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First published 1956 (SND Vol. IV).
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‡FEYDOM, n. Also feidom; fedam, fedum (Galt). The state or condition of being fey; a portent, usu. of death; doom, destiny.Sc. 1724 Ramsay Evergreen I. 212:
Throch Feidom, our Freidom Is blotit with this Skore.Ayr. 1823 Galt Entail xix.:
I hope it's no a fedam afore death.Lnk. 1868 J. Hamilton Poems 77:
A shadow lay upon my heart, The feydom o' some comin' ill.Ayr. 1896 Note in Galt Provost (ed. Meldrum) II. 267:
A present-day Ayrshire saying is “There's a feydom before him,” meaning, “There's a certain destiny in store for him.”Edb. 1900 E. H. Strain Elmslie's Drag-Net 39:
If I believed in feydom I would say the man was fey.