimentary term for man) noble, etc.
free, adj., is used in a great variety of senses, and is often indefinite and hardly more than a rhyme word: bounteous, gracious, of noble birth or rank, independent, unrestricted, exempt, spirited, valorous, beautiful, precious, excellent in any way. The danger will be in assigning too positive a meaning to the word. of Mary, III, 420 f., 29, 44. lady, ladies free, I, 324, A 8; 328, 52; 464, 5; V, [87], 39; [279] a. a true-love free, IV, 461, 22. God make you safe and free (your own master?), I, 427, 2; II, 177, 28; 421, 22. castles free, I, 465, 6; 474, 21. lands sae free, I, 474, 25. tocher free, II, 380, 33; 383, 26; 385, 27. Clymme of the Clowgh so fre, Little John so free, III, 26, 96; 154, 2. freyke fulle fre, III, 308, 30. of courage free, V, [86], 31. chrystall free, II, 52, 17. gold soe free, V, [49], 23. gowd and jewels free, I, 474, 23. silver free, II, 69, 9; 445, 64; 450, 70. money ffeyre and ffre, III, 113, 82. metal free, III, 300, 7; 368 f., 12, 14; IV, 372, 7; (nonsense in IV, 404, 29). staff of oke so free, III, 138, 15. Less definite are the following: Couentrye faire and free, Derby Hills so free, Cannongate-side so free, III, 284, 17; 323, 10; 386, 10; seas so free, IV, 498, 6; water soe free, V, [51], 68; forest frie, V, [191] f., 8, 12, 23, 28, 34; learning my lesson free, I, 438, B 7; chariot, coach, free, I, 475, 44; IV, 410, 29; 462, 35. horses kept free, II, 450, 64: liberally. going free, IV, 289, 7: not under control, running off. free of grace, V, [20], 24: void of grace, cf. 43.
free, adv., arowes ifedred fre, III, 69, 275; 70, 288: in handsome style. ring she brake so free, I, 470, 26: generously (cf. II, 450, 64).
freely, adj., freely feed, I, 309, B 1: of noble birth, or beautiful.
freely (naked), I, 508, 10: entirely.
freits, III, 434, 23: superstitious notions concerning omens.
freke, freck, freake, freyke, III, 298, 58; 308, 30; 309, 32, 47: bold man, man. (A. S. freca.)
frem, foreign.
frembde, adv., frembde bested, III, 63, 138: in the position of a stranger (other readings, frend, friend).
frese, frese your, our, bowes of ewe, III, 67, 215; 80, 215: seems to be corrupt. The interpretation in Donaldson’s Supplement to Jamieson, where “to frese a bow” (cited as if a phrase in full use) is said to mean unbend, slack, would be entirely inappropriate here, since three men are to make a desperate attack on two hundred and fifty (bende your bowes, st. 218). f, g have, bend we, the required sense. Chese will not do; they have but one bow each. leese==loose is possible, or dress, or even, free.
frichtit, frighted.
frienged, fringed, gray, III, 481, 7; IV, 2, 5: referring to mane and fetlocks, or perhaps to long fetlocks only.
frightened the boar will, I, 214, 3: afraid, etc.
frith, frythe, firthe, V, [191] f., 14, 24: enclosed land, wood.
froom, V, [296] a: from.
froth-mill, I, 305, 13: “wauk-mill, or fulling-mill, from the froth of the soap.” But the expression seems not to have been heard of, and froth-mill is more probably corrupt for frozen mill. See next word.
frozen mill, V, [213], 10: mill of which the lade, or canal conveying the water, is frozen.
frush, IV, 185, 13: brittle.
frythe, I, 329, 3: enclosed land, preserve, deer-park, wood. See frith.
fue, few.
fug, I, 302, 3, 5: slut, filthy woman. See fag, flag.
fuird, II, 471, 6: ford
fule, fowl.
full, IV, 356, B 1: proud.
fun, fune, V, [215], 15; 248, 9: whun, whin, furze.
fundid, I, 334, 8: went. (A. S. fundian.)
fur, II, 188, 12; III, 474, 41: furrow.
fusom, fusome, fousome, I, 302, B 3, 5, 6; 304, F 2, 3; IV, 469, 10, 12: offensive, disgusting (fulsome).
fusty bandyas, V, [72] b: a drinking-formula.
fute, whute, v., III, 123, 15: whistle.
fynde, III, 308, 24: Professor Skeat would read fyne, end.
fynly, III, 70, 284: goodly.
fyt, fytt, fytte. See fit.