ENGLISH DICTIONARY

Faird

Definition, Meaning & Examples

Part of speech noun

Quick meaning: Faird is a noun meaning Alternative form of ferd (“effort”).

Meaning

Alternative form of ferd (“effort”).

Example Sentences

And ſone as he perſavys quhar that went / Forganyſt him, cumand throu greſy ſward, / Hys derreſt ſon Ene with hasty fard, / Baith his handys joyfull furthſtracht he than;[…]
But ne'er a ane of them he ſpar'd, / E'en tho' there was a drunken laird / To draw his ſword, and make a faird / In their defence, […] [Footnote: Make a faird.) A buſtle like a bully.]
Sire, I remember it is recordit, that in the Pharſalick conflict Cæſar obſerued that Pompeye, be his wntymeous reſtraint of his ſouldiers in the chock of the battel, in ſtaying them of thair force and faird, ſo abbaited their courage, that they wer aine eaſie praye to the Cæſarians, fewar in number, and of leſſe valour; […]

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Related dictionary entries include ferz, fantad, fitt, faredodger, skeed, labor.

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