A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue (up to 1700)
Hide Quotations Hide Etymology
About this entry:
First published 1951 (DOST Vol. II).
This entry has not been updated since then but may contain minor corrections and revisions.
Quotation dates: 1399-1400, 1460-1512
[0,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]
Failȝeand, Falȝeand, ppl. a. [Northern ME. failand (c 1300), ME. faylynge.] Failing, transitory. a1400 Legends of the Saints iii. 961.
And fore this ioy falȝeand, thu Ay-lestand ioy has chosine nov c1460 Wisdom of Solomon 466.
Thinkand it was na wyt … till occupy hyme in syk falȝeand and rotable vanite a1499 Contemplacioun of Synnaris 1276.
The … falȝeand fauouris of carnale effectioun a1499 Ib. 1459. c1500-c1512 Dunb. lxvi. 2.
The failȝeand and frutles bissines c1500-c1512 Ib. 94.
Off this fals fallȝeand warld I tyre
You may wish to vary the format shown below depending on the citation style used.
"Failȝeand ppl. adj.". Dictionary of the Scots Language. 2004. Scottish Language Dictionaries Ltd. Accessed 14 Dec 2025 <http://www.dsl.ac.uk/entry/dost/fail3eand_ppl_adj>
