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A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue (up to 1700)

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First published 1951 (DOST Vol. II).
This entry has not been updated since then but may contain minor corrections and revisions.

Quotation dates: 1535-1575

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(Fering,) Feiring, vbl. n. [e.m.E. fearyng (1562).] Being afraid. —1535 Stewart 52221.
The darfast way, for feiring of thair fo, Tha tuke the gait without rangat till go 1572-5 Diurnal of Occurrents 326.
Thai wer not sufferit to pas furth, bot keipit quiet for feiring

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