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ˈfarrand, farrant, a. Sc. and north. dial.
Also 4 farand(e.
[prob. an application of farande, northern pr. pple. of fare v.1; cf. the sense ‘to suit, befit’ of ON. fara; also quots. s.v. faring ppl. a.]
†1. Of a person: Well-favoured, comely, handsome. Obs.
13..E.E. Allit. P. B. 607 If þay [wyȝeȝ] wer farande & fayre to beholde. 1375Barbour Bruce ii. 514 Othir ladyis fayr and farand.
2. Of things: Becoming, dignified, pleasant.
13..E.E. Allit. P. A. 864 Lest les þou leue my talle farande. c1340Gaw. & Gr. Knt. 101 Vch farand fest. 1882in Lanc. Gloss.
3. Having a specified appearance, disposition, or temperament. With qualifying word prefixed, as auld-farrand, evil-farrand, fair-farrand, fighting-farrand, foul-farrand, well-farrand.
a1400Sir Perc. 848 Siche ille farande fare. c1440Ipomydon 282 So goodly a man and wele farand. a1455Holland Houlate 153 Thai apperit to the Pape..Fair farrand and fre. 1513Douglas æ neis vii. viii. 147 Sum the maist semyly farrand personage Tystis to the feild. 1635D. Dickson Pract. Wks. (1845) I. 88 A sore matter for a sinner to be corrected and yet to go light-farrand under it. 1674–91Ray N.C. Words s.v. Farand, Fighting-Farand, in a fighting humor. 1816Scott Antiq. xlii, ‘Ochiltree, is very skeely and auld farrant about mony things.’ 1830Galt Lawrie T. i. viii. (1849) 29 ‘Ye're an auld farrant chappy.’ |