† ˈferliful, a. Sc. and north. dial. Obs.
[f. ferly n. + -ful.]
Fearful, wonderful.
| a 1300 Cursor M. 9314 (Cott.) Man sal him clep wit nams sere, ‘Ferliful’ and ‘conseiler’. 1375 Barbour Bruce xii. 453 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
ˈferlifully adv., fearfully, wonderfully.
| c 1425 Wyntoun Cron. viii. xxxiv. 63 Swa deyd þat knycht ferlyfully. |