Scottish National Dictionary (1700–)
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First published 1956 (SND Vol. IV). Includes material from the 2005 supplement.
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FETH, int. Sc. form of Eng. faith used as int., = indeed, absol. and in phrs., as my feth, guid feth, etc. Gen.Sc.Rnf. 1807 R. Tannahill Poems 91:
For siller, feth! ye ne'er did care for't.Fif. 1894 J. W. M'Laren Tibbie and Tam 72:
My feth! . . . I'll let her ken whether I'm stupid or no'.Dmb. 1894 D. MacLeod Past Worthies of Lennox 168:
Guid feth man, the maist feck o' a' the gauciness ye saw was put into the pu'pit by me.Sh. 1924 T. Manson Peat Comm. III. 99:
Feth its not a aesy thing ta sing a sang richt.Ork. 1952 R. T. Johnston Stenwick Days (1984) 7:
"Feth," she cried, "that's the test a'm been wantin' tae pit. That's cheust whit a'll deu. A'll mak' them enter for the croonin' contest, an' tell them a'll mairry the winner o'd." Sh. 1994 Laureen Johnson in James Robertson A Tongue in Yer Heid 165:
So feth, da gairden wid wait. Der naethin I laek better mesell as reddin kin. Mony an oor I'm spent huntin trow da records.
