fause

Scots

Etymology

From Middle English faus, from Old English fals.

Adjective

fause (comparative mair fause, superlative maist fause)

  1. false
    She's fair and fause that causes my smart; / I lo'ed her meikle and lang; (Robert Burns, ‘She's Fair And Fause’)

References

Yola

Noun

fause

  1. alternative form of faace

References

  • Charles Vallancey (1788), “Memoir of the Language, Manners and Customs of an Anglo-Saxon Colony Settled in the Baronies of Forth and Bargie, in the County of Wexford, Ireland, in 1167, 1168 and 1169.”, in The Transactions of the Royal Irish Academy‎[1], volume 2, Royal Irish Academy, page 30
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