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▪ I. ferly, a. and n.|ˈfɜːlɪ|
Forms: 1 fǽrlic, 3 fæ(i)rlich, feorlic(h, 4 -lych, south. veorlich, 3–4 ferlic(h, -lik(e, -lych, 3–5 ferli, (4 feerli, furley, 6 ferrely, 8 ferley), 3 farli(k, 5–9 farley, -ly, 5–6 fear(e)ly, 3 ferly.
[OE. fǽrlic sudden, f. fǽr (see fear) + lic, -ly1. Cf. MDu. vêrlich (Du. gevaarlijk), MHG. væ̂rlich (Ger. gefährlich), ON. fárligr (Dan., Sw. farlig) dangerous.]
†A. adj. Obs.
1. Sudden, unexpected.
c893K. ælfred Oros. iv. v. §1, & him þær becom swa færlic yfel þæt [etc]. c1000ælfric Gloss. in Wr.-Wülcker 175 Imber, færlic ren. c1200Trin. Coll. Hom. 61 Gif he þurh ferliche deð saule fro þe lichame deleð. c1275Long Life 15 in O.E. Misc. (1872) 157 Fox and ferlych is his [deþes] wrench. a1300Cursor M. 3984 (Cott.) Þat ferli flode. 1382Wyclif Prov. i. 27 Whan shal falle feerli [repentina] wrecchidnesse.
2. Dreadful, frightful, terrible.
c1205Lay. 25553 Feorlic wes þat sweouen, þene king hit auerde. a1225St. Marher. 23 Ich iseh hwer ha faht wið þe feorliche feont. c1330R. Brunne Chron. (1810) 305 To se it was ferlike. 1460Pol. Poems (Rolls) II. 252 Furres of ferly bestes. a1577Gascoigne Wks. (1587) 164 A fearly chaunce: whereon alone to thinke My hande now quakis.
3. Strange, wonderful, wondrous, marvellous.
a1225Ancr. R. 112 Þet nes non veorlich wunder. a1300Cursor M. 10863 (Cott.) He sal be of ful farli fame. c1386Chaucer Reeve's T. 253 Wha herkned ever swilk a ferly thing? c1450St. Cuthbert (Surtees) 4274 Þus fell þis ferly thing. 1549–62Sternhold & H. Audi Israel, Attend, my people, and give eare, Of fearely things I will thee tell. a1650Eger & Grine 974 in Furniv. Percy Folio I. 384 His steed was of a furley kinde.
b. Wonderfully great.
a1300Cursor M. 12080 (Gött.) A maister was þar selcuth kene, At iesu was him ferli tene. a1400–50Alexander 5577 Ferly ferd of his folke was in þe fild strangild.
B. n. Now chiefly Sc. and dial.
1. Something wonderful, a marvel, wonder. no ferly: no wonder. what ferly: what wonder.
c1205Lay. 5381 Heom þuhte muchel ferlich. a1300Cursor. M. 11 (Gött.) Of ferlijs þat his knightes fell. 1340Hampole Pr. Consc. 2955 If he þan haf drede, it es na ferly. c1350Will. Palerne 3280 Moche folk him folwed þat ferli to bi-hold. c1450St. Cuthbert (Surtees) 1023 Here a ferly þat befell. 1535Stewart Cron. Scot. II. 271 As for farleis richt few thairin he saw. a1605Montgomerie Devotional Poems vi. 45 Vhat ferly, freind, thoght thou be fleyd To go befor so grit a Iudge. 1646G. Daniel Poems Wks. 1878 I. 57 To let the world know of some Death Or novel ffarley. c1720Bewick & Graham xxvi. in Child Ballads vii. ccxi. 147/1 To see what farleys he coud see. 1780J. Mayne Siller Gun i. (1808) 117 The ferly is..They walk'd sae sicker! 1785Burns To J. Smith 164 Nae ferly tho' ye do despise The hairum-scairum, ramstam boys. 1790Mrs. Wheeler Westmld. Dial. (1821) 98 What saw yee else; onny new farly? 1868G. Macdonald R. Falconer I. 12 ‘I'm no sic ferlie that onybody needs be frichtit at me.’ 1935C. Day Lewis Time to Dance 23 Those ferlies you'll not behold Till the guardians of that valley have crossed Your hand with fairy gold. 1962Davis & Wrenn Eng. & Medieval Studies 225 But for anthropology ‘we’ should have taken the ferlies in medieval romance like trivial excitements in a boy's blood. Ibid. 227 The idea that ferlies are Jungian outcroppings from the collective unconscious.
2. Wonder, astonishment.
a1300Floriz & Bl. 456 Þo nuste Floriz what to rede For þe ferlich þat he hadde. 13..E.E. Allit. P. A. 1085, I stod as stylle as dased quayle, For ferly of þat freuch [printed french] figure. 1393Langl. P. Pl. C. xii. 228 Litel ferly ich haue. c1475Rauf Coilȝear 903 Now haue I ferlie, gif I fauour the ocht.
▪ II. † ˈferly, adv. Obs.
Forms: 1 fǽrlíce, ferlice, 2–4 fer-, færliche, (3 fær- ferlike), 3–4 south. veor-, verliche, -lych, 3–6 far-, ferli(e, -ly, 4 feerlich, -li, -ly, (5 fairlie), 3– ferly.
[OE. fǽrlíce: see ferly a. and -ly2.]
1. Suddenly, unexpectedly.
c1000Ags. Gosp. Luke ix. 39, & he færlice hrymð. c1175Lamb. Hom. 89 On þisse deie..com ferliche muchel swei of heofne. c1200Ormin 665 Ȝiff þatt itt ohht færlike seþ Þe wlite off ennglekinde. 1297R. Glouc. (1724) 299 Somme deyde verlych as hii vp ryȝt stode. 1340Ayenb. 130 Ase uayr weder went in-to rene and uerliche makeþ his blench. 1382Wyclif Josh. x. 9 Josue felle on hem feerlich. c1440Generydes 5815 Eche vppon other ferly on they sett. c1475Rauf Coilȝear 176 In feir fairlie he foundis..Quhair the Coilȝear bad, sa braithlie he beird.
2. Dreadfully, frightfully, terribly.
13..E.E. Allit. P. B. 960 Al bi-rolled wyth þe rayn, rostted & brenned, & ferly flayed þat folk þat in þose fees lenged. c1330R. Brunne Chron. (1810) 18 He felt him heuy & ferly seke.
3. Wonderfully, marvellously, extraordinarily.
a1225Ancr. R. 148 A ueorlich god word þet te holi Job seide. c1250Gen. & Ex. 2799 Ic sal werken ferlike strong. a1300Cursor M. 4263 (Cott.) Ioseph was farli fair in face. c1350Will. Palerne 3238 Þe horse..gan fare wiþ his fet & ferliche neiȝede. c1450Henryson Mor. Fab. 52 Flowres ferly sweete. c1460Towneley Myst. (Surtees) 49, I wille you telle Tythynges farly goode. 1535Stewart Cron. Scot. (1858) I. 42 Thocht tha war ȝoung, ȝit tha wer farlie fair.
▪ III. ferly, v. Obs. exc. Sc.|ˈfɜːlɪ|
Forms: 4 ferli, 4–8 ferlie, (9 ferley), 4–6 farley, -lie, -lye, 5– ferly.
[f. ferly a.]
1. intr. To wonder.
1375Barbour Bruce vi. 323 Thai..Farlyit, and ȝarnyt hym to se. a1400–50Alexander 4761 Quen he had ferlied his fill. c1500Lancelot 3117 That euery wight ferleit of his deid. 1513Douglas æneis x. Prol. 86 Frend ferly not. 1597Montgomerie Cherrie & Slae 846 Nane ferlies mair than fulis. 1725Ramsay Gent. Sheph. ii. iv, Peggy. They'll wonder what can make us stay. Patie. And let them ferly. 1786Burns Twa Dogs 122 They'll..tell what new taxation's comin, An' ferlie at the folk in Lon'on. c1826Hogg Meg o' Marley 20 Wks. 1840 V. 97 He..sits down but to ferly.
b. quasi-trans. with sentence as obj.
c1400Melayne 1474 Thay ferlyde why he fewterde his spere. 1500–20Dunbar Fenȝeit Freir 63 All fowill ferleit quhat he sowld be. 1801R. Gill Tint Quey in Chambers Pop. Hum. Scot. Poems (1862) 178 Ilk ane ferlied nae a wee, What luckless gate the chiel could be.
2. trans. To amaze, astonish. Only impers. and in pass.
a1300Cursor M. 17361 (Gött.) Ful ferlid all þan war þai. c1400Melayne 552 Me ferlys of thy fure. a1400–50Alexander 4991 Þe wale kyng..Was in þe figure of hire fourme noȝt ferlied a littell. c1450St. Cuthbert (Surtees) 2405 Na man be ferlyd, Bede biddes. |