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First published 1956 (SND Vol. IV). Includes material from the 2005 supplement.
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FEART, n., v. wm.Sc. (esp. Gsw.) form of Fear, v., n. Hence ppl.adj. feartit, afraid (Rnf., Gsw., n.Ayr. 1950).Gsw. 1943 C. M. Maclean Three for Cordelia 23:
This solicitude about a possible cold caught in the incubating shed struck me as being comic. “Nae fearts o' me”, I said.Dundee 1991 Ellie McDonald The Gangan Fuit 43:
Bottom: Damned affeir o't. Lippen tae me. Scrieve me a blad fornenst the play tae say we're no daein ony hairm wi our dirks, an Pyramus isnae killt ava, an forby that I Pyramus am nae Pyramus but Bottom the Wabster. Syne they'll no be feartit.
