feart

Scots

Adjective

feart (comparative mair feart, superlative maist feart)

  1. frightened, afraid
    • 1981, Alasdair Gray, Lanark, page 152:
      It’s the science man I’m feart from. He’s the sort that’ll hammer ye jist because he’s in a bad mood.
      It's the scientist I'm afraid of. He's the sort that'll hammer you just because he's in a bad mood.
    • 2018, Chris McQueer, HWFG, 404Ink, published 2018, page 10:
      Wee cunt looks feart ae me noo when joost a second ago he wis laughin at me.
      The little cunt looks afraid of me now, when just a second ago he was laughing at me.

West Frisian

Etymology

A borrowing from Middle Dutch vart, vāert, from Old Dutch fard, from Proto-Germanic *fardiz.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /fɪə̯t/

Noun

feart c (plural fearten, diminutive feartsje)

  1. (uncountable) speed, rapidity
  2. (uncountable) sailing, navigation
  3. (countable) canal

Further reading
  • “feart”, in Wurdboek fan de Fryske taal (in Dutch), 2011
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