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.