A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue (up to 1700)
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First published 1951 (DOST Vol. II).
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Falow, a. [ME. falow, falewe, etc., OE. fealo, falu.] Withered, sere. —a1400 Leg. S. xxxii. 397.
Felone feuere & gret trawale That mad hyre sa falow & fade Ib. xxxiv. 318.
Sa wes scho made Of abstinence falow & fade
