Ulster-Scots Glossary: Letter F (original) (raw)

Letter F

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F

face n face, (abusive, jocular) bake

fact n feet

fair adj (just) richt, (legal) (hist.) jonick, (tolerable) middlin, (a f~ number) a guid (brave, etc.) wheen

fall v faa, fal

family n femlie

famous adj weel-knowed, weel-kent

far adv far

farm n fairm

fast adv adj quïck

fat n creesh; adj (of a person) fat, stoot

father n faither, daddie, da

favour n a guid turn

fear n scar, (be) scarred

feast n (festive) boord; (large meal) feed; v (f~ yourself) get thon doon ye

February n Febuarie, (lit.) Februar

feeble adj wake

feed n feed, rozner, charge, (joc.) tarnisher; v feed, eat

feel v feel, graip

feet n feet

fell v pt fell

fellow n fella

few n wheen, adj twarthie

field n fiel

fifth adj fift, fith

fight n fecht

figure n figger

fill v fill

final adj last

find n (discovery) fin; v fin

fine adj brave, guid, gran

finger n fing'r

finish n en

finished v pt daen

fire n fire; (kitchen) apen hairth, ingle

first adj furst

fish n fish

fit n,v fit

five adj five

flag n fleg

flat adj flet

flea n flay

floor n flure, (loc.) flare

flour n flure

flow v flowe, rin

flower n flooer

fly n v flee

fold v foul

folk n fowk, folk

follow v follae

food n meat, fuid

foot n fit

football n fitba

for prep fur, for

force v gar, mak

foreigner n stranger; (to a district) blaa-in

forest n plantin, wuid

form n foarm

fortnight n foartnicht

forty n foartie

forward adv forrit, (loc.) fort

found v pt fun

foundation n ruit; (of a building) fittins

four adj fower; (local) fivver

fraction n frection

free adj free, fur naethin

fresh adj fresh

Friday n Friday

friend n freen, billie

fright n scar

from conj frae, (unstressed [fae])

front adj front

frown n froon, scooly

fruit n fruit

full adj fu, füll

fumble v fummle

fun n fun

fundamental adj main

furniture n furnytèr, plenishin

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