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: 1475-1626
[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,0]
Fulȝe, Fuilȝe, v. Also: fuylȝe. [ME. foyle, foile (13 … ), OF. foler, fuler, fouler].
1. tr. To trample under foot; to beat down; to overcome.(a) c1475 Acts of Schir William Wallace iv. 256.
Sone wndir feit fulȝeid was men of wer c1475 Ib. vi. 258. c1475 Ib. xi. 21.
Hagis, alais, be laubour that was thar, [Thay] fulȝeit and spilt a1500 Golagros and Gawane 928.
He … fulyeit of the fyne maill ma than fyfty a1500 Ib. 1110.
Or thow be fulyeit … in the fight, I do me in thi gentrice 1533 Boece xvi. v. 616 b.
Quhen … be confluence of pepill the cornis … war fulȝeit and trampit 1535 Stewart 54158.
Seand his men so fulȝeit in that fecht, … ouir the toun he gaif c1552 Lynd. Mon. 1908.
Pure orphelenis vnder feit ar fulȝeit(b) 15.. Clariodus iv. 633.
If we fuilȝe, or dois him suppryse, To take him with us c1550 Lynd. Meldrum. 100.
Fair wemen vnderfute wer fuilȝeit 1571 Satirical Poems xxvii. 79.
Forayne forces … Quha fuilȝeit syne thair fredome, force, and lawe
2. To defile, defoul. 1505 Edinb. B. Rec. I. 106.
Ony hors … on the hie gaitt eittand on the gait or fuilȝeand the samyn 1509 Ib. 125.
Ilk hors … swa standand and fuilȝeand the gaitt 1531 Bell. Boece I. 165.
He, with unbridillit lust, fulyeit his anttis, his douchteris, his sisteris 1622-6 Bisset I. 43/9.
He that fuilȝeis ane uther mannis bed, salbe put to death
You may wish to vary the format shown below depending on the citation style used.
"Fulȝe v.". Dictionary of the Scots Language. 2004. Scottish Language Dictionaries Ltd. Accessed 14 Dec 2025 <http://www.dsl.ac.uk/entry/dost/ful3e_v>
