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

Teut. vinnigh, acer, vehemens.

To FIPPIL, v. n. To whimper.
Peblis Play.

FIPILLIS.
Maitland Poems.

Isl. fipla, attrectare.

FIR, adv. Far.
Gawan and Gol.

To FIRE, v. a. To bake bread, S.
J. Nicol.

FYREFANGIT, part. pa.
1. Laid hold of by fire.
Douglas.
2. Applied to cheese when swelled and cracked, from being exposed to much heat before it has been dried, S.

FIREFLAUCHT, FYIRSLAUCHT, s. Lightning, S.
Douglas.

Teut. vier, ignis, and vlack-en, spargere flammam; vierslaen, excutere ignem.

FYRIT, pret. v. Perh. dragged.
Bellenden.