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Define:Ferlie

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Etymologie

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Frae Auld Norse ferligr (ugsome, dreidfu).[1]


Spellin variants

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  • ferly
  • fairl(e)y

ferlie (third-person singular simple present ferlies, present participle ferlin, simple past an past participle ferlit, ferlied)

[1] (transitive) tae mairvel or strange at somethin
Or tell what new taxation's comin, An' ferlie at the folk in London.
Robert Burns: Twa Dogs[2]
But whan we seek amang the gret makars o the Stewarts’ kingrik for sangs in praise o Scotland, we’ll aiblins ferlie a wee tae finn hou scant thay are.
- Derrick McClure: Tae gang free - a history of patriotic poetry in Scots (2020)[3]

Conjugation

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<ferlie>Conjugation o ferlie</ferlie>
Infinite forms
infinitive (fir tae) ferlie
present participle ferlin
past participle ferlit, ferlied
Finite forms
  simple present narrative present simple past
first-person singular A ferlie, ferlies[N 1] ferlies ferlit, ferlied
seicont-person singular ye/you
seicont-person sg. intimate[N 2] du/thoo ferlies
third-person singular he/she/(h)it ferlies
first-person plural we ferlie, ferlies[N 1]
seicont-person plural yese/youse
seicont-person pl. collective[N 3] awyese/awyouse
third-person plural thay ferlie, ferlies[N 1]
  1. a b c Gin the Northern Subject Rule is uised.
  2. Intimate form uised in Shetland (du) an Orkney (thoo).
  3. Awyese/awyouse is fur whan ye'r referin tae a hale collective o fowk insteid o multiple fowk individual-like.
    For exemple, askin "Are yese awa?" will gie ye different repones fae different fowk, whaur "Are awyese awa?" will git ye ae repone fae somebody representin 'e hale boorach.



References

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  1. "ferlie". Dictionar o the Scots Leid (in Inglis). Retrieved 12 December 2020.
  2. "The Twa Dogs". robertburnsfederation.com. Retrieved 13 December 2020.
  3. McClure, Derrick. "Tae gang free - a history of patriotic poetry in Scots". Centre for the Scots Leid. Retrieved 13 December 2020.