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† ˈfairhead Obs.
Forms: α. 3 faiȝered, 3–4 faired(e, fairehed(e, (3 -hid), 3–5 fair-, fayrhed(e, 4 fairheed, fayrhed, feir(e)-, 4–6 fayrehed, (5 farhed), 6 Sc. fairheid; β. 3–4 vair-, vayrhede.
[f. fair a. + -head.]
Beauty.
c1250Gen. & Ex. 2666 He was ȝuð, Wið faiȝered and strengthe kuð. 1297R. Glouc. (Rolls) 2515 Þe king..bihuld hire vairhede. a1340Hampole Psalter Prol., In þaim is so mykill fayrhed of vnderstandynge. 1340Ayenb. 16 Liȝtbere, þe angel, vor his greate uayrhede an his greate wyt, wolde by aboue þe oþre angeles. c1440Hylton Scala Perf. (W. de W. 1494) ii. xlvi, The fairhede [1533 fairnesse] of angels. 1501Douglas Pal. Hon. i. xxxvi, Her bewtie schane castand sa greit ane glance, All fairheid it opprest. 1560Rolland Crt. Venus ii. 105 Thair was the flour of fairheid. |