366 GLOSSARY. downa (/), I dislike to, cannot bear to. dowy^ dawie, sad, sadly. doySf does. drey dreey drie, drye^ to endure, suffer. duckers, divers. dughty^ doughty, capable. dule,, see dool. dyghtandcy preparing, in prepara- tion : see note, Gest^ 388*. — See dight. dyntey a blow. Eargy heir. eetty eyes. eerie^ sad, melancholy. eftsoonesy again, afterwards. eke (Otterburn, 57*), each. eldern, elderly. emey uncle. emysy gen. sing., uncle's. envye, injury. ere^ previously. ere^ to inherit, possess. esky ask, lizard, newt (A.-S. a^echse). evetty precisely, exactly. evetty smooth. everilkoHy everyone. eylyty aileth. Fay to befall, betide. foe hey to fetch. fadgey a thick cake (Jamieson), and figuratively a clumsy wo- man. faeniy foam. fally to happen, become, chance. farey doings. farleyy ferley, strange, wonderful. farleysy ferliesy strange things. fashes {^'^. fishes) y troubles, dis- turbances, storms. fausey false. fawkeny falcon. fayy faith. faylydy missed. feyfeey pay, money, property. feaUy fail. federsy feathers. fevyferrey far. ferd (Monky 52*), fear. ferey fellowship, company: in fere y together. ferlyy s^efarley. ferliesy s^^ far leys. fetyfettey fetched. fetteledy made ready. firstifty the first. fityfyttey division of a ballad. fitty strain of music (Estmerey 6o3). fivesomey five together: cf. A.-S. sum with genitives of the car- dinal numbers (eahta sum)y or in a phrase like fSara sum (Beow., V. 141 2), *one of a few,' 'a few together.' fLitterSy flutters, moves quickly about. flatteringy fluttering ( Young Hun- tingy ty fleey to fly. fleedy flood. fleyd {Kinmont W.y 36*), fright- ened, put to flight. fddy foaled. foney foes. forbycy beyond. forccy forsy matter, account : do noforsy * lay no stress upon.' forehammersy sledge-hammers. forenenty in the face of. forgoney to forego, lose. forietey forgotten. forlorny utterly lost, forfeited. forsy see force. forstersy foresters. fosUrey forester. Digitized by LjOOQIC
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