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First published 1951 (DOST Vol. II).
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Ferliful(l, Ferlyful(l, a. [ME. ferliful (a 1300), f. Ferly n.] Wonderful, marvellous, strange.1375 Barb. xii. 453.
Now I se All the mast ferlifull sycht That euir I saw Ib. xiii. 638.
With so ferlifull a mycht Of men of armys a1400 Leg. S. xix. 26.
Our hal he Of fasone ferlyful was to se Ib. l. 39.
Ferlifull was that offerand thane c1420 Wynt. ii. 1256.
In it ar changys sere, That ferlyffull ar for to here a1500 Rauf C. 2.
Thair fell ane ferlyfull flan within thay fellis wyde a1500 Colk. Sow ii. 56.
He wes the caus of feill ferlifull deidis c1500-c1512 Dunb. Tua Mar. W. 26.
Off ferliful fyne favour war thair faceis meik Ib. lxxxvii. 15.
O hevin in erthe of ferlifull suetnes 15.. Clar. v. 2414.
Aucht virginis … In tracit hairis of ferlifull bewtie
