10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «FORFAIRN»
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The English dialect dictionary, being the complete ...
OE. fore-Arum”, to premeditate] FORFAIRN, Sc. Also in form forforn Per. [farft'e'rn.]
1. orn out, exhausted. Sc. l hae puttin' the gudclnan to his bEll, for he was e'en
sair forfairn, Scorr Anli'qumy (1816) xxvi ; My heart . . . sair forfairn Thy bodin' ...
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The English Dialect Dictionary, Being the Complete ...
5:. l hae puttin' the gudeman to his bed, for he was e'en sair forfairn, Scorr
Anfiquary (1816) xxvi; My heart . . . sair forfairn Thy bodin' dark to hear, JAuissoN
Pop. Ballads (1806) I. 237. AM. But we're forfairn and sair alter'd now, Ross
Helmore ...
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A Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language ...: ...
Having the appearance of being exhausted or desolate, Pertns. The doctor ply'd
his crookit horn, Wi' wondrous art ; But, oh ! puir Tamey look'd forforn, An' sick at
heart. The Old Horse, Duffs Poems, p. 85. The same with Forfairn. V. Forfaib, v.
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Scottish Dictionary and Supplement: In Four Volumes. A-Kut
Syne I can ne'er be sair forfairn, When I hae a plaid of haslock woo'. R. Galloway'
t Poenu, p. 205. 2. Old-fashioned, Gl. Ross, S. B. Up in her face looks the auld
hag forfairn, And says, Ye will hard-fortun'd be my bairn. Rosi's Helenore, p. 61.
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The Poetry of Robert Burns: Songs. Unauthorised poems. ...
Foot, fared [i.e. went]: 'o'er the moor they lightly foor,' iii. 19. 13. Foorsday,
Thursday. Forbears, forebears, forefathers. Forby, forbye, besides. Forfairn, (1)
worn out: 'wi' crazy eild I'm sair forfairn,' i. 204. 19 ; (2) forlorn : ' Fen- wick, sair
forfairn,' i.
Robert Burns, William Ernest Henley, Thomas Finlayson Henderson, 1901
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The Poetry of Robert Burns
... monie a year I 've stood the flood an' tide ; And tho' wi' crazy eild I 'm sair
forfairn, pile of stones I 'll be a brig when ye 're a shapeless cairn ! As yet ye little
ken about the matter, But twa-three 201- THE BRIGS OF AYR.
Robert Burns, William Ernest Henley, Thomas Finlayson Henderson, 1905
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Studies in English poetry [an anthology] with biogr. ...
(4) Baimie — diminutive of bairn, a child. (5) Frecky— eager, ready. (6) Sairty
forfairn— sorely distressed, destitute. (7) Dowie — worn out with grief. L The
mitherless bairnie creeps to his lane bed, Nane covers STUDIES IN ENGLISH
POETRY.
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The poetical reader, with notes and questions by A.W. Buchan
Sairly forfairn — sorely distressed, destitute. Dome — worn out with grief. Haps —
wraps, covers up. Hackit heelies — heels chapped with the cold. Aim — iron.
Lithless — comfortless. Siccan— such. Clutches — talons, claws. Lo'e — love.
Alexander Winton Buchan, 1859
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The Works: In Four Volumes
Scott. Forfairn. Distressed, worn out, jaded, forlorn, destitute. “ So sadly forfairn
were we.” - - Ross. Forgather. To meet, to encounter with. “ Fools are fond 0' a'
they forgatherwi'.” Scots Proverb. Forgie. To forgive. “ It's easier to forgie than
forget.
Robert Burns, Allan Cunningham, 1835
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Jamieson's Dictionary of the Scottish language
Wallace.— A. S. forfar-an, perdere, perire. FORFAIRN, part. pa. 1. Forlorn, S.
Ross. 2. Old- fashioned, S. B. Ross. 3. Worn out; jaded, S. Bums. To FORFALT,
Fokfaclt, v. a. To attaint. Bcllendcn. FORFALT, s. Forfeiture. Bcllendcn. FORFANT.
adj.
John Jamieson, John Johnstone (of Edinburgh.), John Longmuir, 1895
