Dictionaries of the Scots Language
Dictionars o the Scots Leid

Scottish National Dictionary (1700–)

Hide Quotations Hide Etymology

Abbreviations Cite this entry

About this entry:
First published 1956 (SND Vol. IV). Includes material from the 1976 supplement.
This entry has not been updated since then but may contain minor corrections and revisions.

FEFT, ppl.adj. Sc. usage: bespoken, promised (Sh.¹⁰ 1951); claimed by long-standing use or habit, e.g “feft seat, place . . . particularly claimed, or supposed to be held by right, or in consequence of long possession” (Sc. 1825 Jam.).Sc. c.1745 R. Mackenzie John Brown of Hdg. (1918) 48:
He had what we call in this country only feft places to lodge at.Ags. 1853 W. Blair Aberbrothock 75:
It's best fan ane's no obligat to the pairis fan they canna work, an' than they can put their airm oot nae far'er than they can get it in again, though there be na ony feft wark for them to do.Sh. 1891 J. Burgess Rasmie's Büddie 13:
“Nee! Rass-moos! I'll get dee! Du's sure ta be damned!” “Na! feth I!” I says, “Boy! aald Rasmie is feft.”Sh. 1918 T. Manson Peat Comm. I. 120:
Oh, feft, ye mean. . . . Dat is, if wan person says dey'll tak milk frae anidder fur da saeson, or da year, dan ye say at da milk is feft, an it canna be sowld ta any idder body.