A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue (up to 1700)
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First published 1951 (DOST Vol. II).
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Quotation dates: 1450-1500, 1600-1610
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Fair-far(r)and, a. [Fair a., and farand pres. pple. of Fair v.] a. Handsome. b. Amiable, pleasant, plausible. —c1450-2 Howlat 153.
How thai apperit to the pape & present thaim aye Fair farrand and fre a1500 Prestis of Peblis 75.
In ane hall full fair farand He lugit all the lordis of his land c1460 Consail Wys Man 156.
Gyff thow in court be reparand, Hals glaidly, be fair farand a1500 Doug. King Hart 279.
Desyre lay stokkit by ane dungeoun dure, Ȝit Honestie [did] keip him fair farrand 1600-1610 Melvill 64.
Tho' sum haid bein never sa fair-farrand and curteus, he could nocht gif them a guid countenance nor word
