feart

Scots

Adjective

feart (comparative mair feart, superlative maist feart)

  1. frightened, afraid
    • 2018, Chris McQueer, HWFG, 404Ink 2018, p. 10:
      Wee cunt looks feart ae me noo when joost a second ago he wis laughin 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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