a. Sc. and north. dial. Obs. [f. FERLY sb. + -FUL.] Fearful, wonderful.
a. 1300. Cursor M., 9313 (Cott.).
| Man sal him clep wit nams sere, | |
| ‘Ferliful’ and ‘conseiler.’ |
1375. Barbour, Bruce, XII. 453.
| All the mast ferlifull sycht | |
| That euir I saw. |
c. 1475. Rauf Coilȝear, 2. Thair fell ane ferlyfull flan within thay fellis wide.
quasi-adv.
1508. Dunbar, Tua Mariit Wemen, 26. Off ferliful fyne favour war thair faceis meik.
Hence Ferlifully adv., fearfully, wonderfully.
c. 1425. Wyntoun, Cron., VIII. xxxiv. 63. Swa deyd þat knycht ferlyfully.
