fecht
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There were three lords birling at the wine, On the Dowie Dens of Yarrow; They made a compact them between, They would go fecht to-morrow.
From The Genius of Scotland or Sketches of Scottish Scenery, Literature and Religion by Turnbull, Robert
Forbye, they foucht when the chief bade them fecht.
From St. Cuthbert's by Knowles, Robert E.
He wush his face, and she combed his hair, As she had done before, O; She dressed him up in his armour clear, Sent him forth to fecht on Yarrow.
From The Genius of Scotland or Sketches of Scottish Scenery, Literature and Religion by Turnbull, Robert
"Gracious me! are they gaun to fecht by candlelicht?"
From Ever Heard This? Over Three Hundred Good Stories by Chambers, F. W.
"Fecht! ye'll fecht nane," she exclaimed, rushing up to her guest, and seizing him by the sword arm.
From Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland, Vol. XX by Leighton, Alexander
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