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† ˈferliful, a. Sc. and north. dial. Obs.
[f. ferly n. + -ful.]
Fearful, wonderful.
a1300Cursor M. 9314 (Cott.) Man sal him clep wit nams sere, ‘Ferliful’ and ‘conseiler’. 1375Barbour Bruce xii. 453 The mast ferlifull sycht That euir I saw. c1475Rauf Coilȝear 2 Thair fell ane ferlyfull flan within thay fellis wide.
quasi-adv.1508Dunbar Tua Mariit Wemen 26 Off ferliful fyne favour war thair faceis meik.
Hence ˈferlifully adv., fearfully, wonderfully.
c1425Wyntoun Cron. viii. xxxiv. 63 Swa deyd þat knycht ferlyfully. |