Fash, S and C, trouble, annoy, bother (noun and verb).
“Ye’re sair _fashed_ haudin’ naething together.”—Proverb.
“Oald clish ma clash, thou’s nowt but _fash_—
Ga heam to bed, ’Od dye thee!”
_Mark Lonsdale._ The Upshot.
Feal, S, comfortable.
“Frae tap to tae that cleeds me weel,
An’ haps me _feal_ an’ warm at e’en.”
_Burns._ My Spinning Wheel.
Feck, S, a considerable quantity or number, most part.
“Wae sucks for him that has nae _feck_ o’ ’t.”
_Ferguson._ Gude Braid Claith.
Feckless, S and C, feeble, useless.
“_Feckless_ fowk are aye fain.”—Proverb.
“A thowte A sud no’but meeak a varra _feckless_ fend, if A was witch’d
seck a parlish lang way fray heeam.”
_Rev. T. Clarke._ Johnny Shippard.
Fells, C, hills.
“If there were nea _fells_ there wad be nea deals.”—Proverb.
Few, C. This word is hardly translatable, but means to set about a task
in a manner likely to accomplish it.
“I’ t’ chimla neùk some gay gud han’s,
An’ gaily ill to slocken,
Set tea wi’ porringers an’ pans,
An’ _few’t_ weel to get drucken.”
_Mark Lonsdale._ The Upshot.
Fewsome, C, capable-looking, workman-like.
“She warm’d him up some keàl,
An’ Ralph dud mak a varra _fewsome_ meàl.”
_Graham._ Gwordie and Will.