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FEHV, adj. and n., numeral. Dundee form of Eng. five.Dundee 1989 W. N. Herbert in Joy Hendry Chapman 55-6 93:
whan Dundee gleikit in view
whan Eh wiz fehv:Dundee 1994 W. N. Herbert in James Robertson A Tongue in Yer Heid 162:
Twa a herts. Pause, then some mair patience. Anither. Fehv o spades. This time he stopped for a dey.Dundee 1996 Matthew Fitt Pure Radge 11:
fehve peh suppers oot the deep sea, mario
