faddy a.

fussy, particular

orig. unknown

fadge v.

to ride along at the slowest pace that a horse is able to trot; to jog along; to trudge

orig. unknown

fahla & adv.

See foul

fain a & adv.

glad; well pleased;

< OE. fæȝen , fæȝn ( fain, glad, joyful)

fair adv.

fully; completely; really,

< OE. fæȝre (fairly, well, justly)

fairish a. & adv.

considerable (in amount); fairly large

< OE. fæȝer (fair, agreeable)

falgh out v.

See fay (out)

fan ppl.a.

found

< OE. fand

fan tickles n.pl.

See fernticles

fashion v.

to bring ones-self to do something; have the audacity to

< OF. façon (to make)

fause a. & adv.

cunning; shrewd

< OE. fals ( falsehood, fraud, counterfeit )

favver v.

to seem; to resemble

< OF . favourer (to side with)

fawd-yard n.

See fold-yard

fay (out ) v,

to clear away (e.g.earth etc.) from; to dig out earth; to remove surface soil; also falgh out, fay aht, feg out

< ON. fǽgja (to cleanse, polish)

fay aht v.

See fay (out)

feared ppl.a.

See afeared

feast n.

an annual festival or holiday; a local fair,

< OF. feste (feast)

feeast n.

See feast

feg out v.

See fay (out)

feIted ppl.a.

See feltered

felk n.

the exterior rim (or a part thereof) of a wooden wheel; also felly

< OE. felȝ ( the rim of a wheel)

fell n.

a hill,

< ON. fiall (mountain)

fell v.

to cut down; to finish; to strike down;

< OE. fellan , fiellan , fyllan (s trike down, fell, cut down)

felly n.

See felk

felon n.

a whitlow an inflamed sore

< OF.*felon

feltered ppl.a.

matted; entangled; also felted

< OF. feltrer , f. feltre ( felt)

femmer a.

weak; slight; light;

< ON. femmer ( fragile, weak, slender)

fend v.

to cope; to manage; to provide

< OF. defendre (defend, protect)

fendable a.

able to fend or shift for oneself; efficient; good at management;

See fend

fent n.

remnant of cloth

< F. fente, f. fendre, (to split)

fernticles n.pl.

freckles

< a perceived resemblance to the seeds of the fern

ferrie a. & adv.

word used by children to claim first place in games;

??? < ON. fyrre (before, earlier)

fetch v.

to bring; to strike (a blow); also fotch

< OE. fecc(e)an ( to bring, to take, to fetch)

fettle n.

state; condition,

??? < OE. f e tel (a girdle ,a belt: in the sense of ‘ girded up)’

fettle v.

to clean; to tidy up ; to deal with, to repair; to prepare

??? < OE. f e tel (a girdle, a belt: in the sense of to gird up)

fettler n.

a cleaner of machinery and looms in the textile industry

See fettle v.

fettlin' day n.

cleaning day

See fettle v.

feyt v.

to fight

< OE. feohtan ( to fight, to combat)

feyther n.

father

< OE. fæder

finger poke n.

a finger stall

< OE. finger + OF. poke (bag)

finnd v.

to find

< OE. findan

fish-'oil n.

See chip-'oil

fit a.

prepared; ready,

orig. uncertain

fitch n.

seed pod of the vetch ( Vicia sativa )

< ONF. veche , vecche , veiche , vesche

fizzog n.

the face

< reduced form of physiognomy f. AN. phisenomie (the art of judging a person's nature from their appearance)

flacker v.

to flap; to flutter; to tremble

< M E. flakeren (to flutter, to wave) ??? f. OE.*flacorian

flags n.pl.

paving or floor stones; also flegs; cf. flagstones

< ON. flaga (slab of stone)

flagstones n.pl.

paving or floor stones; also flagstooanes; cf. flags

< ON. flaga (slab of stone) + OE. stā nas (stones, a pieces of stone)

flagstooanes n.pl.

See flagstones

flahr 1 n.

flower; also flooer

< OF. flour , flur , flor

flahr 2 n.

flour; also flooer ”

< OF. flour , flur , flor

flaid a.

See flayed

flaik n.

See flake

flait a.

See flayed

flake n.

a storage rack; a hurdle; railings: temporary gate; also fleeak, fleek, flaik, fleg

??? < ON. flake , fleke ( hurdle, wicker shield)

flaughtered ppl.a.

excited, flustered; also flowtered

< OE. *flohta ( a fluttering or agitated movement)

flawn n.

a type of custard tart

< OF. flaon

flaycrake n.

a scarecrow; also flaycraw, flaycreeak

< OE. *flíȝan , *flēȝan (put to flight) + ON. kraka (crow)

flaycraw n.

a scarecrow; also flaycrake, flaycreeak

< OE. *flíȝan , *flēȝan (put to flight) + crāwe (crow, raven)

flaycreeak n.

See flaycrake

flayed a.

frightened; also flaid, flait, afleyed

< OE. *flíȝan , *flēȝan (put to flight)

flaysome a.

frightful; dreadful; terrifying

< OE. *flíȝan , *flēȝan (put to flight) + suffix –sum (employed to form adjectives from nouns)

fleak n.

See flake

fleeak n.

See flake

fleek n.

See flake

fleet n.

See flet

fleet v.

to skim milk

??? < OE. flēt , fliete ( cream, curds)

fleg n.

See flake

flegs n.pl.

See flags

flet n.

a floor; the ground; a room”

< OE. flett ( floor, ground; dwelling, hall )

flig v.

to fly

< OE. flēogan (flee, take flight)

fligged a.

fledged, with feathers

??? < OE.*flycȝe (fit to fly, having feathers)

flip v.

to hit ; also flup

??? onom.

flipe n

a hat brim; the peak of cap

< ME. flipen (to strip off - the skin of an animal)

flipe v.

to fold back a piece of cloth

< ME. flipen (to strip off- the skin of an animal))

flirt v.

to flick with finger and thumb

onom.

flit v.

to move house, to move away

< ON. flytja. ( carry, convey)

flite v.

to scold; to reprimand; to wrangle; to quarrel

< OE. flītan ( to strive, quarrel, dispute,)

flither n.

a limpet.

orig. unknown

flittermouse n.

a bat

< ME. flitten ( to be in motion, to move or shift about) f. ON. flytja ( carry, convey) + OE. mus (mouse)

float n.

the passing of weft-threads over a portion of the warp without being interwoven with it

< OE. flot (state of floating)

flooat n.

See float

flooer 1 n.

flour; also flahr

< OF. flour , flur , flor

flooer 2 n.

flower; also flahr

< OF. flour , flur , flor

flowtered ppl.a.

See flaughtered

fluff v.

a silent breaking of wind

??? onom.

flummox v.

to confuse; to bewilder, to confound

??? onom. ( suggestive of the idea of throwing down roughly and untidily)

flup v.

See flip

foalfoot n.

coltsfoot ( Tussilago Farfara ) ; also foil's fooit

< OE. fola (foal, colt) + fōt (foot)

foddergang n.

See fothergang

fog n.

a second crop of grass

orig. unknown cf. Welsh ffwg (dry grass)

foil's fooit n.

See foalfoot

foisty a.

musty; mouldy

OF. fust (cask)

fold n.

a farm yard

< O E. falæd, falod, falud, fald (stall, stable, cattle-pen)

fold-yard n.

enclosed area adjoining a cowshed or: farm; also fawd-yard, fowd-yard

< O E. falæd , falod , falud , fald (stall, stable, cattle-pen) + ȝeard ( fence, enclosure)

fond a.

foolish; silly

< ME. fonned f. fonnen (to be foolish)

foomart n.

a polecat; a stoat;

< ME. fulmard f. OE.*fúl mearð (foul marten)

foot-cock n.

a pile of grass created by using one foot and a hay rake (preparatory to spreading to make hay)

< ME. fotcok

for all a. & adv.

notwithstanding ; even though; in spite of the fact;

< OE. for eall

force n.

a waterfall; a cascade; also foss

< ON. fors (waterfall)

forenooin n.

forenoon; morning

< OE..fore (before) + nōn (the ninth hour)

forrad a. & adv.

forward

< OE. for (e)weard

foss n.

See force

fost a. &adv.

first; also fust

< OE. fyrst , fyrest

fotch v.

See fetch

fother v.

to feed livestock

< ON. fóðr (food)

fothergang n.

a gangway in front of stalls in a cow house used for feeding cattle; also foddergang

< ON. fóðr (food) + OE. gang (passage, way)

fo'tnit n.

a fortnight

< OE. fēowertӯne niht ( fourteen nights)

fotty a. & n.

See fowaty

fotty-legs n.

a centipede

< OE. fēowertiȝ + ON. leggr

foul a. & adv

ugly; grim-looking; also fahl

< OE. fūl ( foul, unclean, impure)

fowaty a. & n.

forty; fourth man on a farm or in a team; also fotty,fowerdy; fowerty

< OE. fēowertiȝ

fowd-yard n.

See fold-yard

fower a. & n.

four

< OE. fēower

fowerdy a. & n.

See fowaty

fowerty a. & n.

See fowaty

fowk(s) n.

people WR

< OE. folc ( folk, people, nation, tribe)

fowt ppl.a.

fought

< OE. feohtan (to fight)

fra prep.

from; also frev

< ON. frá

frame v.

to set about a work in a promising way; to get organised,

< OE. framian ( to be helpful, to make progress) f. fram (forward)

frame thissen! int.

pull yourself together; get on with the job!

< OE. framian ( to be helpful, to make progress) f. fram   (forward) + ME thiseluen (yourself)

fratch v.

to disagree; to quarrel to scold;

??? onom.

freeten v.

to frighten

< OE. *fryhtan a metathetic var. of fyrhtan (to frighten)

fresh a. & adv.

new; tipsy; a little drunk

< ME. fresh f. OF. freis, fresche (fresh)

fret n.

a sea mist or fog

< OE. fretan ( to devour, eat, consume; break)

frev prep.

See fra

frig v.

to wriggle; to squirm; to move about restlessly

??? < OE. frīcian (to dance)

frit a.

frightened

< OE. *fryhtan a metathetic var. of fyrhtan (to frighten)

frock n.

a dress

< ME frok ( an outer garment worn by men, monks and friars) f. OF. froc

frosk n.

a frog

< OE frosc

fruggan n.

an oven rake

< F. fourgon ( poker)

fud n.

refuse ; woolen waste from a loom

??? < ON. fuð (cunnus)

fuddle n.

a treat; a party; an outing;

orig. obscure cf. Ger. fuddeln (to swindle)

fun ppl.a.

found

< OE. funden

fust a & adv.

See fost