ferly

• “Whereupon the Heelandman bought a Kilmarnock nichtcap, price elevenpence happeny, frae Mr. Weft, and paid him wi 'part of the very note that brocht on the ferly I hae just been relating.”

  The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 10, No. 275, September 29, 1827

• “Fra 'witches and warlocks," I solemnly intoned, "fra 'wurricoos and evil speerits, and fra' a 'ferly things that wheep and gang bump in the nicht, Guid Lord deliver us!”

  The Prairie Wife

• “Lord, ye'll have all the folk staring as if we were some ferly.”

  Kirsteen: The Story of a Scotch Family Seventy Years Ago

• “It is nae mair ferly [137] to see a woman greit than to see a goose go barefit.”

  Reminiscences of Scottish Life and Character

• “Weel, lassie, I reckon that wasna ony ferly (_strange occurrence_)!”

  Heather and Snow

• “By Allah, ne'er beheld my eyes a face so ferly fair * Amid mankind whoever are, Arab or Ajamí.”

  Arabian nights. English

• “Ho thou in lover's loving ferly fair, * Cut is the road for those”

  Arabian nights. English

• “Seems ferly fair to all admiring orbs * You seemly body wi 'the slender throat.”

  Arabian nights. English

• “At nausrht they'll ferly; senseless tales believe.”

  Internet Archive: The gentle shepherd : a Scots pastoral comedy

• “By Allah, ne’er beheld my eyes a face so ferly fair”

  The Book of The Thousand Nights And A Night

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