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First published 1951 (DOST Vol. II).
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Frawart, a. Also: frawarte, -uart, -wort. [Usual Sc. form of Fraward a.]

1. Froward, perverse, in various applications.(1) a1400 Leg. S. xxxvii. 150.
Til gyf ensampil vthyre til That are frawarte & dure of wil c1460 Thewis Wysmen 277.
Wysdom enteris in na wy, That frawart is 1473 Reg. Cupar A. I. 197.
The tenandis … that beis frawart and wil nocht kep gud nychtburhed 1513 Doug. vii. ix. 93.
Led by the power and frawart godhed Of cruell Juno a1585 Polwart Flyt. 508 (H).
Infernall, frawart, feaming furyes fell(2) a1400 Leg. S. l. 622.
That scho suld leif hir frawart will c1475 Wall. xi. 152.
Twa campiowns, Of felloun fors and frawart attenciouns a1508 Kennedy Flyt. 81.
Thy frawart phisnomy Dois manifest thy malice to all men 1513 Doug. iv. xi. 22.
With frawart wordis onkynd Ib. x. i. 19.
With frawart myndis

2. Adverse, unfavourable.(1) a1400 Leg. S. x. 408.
A frawarte wynd … Gert the fyre … Turne apone Yrtacus c1420 Wynt. iv. 949 (C).
As the frawort stormys stude a1500 Henr. Fab. 1281 (B).
Quhen Boreas … With frawart frostis the flouris doun can faid(2) a1400 Leg. S. xxi. 101.
How thame hapnyt wes Of frawart fortone als mykil 1513 Doug. ii. v. 5.
Of the goddis be frawart destany Ib. iii. ii. 150.
Syryus, the frawart star Ib. iv. viii. 51.
My frawart fortoun and estait 1596 Lett. & St. P. Jas. VI 16.
As it pleasours God till permit my fortoune daylie till becum mair frauart