[References are usually to volume, page, and stanza.]
f in Northern Scotch, often for wh; as, fa, faa, who; fan, when; far, faer, where.
fa IV, 260, (Child #226 D) 6; 261, 6: who.
fa V, 118, B (Child #280 B) 10: fault.
fa my lady cannot fa sic servants, I, 116, (Child #9 C) (Child #9 D) (Child #9 E) 11: have such fall to her, put up with, fa frae her, II, 133, D (Child #66 D) 1: break off, give up.
fa, fae IV, 256, (Child #226 A) 5; 337, f 2, 3, 7: from.
faa V, 275 a, 8: who.
face with a, III, 180, (Child #140 A) (Child #140 B) 12: with effrontery, boldness.
fache fetch.
fact III, 229, (Child #154 A) 32; IV, 11, (Child #191 A) (Child #191 B) 11: offence, crime.
fadge fat fadge, II, 182, (Child #73 A) 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, (Child #73 H) 10 (fusom fag, IV, 469, I 10, 12). See fag, fug.
fadther IV, 260, (Child #226 D) 7: father.
fae, fay, fey, fee, fie I, 245, (Child #24 A) 6; III, 481 f., (Child #187 B) (Child #187 C) 30, 24; 489, 39; 490, 24; 492, 26; IV, 430, (Child #261 A) 2: (A.S. faége) destined to die.
fae II, 184, (Child #73 B) 19; 196, 9: foe.
fae IV, 165 f., (Child #214 A) (Child #214 B) 2, 10; 337 f, 2, 3, 7: frae, from. See fa.
faein, faen, fawn fallen.
faem, fame I, 68, (Child #5 A) 1; 70, 1; 86, 1; II, 24, (Child #58 E) (Child #58 F) 12; 25, G 14: foam, sea.
faer IV, 262, (Child #226 E) 15; 378 f., 6, 19: where.
fag I, 304, P 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, (Child #145 A) 24: faith.
fail, feall, fell I, 304, F (Child #33 F) 6: turf.
fail-dyke I, 253, 2: turf-wall.
fails II, 365 f., (Child #96 F) (Child #96 G) 2, 3, 23: falls, befalls.
fain.faine, fayn, fayne II, 444, (Child #109 A) 48, 57; 453, 28; III, 100, (Child #119 A) 66; 298, 50; 309, 32: glad, pleased, eager. IV, 211, (Child #218 A) (Child #218 B) 13; V, 115, (Child #279 app) 2: fond, for faine, III, 479, (Child #187 A) (Child #187 B) 40: for glad, for gladness.
fainly joyfully, blithely.
fair V, 26 f., (Child #268 A) 13, 39: far.
fairlie, farlie, ferlie I, 324, (Child #37 A) (Child #37 B) 11; 325, B 9: wonder, gars me fairlie, IV, 357, (Child #241 B) (Child #241 C) 2: causes me astonishment.
fairly (fields), IV, 57, D (Child #199 D) 1: fair, looking well.
fait, faitt, fett V, 224, 18, 19; 274, 10; 278, 29: white.
faith and troth to be, IV, 147, (Child #211 A) 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 (Child #277 A) 3; 248, 21: fold.
fall III, 76, (Child #117 A) 406: suit, become, well falls me, V, 25, (Child #268 A) 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, (Child #51 A) (Child #51 B) 7-10: deed of a bad fellow seems unlikely, felloun's? farlie, strange?
falsh IV, 442, 1, 10, 12: false.
falyf III, 13, (Child #115 A) 4: fallow.
fame, I, 68, (Child #5 A) 1; 86, 1: foam, sea.
fa'n IV, 6, (Child #190 A) 7; V, 249, 7: fallen.
fan, fand found.
fan IV, 262, (Child #226 E) 19; V, 110, (Child #279 A) 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, (Child #134 A) 5: fastening. (164, b 5, whang.) Perhaps North Scotch for whang.
fankit IV, 27, (Child #193 B) 28: entangled, obstructed.
far III, 513 b, 1-4: fair.
far, fare, faur I, 165, N (Child #12 N) 1; II, 191, (Child #73 F) 23; 335, N 3-5; V, 224, 17, 18; 227, 8; 248, 22: where.
fare go, I, 170, (Child #13 B) (Child #13 C) 4; II, 222, (Child #76 E) 21; III, 22, (Child #116 A) 6; 98, 24; 340, 23, 24; 421, 43; V, 183, (Child #304 A) 22, 32. I fare you well, II, 207, A (Child #75 A) 1: I bid you fare well. pret. foor. p.p. forn.
fare go on, comport oneself: III, 188, (Child #142 A) 6; 357, 59.
fare n., III, 160, (Child #134 A) 11, 20: going on, procedure. III, 76, (Child #117 A) 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, (Child #83 C) (Child #83 D) 21; 317, B a 21; 408, 26; 462, 7, 8; IV, 220, (Child #221 B) (Child #221 C) 8, 1, 4; 223, 3; 274, 2; 434, 2, 3; V, 16, (Child #267 B) 1; 154, 10; 163, 12; 177, 14: well-favored, handsome.
farei, farie, Farie (Manuscript farie), V, 165 f., (Child #294 A) 6, 9, 10: should be emended to Fyvie. See V, 305 f.
farer I, 369, (Child #41 A) (Child #41 B) 51; V, 91 f., (Child #274 A) 4, 8, 12, etc.; 208, 9: further.
ffarley adj., ffarley thinge, III, 92, (Child #118 A) 9: strange.
farlies, farleys, ferlies I, 325, B (Child #37 B) 9; IV, 147, (Child #211 A) 26: wonders, novelties. See fairlie.
far sought was, V, 161, (Child #293 A) (Child #293 B) 6: required long to reach.
fart weel-fart, IV, 223, (Child #221 E) (Child #221 F) 3: fared, favored. See fared.
fas, fase III, 299, (Child #161 B) (Child #161 C) 6; V, 248, 5: false.
fa's IV, 399, (Child #251 A) 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, (Child #200 E) 18, 19: got himself into trouble by meddling.
fashes II, 238, (Child #79 A) (Child #78 D) 4: troubles (emendation for fishes; pos sibly we should read freshes).
fast fast they bad, III, 26, (Child #116 A) 90: strenuously, stare, look, III, 62, (Child #117 A) 122; V, 82, (Child #273 app) 35: intently, weep, II, 240, (Child #80 A) 3: copiously, fast unto, III, 131, (Child #124 A) (Child #124 B) 6: close down to.
Fastness IV, 103, (Child #204 L) (Child #204 M) (Child #204 N) 15: originally meant for faustness, falseness.
fat, fatt III, 281, (Child #158 C) 4; IV, 260, (Child #226 D) 2; 357, C 5, 7, 9, etc.; V, 111, (Child #279 A) (Child #279 B) 18; 214 b, 5: what.
fate they coud na fa II, 130 (Child #66 A) (Child #66 B) 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, (Child #217 G) 11: fold-wall.
faun fallen.
faur V, 124, (Child #281 B) (Child #281 C) 2: where. See far.
faurit, faurd See fared.
fause false.
fause fa thee III, 435, F (Child #178 F) 5: may treachery befall thee, be thy lot!
fave V, 275 b, 8: five.
fawe IV, 505, 54: fall.
fawn IV, 277, (Child #229 A) 13: fallen.
fay adj. See fae.
fay III, 74, (Child #117 A) 362; 110, 13; V, 85, (Child #273 app) 16: faith.
ffayne III, 297 f., (Child #161 A) 48, 50: glad. III, 100, (Child #119 A) 66: fond of, pleased with. See fain.
fe, feea wage, etc. See fee.
feall, feale fail, fell, IV, 262, (Child #226 E) 29: turf.
Feansell, feanser V, 55, (Child #271 B) 30: emended to le and fell.
fear II, 470, (Child #110 F) 51: frighten (us from dancing).
fearder, feardest See feart.
feare in, V, 15, (Child #267 A) 18: together. See fere.
fearsome II, 394, (Child #99 L) (Child #99 M) 18: fearful.
feart, feert III, 262 f., (Child #156 D) (Child #156 E) 11, 13, 16, 17; IV, 456, 15; 498, 12, 14, 16: frightened, fearder, III, 267, (Child #157 A) (Child #157 B) 13: more frightened, feardest, III, 162, (Child #134 A) 55: most frightened.
feather IV, 512 b, 2, 9: father.
feathern IV, 482 f., 4, 9, 13: feathers.
fecht, feght v., II, 319, (Child #92 B) 16; 391, 16, 17; III, 370, (Child #169 C) 15; IV, 224, (Child #221 F) 14, 15: fight. See ficht.
feckless I, 429, (Child #47 B) (Child #47 C) 28 (dress): weak, feeble, effectless, miserable, silly, (here = inefficacious, of no account.)
fedred, ifedred fre III, 69, (Child #117 A) 275; 70, 288: feathered liberally, handsomely.
fee (A.S. feoh), I, 327, 16 (wylde fee): animals. I, 58, (Child #4 D) (Child #4 E) 2; 434, 31; II, 25, (Child #58 F) (Child #58 G) 7; 172 f., 40, 42, 45; 442, 8; 447, 8; III, 94(Child #118 A) , 51; IV, 18, (Child #192 A) (Child #192 B) 17: wealth, possessions, property, having. I, 182, (Child #15 A) 2; II, 31, N (Child #58 N) 4; 114, 17; 123, 15; 379, 1; 403, 9; III, 433, (Child #178 C) (Child #178 D) 12; 435, F 6; 436, 14; IV, 614, 21: pay, wages. II, 117, (Child #65 C) 5, 6; III, 163, (Child #134 A) 72; 299, 5: reward. I, 328, 67: tribute, geutylman of clothynge and of fee, III, 30, (Child #116 A) 165: entitled to a regular stipend, knights fee, III, 94, (Child #118 A) 51: land of the value of 20 per annum (under Edward I., II.). See foster of the fe, III, 28, (Child #116 A) 140. penny-fee (-fie), I, 491, 10; IV, 444, 10: gift.
fee v., I, 211, (Child #18 A) (Child #18 B) 3, 4: hire, (gae fee, go hire yourself.) See feet, pret.
fee, fey doomed. See fae.
feed, feid III, 436, (Child #178 G) 2; 464, 2; 468, c 2; IV, 2, (Child #189 A) 9; 36, 3; 37 f., 3, 10: feud.
feed, fode, food I, 309, B (Child #34 B) 1: child, man.
feed about your fire, II, 184, (Child #73 B) 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, (Child #72 A) (Child #72 B) 1; 176, C 3; IV, 262, (Child #226 E) 29: fool.
feel daft II, 410, (Child #101 B) (Child #101 C) 8: foolishly fond.
feel = fell: very.
feere, fere, feire, feer mate, consort (fere): I, 295, (Child #31 A) 43; II, 58(Child #61 A) , 2. V, 15, (Child #267 A) 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, (Child #31 A) 43; IV, 2 f., (Child #189 A) 7, 20, 22: comrades, consorts. See feere.
felaushyp III, 67, (Child #117 A) 229: abstract for concrete, our fellows.
felischepe fellowship.
fell, fail, feale, feall IV, 266, E 29: turf.
fell III, 300, (Child #161 C) 9; IV, 500, 10: skin, hide.
fell III, 439 f., (Child #179 A) 4, 8, 11; IV, 455, 15; V, 55, (Child #271 B) 30: high land, fit only for pastures, a wild hill, fells, III, 299 f., C (Child #161 C) 3, 6; IV, 26, (Child #193 A) (Child #193 B) 6; 500, 3: chain of hills.
fell (yard), I, 287, (Child #30 A) 63: severe, cutting, (spice), III, 388, (Child #173 D) (Child #173 E) 3: hot, biting. IV, 258, (Child #226 B) (Child #226 C) 20: strange, prodigious, fell thing to see, II, 132, (Child #66 C) 27: strange, freezes fell, IV, 93(Child #204 A) , 7; 105, 7; 514, 17: sharply, severely.
fell v., II, 419, (Child #103 A) 46: kill.
fell feel, I, 478, (Child #53 M) 14; II, 344, (Child #94 A) 15; V, 183, (Child #304 A) 20: very.
fellen p.p. of fell, III, 483, (Child #187 C) (Child #187 D) 7: felled (a tree).
fells befalls, well fells me, IV, 437, (Child #265 A) 25: good for me!
felon (the kynggis), III, 98, (Child #119 A) 21, 22: traitor, rebel.
felt III, 146, (Child #128 A) 14: should be emended delt.
fences cock shall crow fences three, II, 8, (Child #55 A) 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, (Child #161 C) 12; IV, 500, 13: provision.
fend III, 440, (Child #179 A) 12: defence.
ffend that ffend I Godys fforbod, III, 113, (Child #121 A) 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 Manuscript, III, 554.
fende III, 61, (Child #117 A) 106; 117, 8: defend.
fer dayes III, 57, (Child #117 A) 16: far on in the day.
ferd III, 99, (Child #119 A) 52: fear.
fere fere love, IV, 219, B (Child #221 B) 3, 5: fair, (fair love, V, 260, E 5.)
fere, feere II, 58, (Child #61 A) 2; III, 22, (Child #116 A) 5: mate, consort.
fere in, on, III, 57, (Child #117 A) 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 (Child #37 C) 1, 10; 329, 4; 333, 2; 424, d 11; III, 440, (Child #179 A) 20; IV, 455, 1, 13; 524, 10; V, 244, 8, 12: marvel, wonder, news.
ferly adj., ferly strife, III, 97, (Child #119 A) 13: strange, extraordinary. See ffarley.
ferra-cow, farrow-cow I, 224, I (Child #20 I) 9, 11; II, 261, (Child #82 A) 8: a cow not producing a calf for the current year.
fesh, fess III, 319, (Child #163 A) (Child #163 B) 15; IV, 94, (Child #204 A) (Child #204 B) 14; 257, 1, 2: fetch.
fet See fett.
fetchie III, 520 b (note to II, 272, (Child #83 F) 22): tricky, practising fetches? Cf. wylie, st. 21.
fetcht a race II, 454 f., (Child #109 C) 54, 58: took a swift preliminary run.
fett I, 432, (Child #48 A) 5: fetch, pret. fet, fette, III, 31, 14; 63, 145; 64, 172; 298, 67.
fett V, 224, 18: white.
ffettle III, 92 ff., (Child #118 A) 15, 37, 56: make ready.
feud II, 279 a, (Child #85 A) 16: contest of feeling?
feughten p.p. of fecht, ficht, fight, I, 109, (Child #8 B) (Child #8 C) 15.
feume IV, 473, 44: foam.
fey I, 245, (Child #24 A) 6; IV, 44, (Child #196 A) 4; 430, 2: destined to death. See fae.
fifeyt faith.
feyther V, 296 a: father.
ficht, fecht, feght v., IV, 84 f., (Child #203 A) 16, 26, 27, etc.: fight. pret. focht, foucht. p.p. foughten, feughten.
fie. See fee.
fie doomed. See fae.
fiel, feel II, 176, C (Child #72 C) 3: fool.
fieldert V, 126, (Child #282 A) 1: fieldward, away (from where they were).
fiend thing IV, 23, A c 18: devil of a thing.
fift II, 75, (Child #62 E) (Child #62 F) 6: fifth.
file v., I, 135, (Child #10 O) (Child #10 P) 4: defile.
file IV, 494, 33: while, till.
fileshap V, 260, 16: fellowship.
fill full.
fill I, 403, (Child #44 A) 10: follow, pursue.
filtt p.p., III, 490, (Child #188 B) 20: filed.
fin find.
fin craig and fin, II, 28, (Child #58 I) (Child #58 J) 27: whin, whin-stone, synonymous with greenstone, but applied to any hard rock.
finikin III, 174, (Child #138 A) 18: fine, handsomely dressed.
fire-beams IV, 96, (Child #204 C) (Child #204 D) 3: should be fire-boams (bombs), as at 99, G 8, H 6.
fire-boams bombs. See fire-beams.
firlot IV, 46, (Child #196 B) (Child #196 C) 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, (Child #60 A) 60: song. I, 329, 62; III, 25, (Child #116 A) 51; 27, 97; 308, 24: division of a song. (A.S. fitt.)
fit I, 131, G (Child #10 G) 4, 5; 164, J 6; 302, A 7; 472, 28; 491, 26; IV, 119, (Child #208 D) (Child #208 E) 6: foot, feet.
fit III, 142, (Child #127 A) 32; V, 240, 5: ready.
fitches (of deer), II, 132, (Child #66 C) 19: flitches, sides.
fite (bread), V, 220, 6: (probably) wheat. See white bread.
fitt III, 465, (Child #185 A) 21: it is better to read sitt, as in Caw's text.
fitted IV, 18, (Child #192 A) (Child #192 B) 9: footed.
fitted II, 485, (Child #112 C) 18, 31; V, 103 a: suitably treated or served. V, 132, (Child #284 A) 2: ready, disposed.
fittie IV, 450 a, 4: foot.
fivesome III, 472, (Child #186 A) 3: five together.
flaff IV, 470, 20: flap, fan.
flag I, 305, (Child #33 G) 3, 4; V, 213, 3, 4: corruption of fag, drab, slut. See fag.
flain in IV, 224, (Child #221 F) 23: correct to fla or flai (flew) in?
flamboy V, 298, 7: flambeau, torch.
flat II, 258, (Child #81 L) (Child #81 M) 45, 46: highest and lowest layer of a grave.
flatte IV, 504, 32: positively determined on.
flattered, flottered (on the faem), II, 25 G (Child #58 G) 14; 27, 22: flitted, floated (O. Eng. floteren, Germ, flattern).
flattering (toung), II, 144, (Child #68 A) 8: fluttering, waggling, flattering tongue that flutters, II, 154, (Child #68 K) 21.
flaugh, flaw pret. of fly, I, 286, (Child #30 A) 56; 397, E 8; II, 314, (Child #91 B) (Child #91 C) (Child #91 D) 9.
flaw tell me without a flaw, V, 41, (Child #270 A) 28: lie.
flay frighten. See fley.
flay (A.S. fléon), fly. pret. flaw, flaugh.
fleachy II, 470, (Child #110 F) 53: infested with fleas.
flear, fleer I, 454, (Child #52 D) 11; IV, 392, (Child #249 A) 7; 410, 26: floor.
flee v., V, 304 b, 4: flay. pret. fleed.
flee not a, IV, 53, (Child #198 B) 12: not a whit (fly, for a small thing). I count him lighter than a flee, etc., III, 480, (Child #187 B) 23; 482, 19; 488, 26 (flea); 490, 15. left him not a flee, IV, 53, (Child #198 B) 12.
fleechin I, 424, d 11; II, 32, Q (Child #58 Q) 2: wheedling, cajoling.
fleed pret., V, 304 b, 4: flayed.
fleed, flied V, 257, 7, 17: frightened. See fleg.
fleed IV, 348, (Child #239 A) (Child #239 B) 14; 349, 9: flood.
fleer I, 69, (Child #5 A) 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 (Child #183 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, flone (A.S. flá, flán), I, 327, 10; III, 13, (Child #115 A) 5, 15: arrow.
flotterd See flattered.
flourishd I, 398, (Child #43 F) 13: adorned.
flow IV, 79, (Child #202 A) 14: moss with a spring in it, morass.
flower I, 352, (Child #39 G) (Child #39 H) 3, 4: get flowers for, or deck with flowers.
flutters II, 154, (Child #68 K) 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, (Child #117 A) 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, (Child #83 D) 26: doted, was foolishly happy? (But probably corrupt: cf. fondly seen thee sleep, 271, 30.)
food III, 287, (Child #159 A) 61: man. See feed.
ffooder II, 46, (Child #59 A) (Child #59 B) 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 (Child #275 C) 4: fared, went.
foote goe two foote, III, 188, (Child #142 A) 6: corrupt for fold; cf. 267, 9.
for, ffor ye (yes), for God, nay, for God, III, 61, (Child #117 A) 105, 107; 69, 259, 267, 269, 271; 76, 413, 414: by.
for II, 124, (Child #65 H) (Child #65 I) 38: before.
for IV, 21, (Child #192 D) (Child #192 E) 6; 438, 9; V, 16 f., (Child #267 B) 2, 5, 29: where.
for when but would be expected, II, 58, (Child #61 A) 11, 13; 59, 22 (see II, 57 b). for and, V, 76, (Child #273 A) 25; 144, 9.
for no I, 183, (Child #15 A) 25; II, 256, K (Child #81 K) 3: phrase of refusal, obscurely elliptical, after the manner of why, no; or corruptly for fye, no (cf. II, 158, (Child #69 A) 2).
forbears I, 206, (Child #17 G) (Child #17 H) 2; II, 63, (Child #61 app) 19: forefathers.
forbode, forbott ouer Goddes, III, 29, (Child #116 A) 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, (Child #116 app) 79; 180, 16. III, 113, (Child #121 A) 72: see Send.
forbye, forebye I, 402, (Child #44 A) 1; II, 154, (Child #68 K) 8, 9; IV, 224, (Child #221 F) 17; 433, 16: near by. I, 86, (Child #6 A) 33; II, 70, (Child #62 A) 22: apart, aside. IV, 203, (Child #217 L) 2: further.
forbye, forebye, forby I, 305, (Child #33 G) 1; IV, 203, (Child #217 L) 2; V, 17, (Child #267 B) 32; 213 a, 1: besides.
force no, III, 57, (Child #117 A) 13; 67, 227: no matter.
forces for (thro, V, 306, 8) a' her father's forces, V, 166, (Child #294 A) 11: in spite of all her father could do?
fordoo destroy.
fore first fore love, II, 191, (Child #73 F) 22, 25, 28, 29: earlier.
forebye See forbye.
fforefend III, 340, (Child #167 A) 26; 407, 5: avert, forbid.
forehammer I, 21 b, (Child #2 L) 12; III, 474, (Child #186 A) 34: sledge-hammer, the large hammer, which strikes before the smaller.
foremost man I, 146, (Child #11 B) 12; IV, 412, (Child #254 A) (Child #254 B) 19: apparently the bridegroom's "best man."
forenent, fornent I, 221 f., E (Child #20 E) 7, 17; 504, 7; IV, 77, (Child #201 A) 3; 288, F 2; 451 a, 3, 5: over against, in the face of.
foresteed V, 237, 28: protection, protector.
foret I, 244, (Child #23 A) 10: forth.
forfaulted V, 194, (Child #305 A) (Child #305 B) 68, 73: forfeited.
forfouchald IV, 4 b, 28: very much tired. (Scottish wauchle, forwauchld, forfaughlit.)
forfoughen IV, 3, (Child #189 A) 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, (Child #280 A) (Child #279 app) 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, (Child #245 A) 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, (Child #52 A) 8; II, 114, (Child #65 A) 15, 16; III, 124, (Child #123 A) (Child #123 B) 13; 212, 16: lost, has him forlorn, II, 147, (Child #68 C) 17: causatively. II, 123, (Child #65 H) 13; V, 41, (Child #270 A) 23: destroyed, killed. I, 183, (Child #15 A) 42; III, 145, (Child #128 A) 9; V, 210 b, 2: destitute, deserted.
forn p.p. of fare, II, 29, (Child #58 J) 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, (Child #116 A) 156: withdraw from, forsake this sorowe, III, 73, (Child #117 A) 341: decline to have to do with this sad matter. II, 454, (Child #109 C) 52: decline as adversary in a combat. III, 360, (Child #168 app) 106: refuse an appointment. IV, 172, (Child #214 J) 1; 173, K 2: refuse suitors. III, 149, (Child #129 A) 33; IV, 181, (Child #215 D) (Child #215 E) 2: give up, renounce.
forth, find forth, III, 148, (Child #129 A) 17; choose forth, III, 440, 9: out. thou maye well fforth for to pay mee, II, 444, (Child #109 A) 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, (Child #123 app) 16 (play): forthwith.
forthynketh III, 28, (Child #116 A) 137: repenteth.
fortune be my chance III, 308, (Child #162 A) 21 = my hap it were, 311, 16.
forward III, 284, (Child #159 A) 11: van.
foster of the fe III, 28, (Child #116 A) 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, (Child #121 A) 51: foot.
fou II, 25, (Child #58 F) (Child #58 G) 8; 26, 11: a firlot.
fou V, 270, 9: how.
fou, fow full, fou drunken, II, 144, (Child #68 A) 4.
foucht pret., II, 391, (Child #99 I) (Child #99 J) 21: fought. IV, 200, (Child #217 H) 1: toiled. p.p. foughten, II, 418, (Child #103 A) 32; III, 277, (Child #158 A) 22; 281, 14; 333, 30.
fouie IV, 20, (Child #192 C) (Child #192 D) 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, (Child #116 A) 15: provided for.
foure-eard foole II, 483, (Child #112 A) 7: as denoting a double ass?
fousome, fusom, fusome I, 302, B (Child #33 B) 3, 5, 6; 304, 2, 3: (fulsome) disgustingly filthy.
fow, fou II, 273, (Child #83 F) 35; III, 490, (Child #188 B) 13; IV, 168, D (Child #214 D) 14, 15: full.
fowd V, 304 b: sheep-fold.
fowk I, 245, (Child #24 A) 6: folk.
frae, fray from. be frae, IV, 433, (Child #262 A) 21: remain away from.
fraine v., I, 334, 6, 7, 10: question.
frame IV, 78, (Child #202 A) 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, (Child #109 B) 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, (Child #108 A) 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., (Child #177 A) 29, 44. lady, ladies free, I, 324, A (Child #37 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, (Child #47 A) (Child #47 B) 2; II, 177, (Child #72 C) 28; 421, 22. castles free, I, 465, (Child #53 B) 6; 474, 21. lands sae free, I, 474, (Child #53 H) 25. tocher free, II, 380, (Child #99 A) 33; 383, 26; 385, 27. Clymme of the Clowgh so fre, Little John so free, III, 26, (Child #116 A) 96; 154, 2. freyke fulle fre, III, 308, (Child #162 A) 30. of courage free, V, 86, (Child #273 app) 31. chrystall free, II, 52, 17. gold soe free, V, 49, (Child #271 A) 23. gowd and jewels free, I, 474, 23. silver free, II, 69, (Child #62 A) 9; 445, 64; 450, 70. money ffeyre and ffre, III, 113, (Child #121 A) 82. metal free, III, 300, 7; 368 f., 12, 14; IV, 372, (Child #244 A) (Child #244 B) 7; (nonsense in IV, 404, 29). staff of oke so free, III, 138, (Child #126 A) 15. Less definite are the following: Couentrye faire and free, Derby Hills so free, Cannongate-side so free, III, 284, (Child #159 A) 17; 323, 10; 386, 10; seas so free, IV, 498, 6; water soe free, V, 51, (Child #271 A) 68; forest frie, V, 191 f., (Child #305 A) 8, 12, 23, 28, 34; learning my lesson free, I, 438, B (Child #49 B) 7; chariot, coach, free, I, 475, 44; IV, 410, (Child #253 A) 29; 462, 35. horses kept free, II, 450, 64: liberally, going free, IV, 289, (Child #231 F) 7: not under control, running off. free of grace, V, 20, (Child #267 app) 24: void of grace, cf. 43.
free adv., arowes ifedred fre, III, 69, (Child #117 A) 275; 70, 288: in handsome style, ring she brake so free, I, 470, (Child #53 E) 26: generously (cf. II, 450, (Child #109 B) 64).
freely adj., freely feed, I, 309, B (Child #34 B) 1: of noble birth, or beautiful.
freely (naked), I, 508, 10: entirely.
freits III, 434, (Child #178 D) (Child #178 E) 23: superstitious notions concerning omens.
freke, freck, freake, freyke III, 298, (Child #161 A) 58; 308, 30; 309, 32, 47: bold man, man. (A.S. freca.)
frem foreign.
frembde adv., frembde bested, III, 63, (Child #117 A) 138: in the position of a stranger (other readings, frend, friend).
frese frese your, our, bowes of ewe, III, 67, (Child #117 A) 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, (Child #187 B) (Child #187 C) 7; IV, 2, (Child #189 A) 5: referring to mane and fetlocks, or perhaps to long fetlocks only.
frightened the boar will, I, 214, (Child #18 E) (Child #18 F) 3: afraid, etc.
frith, frythe, firthe V, 191 f., (Child #305 A) 14, 24: enclosed land, wood.
froom V, 296 a: from.
froth-mill I, 305, (Child #33 G) 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 frozen mill.
frozen mill V, 213, 10: mill of which the lade, or canal conveying the water, is frozen.
frush IV, 185, (Child #215 app) 13: brittle.
frythe I, 329, 3: enclosed land, preserve, deer-park, wood. See frith.
fue few.
fug I, 302, (Child #33 A) (Child #33 B) 3, 5: slut, filthy woman. See fag, flag.
fuird II, 471, (Child #110 G) 6: ford.
fule fowl.
full IV, 356, B (Child #241 B) 1: proud.
fun, fune V, 215, 15; 248, 9: whun, whin, furze.
fundid I, 334, 8: went. (A.S. fundian.)
fur II, 188, (Child #73 E) 12; III, 474, (Child #186 A) 41: furrow.
fusom, fusome, fousome I, 302, B (Child #33 B) 3, 5, 6; 304, P 2, 3; IV, 469, 10, 12: offensive, disgusting (fulsome).
fusty bandyas V, 72 b: a drinking-formula.
fute, whute v., III, 123, (Child #123 A) 15: whistle.
fynde III, 308, (Child #162 A) 24: Professor Skeat would read fyne, end.
fynly III, 70, (Child #117 A) 284: goodly.
fyt, fytt, fytte See fit.
This page most recently updated on 27-Aug-2011, 11:01:43. Return to main index
