fauld
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of fauld
Variant of fold 1
Example Sentences
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Yet 'mid the drift, wert thou but nigh, I 'd fauld my weary e'e, Mary; And deem the wild and raging storm, A laverock's sang o' glee, Mary.
From The Modern Scottish Minstrel, Volume V. The Songs of Scotland of the Past Half Century by Charles Rogers
‘I heard a cow low, a bonnie cow low, An’ a cow low down in yon fauld; Lang, lang will my young son greet Or his mither take him frae cauld.
From Ballads of Mystery and Miracle and Fyttes of Mirth Popular Ballads of the Olden Times - Second Series by Frank Sidgwick
It was the hour o’ gloaming gray, When herds come in frae fauld and pen; A herd he saw a huntsman lie, Says he, ‘Can this be Laird Troughen’?’
From Ballads of Scottish Tradition and Romance Popular Ballads of the Olden Times - Third Series by Frank Sidgwick
A' ye wha tent the gospel fauld, There's Duncan^3 deep, an' Peebles^4 shaul, But chiefly thou, apostle Auld,^5 We trust in thee, That thou wilt work them, het an' cauld, Till they agree.
From Poems and Songs of Robert Burns by Robert Burns
A morning's sleep is worth a fauld o' sheep to a hudderin dudderin daw.
From The Proverbs of Scotland by Alexander Hislop
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