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FU [315] FUD
This is one, among innumerable specimens, of the
spirit of that party that endeavoured to expel the
family of Brunswick from the British throne. From
the general strain of the poems, all who were not
faithful to the Chevalier, or who openly opposed him,
hail no other doom to expect than eternal misery.
Did we judge from some of them, the only consolation
of the writers under their disappointment, was the
hope that the devil would superabundantly avenge
them on their enemies.
FU', s. A firlot. V. Fow, and FULL. s.
FU', adv. The provincial pronunciation of
How, in Aberd. and some other northern
counties.
I wat right well he was fu' brain,
And/w could lie IK; itln-r ?
Christmas Ba'iiig, Skinner's iliac. Poet., p.
fW 126.
in the first line is for full.
FUD, FUDE, s. 1. The matrix.
worthi byrth, and blyssyt be Ihifud;
As it is red in prophecy beforn,
In happy tym For Scotland tliow was born.
Wallace, viii. 1640, MS.
This word seems to have been still misunderstood by
editors, and hence has been absurdly rendered food, in
editions, as if meat had been meant. The high compliment
here paid to Wallace, apparently contains an
allusion to these words, "Blessed be the womb that
"
bare thee ;
Luke xi. 27.
A.-S. foth, matrix. But we have the very form of
the S. word in Isl.fttd, id. ;
G. Audr., p. 79. Hence
Isl. foed-ast, to be born, Dan. foed-er af sig, to breed,
mitfoed-er, to miscarry, foedsel, nativity, foede-by,
fotde-sted, the place of one's nativity; Su.-G. Isl.
faed-a, to bring forth, Germ, foden, foed-en, id. also to
be born. Ital. potla, rendered by Veneroni, la nature
de la fcmme, and puttana, a whore, have been traced
to the same Goth, origin. The affinity of Gr. vrcv-civ,
to generate, and flvrros, matrix, has also been remarked."
2. The backside, or buttocks.
They'll fright the furts of the pockpuds,
For mony a buttock bare's coming.
Ritson's S. Songs,
ii. 66.
The English soldiers are here ludicrously denominated
from their supposed partiality for pockpuddimj.
An' frae the weir he did back hap,
An" turn d to us his fiul.
Poems in the Buchan Dialect, p. 5.
an I war but whare I wad be,
Just whare a straik I cannie cud gie,
1 aike, and wad yir heavy fud gie
A piercin pike. Tarras's Poems, p. 99.
3. A hare's, or rabbit's, tail or brush, S. Rudd.
Ye maukins, cock yonrfiul fu' braw,
Withouten dread.
Your mortal fae is now awa'.
Hums, iii. 119. V. FODE.
C. B. firtog, a scut ; a short tail ; which Owen deduces
from fwd, an abruptness ; a quick motion.
4. A queue, or the hair tied behind, Loth.
To FUD, v. n. To scud, to whisk, to drive
on speedily, [to walk with a short quick
step] ; as, "
Hefuds very fast." " Saw na
ye the bawd, man, fuddin throw the funs 1"
Did you not see the hare whisking through
the furze? Fuddin, Fuddan, part., adj.,
and s. Aberd.
This is
merely the provincial pronunciation of Quhid,
q. v.
To FUDDER, v. n. To move precipitately,
Aberd.
FUDDER, s.
Sae aff it /udder' own- 't the height,
As fleet's a skeilat.
Tarras's Poems, p. 9.
1. A gust of wind, a flurry, Aberd.
2. The shock, impulse, or resistance, occasioned
by a blustering wind, ibid.
3. Impetuous motion, rapid force, ibid.
Syne a' the drochlin hempy thrang
Gat o'er him wi" &fudder.
" Hurry ;" Gl. Skinner's Misc. Poet., p. 128.
4. A sudden noise of any kind ; as, "The tod
ran by wi' a fudder" Aberd.
5. A stroke or blow, Buchan.
Isl. fudr is rendered praecipitantia manuum, and
fudr-a, citusmoveor. Rut fudder, I suspect, is
merely
the provincial pronunciation of Quhiddir, a whizzing
noise, q. v.
Isl. hvidr-a, cito commoveri.
FUDDER, FOTHYR, FUTHIR, FIDDER, s. 1 .
A large quantity, although indefinite. It
seems primarily used to denote a cart-load.
This is also written Fuder.
" That Lyone of Logy of that ilke has done wrang
in the detencioune & withhaldin fra the prior & convent
of the Freris predicatouris besid the burgh of
Perth fourtj fader of pettis [peats] of ane yere bipast
:
And tharfore ordinis him to deliuer and lay the said
"
fourtj fuderisoi pettis in the said freris, &c. Act.
Dom. Cone., A. 1490, p. 180.
With this Bunnok spokyn had thai,
To lede their hay, for he wes ner :
And he assentyt but daunger
And :
said that, in the moruyng
Wele sone, &fothyr he suld bryng,
Fayrer, and gretar, and weile mor,
Than he brocnt ony that yer befor.
Barbour, x. 198, MS.
Futhir, as used by Douglas, has been rendered "a
thing of little or no value," Rudd.
Is nane bot thou, the Fadder of goddia and men,
Omnipotent eternal Joue I ken :
Onlie thy help, Fader, there is nane vthir ;
I conipt not of thir pagane Goddis ane futhir,
Quhais power may not help ane haltaud hene.
Doug. Virgil, 811, 29.
If this, mentioned by Rudd., be the proper meaning,
it must )>e quite a different word, allied perhaps to Fr.
feutre, a skin, apiece of felt, Su.-G. fader, Germ, futter,
id. But it is doubtful, if the expression does not refer
to the multitude of the heathen gods as contrasted with
the unity of the true God. In this sense, Douglas
might say, "I make no account of a whole cart-load of
such contemptible deities."
2. A certain weight of lead.
"The folder of
lead containis neerby sexscore and
aucht stane." Skene, Verb. Sign. vo. Serplaith.
It is used by Dunbar nearly in this sense, as denoting
a certain weight of metal.