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Quotation dates: 1705-1706, 1882-1922
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FELLOUN, adv. Also fell an' and derivs. fellenly, felni [fellouny]. Very, very much; properly, effectively.Lth. 1706 Mare of Collingtoun in J. Watson Choice Coll. i. 55:
I was stanne-still, and held my Tongue. And felloun close I held me.Sc. a.1706 Bonny Heck ibid. 69:
I Wily, Witty was, and Gash, With my auld felni packy Pash.e.Per. 1882 (per Ags.6):
“It brok' the clods fellenly”; used by an elderly man in describing the action of a patent harrow.Abd. 1922 Swatches o' Hamespun 72:
Oh, lass, it wis fell an' hard nae to sen' word, a he'rtbr'ak for mysell.
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