Meaning of faird | Babel Free

Definitions

Noun. [B1]

Examples

“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;[…]”

“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; […]”

“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.]”

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