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First published 1956 (SND Vol. IV). Includes material from the 2005 supplement.
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FADER, n. Also faader (Sh.), fadder, faeder, faider, fayder, feyder, fedder. Sh. and ne.Sc. forms of Eng. father. See P.L.D. §§ 49, 135, 165. In Sh. the form Fa(a)der is esp. applied to God (Sh. 1914 Angus Gl.). The curtailed form Faid occurs in s.Sc. chiefly in vocative use = Eng. Dad (Rxb. 1923 Watson W.-B.; 1942 Zai.). Hence faderly, fatherly (Sc. 1825 Jam.; Sh.¹⁰, Abd.²⁷ 1940). [′fɑ(:)dər, ′fe:dər, ′fæ-, ′fɛ-]Bnff. 1773 A. & H. Tayler Lord Fife and his Factor (1925) 76:
You haf won up by eggs and a witch, but she is in hell now and your fader too.Abd. 1871 W. Alexander Johnny Gibb ii.:
Ay, ay, the fader o' 'im was a lang-heidit, schaimin' carle.Sh. 1897 Shet. News (15 May):
I hae a lang back, Fader be tankit; I can bear it.Sh. 1919 T. Manson Peat Comm. II. 16:
Fader o Paece, faider, what's come ower Joanie? He's aa weet.Bnff. 1924 Swatches o' Hamespun 25:
Did ye come eence erran te see yer fadder's fock?Sh. 1993 New Shetlander Sep 29:
Her midder wis kinda taen aff.
"Hit's a notion shu's taen lately".
Her faider, I tink, wis ill-plaised.