An Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language / in which the words are explained in their different senses, authorized by the names of the writers by whom they are used, or the titles of the works in which they occur, and deduced from their originals

by John Jamieson

Aff or on, determined one way or another, as in regard to a commercial transaction, S.

AFFCAST, s. A castaway.
Bruce.

From aff off, and cast.

AFFCOME, s.
1. The termination of any business, the reception one meets with, as, "I had an ill affcome," S.
2. Sometimes used in the sense of escape, S. q. "coming off."

AFFECTUOUS, adj. Affectionate.
V. [Effectuous].
Abp. Hamiltoun.

AFFER, AFEIR, EFFEIR, EFFERE, s.
1. Condition, state.
Barbour.
2. Warlike preparation, equipment for war.
Wallace.
3. Appearance, shew.
Barbour.
4. Demeanour, deportment.
Maitland P.
V. [Fair, Fere].

AFFERD, part. pa. Afraid, O. E. affered, vulgar E. afeard.
Douglas.

A. S. afaered, territus.

AFFERIS, EFFEIRS, v. impers.
1. Becomes, belongs to, is proper or expedient; frequently used in our laws.
Barbour.
2. It sometimes signifies what is proportional to, S.
Acts Counc.

O. Fr. affer-ir, appartenir, Lat. affero.