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FAITHFU, adj. also faithfoo, faithfie. Sc. forms of Eng. faithful. Also absol.Lnk. 1991 Duncan Glen Selected Poems 37:
and hae my moment as pairt
o his honeymoon wi the faithfoo Bella.m.Sc. 1996 John Murray Aspen 10:
Fer the meenister's cat wis an Angelic cat
Beatific, Chaste an Decorous, Evangelic an Faithfie
Guid an Hummle, yet Infinite an JoyousAbd. 1998 Sheena Blackhall The Bonsai Grower 48:
"Clung — clung — clung," it knelled, cryin the faithfu, the feart, the respeckable, the genteel, an aa the unco-guid oot frae their hames, like a preen whillyin buckies ooto their shells.em.Sc. 2000 James Robertson The Fanatic 152:
'Lizzie,' he said, 'hae ye been faithfu tae me?'
She stopped. Her eyes filled. 'Dinna speir that unworthy question, James,' she said. 'Aw that I sell on the streets, I sell for you. Aw that I hae saved in the world, is saved for you. Dinna question ma faith.'
