verbWord forms: -lies, -lying or -lied(intransitive)
3.
to wonder; be surprised
Word origin
Old English færlic sudden
ferly in American English
(ˈferli) (nounplural -lies)
Scot
noun
1.
something unusual, strange, or causing wonder or terror
2.
astonishment; wonder
adjective
3.
unexpected; strange; unusual
Also: ferlie
Word origin
[bef. 900; ME; OE fǣrlīc, equiv. to fǣrfear + -līc-ly; c. G gefährlich dangerous, D gevaarlijk]-ly is a suffix forming adverbs from adjectives. Other words that use the affix -ly include: deeply, elliptically, residually