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First published 1951 (DOST Vol. II).
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Fy, Fye, interj. [ME. fye, fy (c 1300), OF. fy, fi, ON. fý.] Fie. Also const. on, for.(1) ?1438 Alex. ii. 1485.
Fy, said Clarus, of that foull lyfe a1500 Henr. Fab. 585.
Fy, puft vp pryde Ib. 809.
Fy, couetice, vnkynd and venemous a1508 Kennedy Flyt. 84.
Fy, glengoir loun, fy, fy, Fy, feyndly front c1500-c1512 Dunb. xxvii. 61 (A).
Than forty tymis the fend cryit fy 1513 Doug. iv. xi. 14.
Iupiter, quod scho, sal he depart? ha, fy 1535 Stewart 57761.
The common pepill … Vpoun the Lyndsay cryit mony fy c1552 Lynd. Mon. 2572.
So ȝe … Cryis ‘fy, gar cast that faltour in the fyre’ 1569-73 Bann. Memor. 334.
His brother Patrick comes to him, saying, ‘Fye, my lord, we ar warit in your default’ 1608 Crim. Trials III. 45.
Fy, my lord, mak not ȝour selff a traitour(2) c1475 Wall. vi. 89.
Fy on fortoun, fy on thi frewall quheyl, Fy on thi traist a1499 Contempl. Sinn. 26.
Fy on thi fortune and fulische felicite c1500-c1512 Dunb. Tua Mar. W. 461.
Fy on hir that can nought feyne her fame for to saif 1513 Doug. iv. Prol. 208.
Fy on dissait and fals dissymulans 1535 Stewart 27080.
Fy on thé, king, fy on thy falsheid, fy a1568 Scott ii. 137.
All the feild cryd fy on him Sa cowartly tuk the fle a1578 Pitsc. I. 108/16.
Bot fy on me maist messerabill … creatur 1600 Crim. Trials II. 199.
He … hard Alexander Ruthuene say, Fy on ȝow bailleis and haill toune(b) 1547 Ex. Processes (Reg. H.) No. vi.
Fye vpon ȝow schir, quhy reif ȝe puir mens geir? 1564 Inverness B. Rec. I. 110.
Fye on ȝou, false feinȝeit smeikis that ȝe ar 1569-73 Bann. Memor. 67.
Fye vpoun yow! Will ye ding whingaris in me? 1629 Boyd Last B. i. 47.
Fye upon barnes, a nest for myce and rattons(3) 1513 Doug. iv. Prol. 164.
Thou auld hasard lichour, fy for schame a1500 Peblis to Play 152.
Ȝe fylit me, fy for schame, quod scho 1560 Rolland Seven S. 1174.
Fy, help, for schame, or I my life will lois 1570 Sat. P. xii. 180.
Now fy for schame, feche Leuenox hame