foud dial.
(faʊd)
Also 6, 9 fowd(e, 7 fold, 8 feud.
[Adoption of the local Scand. form:—ON. fógeti (Da. foged, Sw. fogde) = Ger. vogt, ad. med.L. vocātus, pa. pple. of vocāre to call.]
In Orkney, Shetland, and the Faroe Isles, a bailiff, magistrate, or governor; formerly the President of the Supreme Court in Orkney and Shetland.
| 1581 Sc. Acts Jas. VI (1814) III. 255 Gevand—to the said lord robert stewart and his..schireffis and fowdis foir⁓saidis, full power [etc.]. 1602 Min. District Crt. Dunrossnan in J. Mill's Diary (1889) 178 Provin in the foldis buikis to have disobeyit to gang to my lordis wark in Scallowy. 1703 Brand Descr. Orkney, etc. 121 In this parish..the Principal Feud or Judge of the Country used to sit and give Judgment. 1889 Goudie J. Mill's Diary Introd. 38 Originally in Shetland..every..parish had its court, presided over by the parish Foud. 1894 Scotsman 10 Nov. 10/6 The Foude [in Faroe] is collector, or rather treasurer of all kinds of skat. |
Hence ˈfoudrie [see -ry], the office of a foud; also, the district over which his jurisdiction extended.
| 1581 Sc. Acts Jas. VI (1814) III. 254 Our souerane lord..grantis to the said lord robert stewart..the offices..of schirefschip and fowdrie. 1592 Ibid. 619 Landis lyand w{supt}{suph}in the diocie of orknay w{supt}{suph}in the fauderie of orknay and Zetland. 1693 J. Wallace Descr. Orkney 91 Foudrie, the Government of the Foud. |