Ah, but not to be fooled by this fient at moderation by the captains of the sinking ship who are floundering as they face re-election this fall. ❋ Unknown (2006)
Pierre a promis; et les Croises se fient e sa parole, comme les ❋ Unknown (2002)
Glossary: hail = whole fient = hardly straucht = straight dwine = dwindle forfochten = worn out abrede = spread tae gar = to make warldis = all the world remeid = relief mirk = darkness thir = these dule = misery leal = loyal soothfu = truthful ❋ Unknown (1997)
I saw the whole thing in a blink, but never lut wink, an 'Sandy was fient a hair the better or the waur o' Meg's man's mistak '. ❋ J. B. Salmond (N/A)
The fient a ane o 'them ever thocht there was a livin' sowl within fifty yairds o 'them, an' they were crackin 'an' kirrooin 'awa' like a pair o 'doos. ❋ J. B. Salmond (N/A)
Si vincimus, omnia nobis tuta erunt, commeatus abunde, municipia atque coloniae patebunt; sin metu cesserimus, eadem illa adversa fient: neque locus neque amicus quisquam teget, quem arma non texerint. ❋ 86 BC-34? BC Sallust (N/A)
Ye'll see them i 'the mornin' gaen awa 'berfit to the skule, an' a seerip piece i 'their hand, wi' fient o 'hand or face o' them washen, an 'their claes as greasy as a cadger's pooch. ❋ J. B. Salmond (N/A)
They pey a 'their veesits throo the nicht, an' fient a cratur kens eechie or ochie aboot them. ❋ J. B. Salmond (N/A)
Your father gae you an awfu 'paikin'; but fient a hair did you care. ❋ J. B. Salmond (N/A)
Oor watter is no fit for ki drinking; an 'there's fient a thing but watter in the weet dock. ❋ J. B. Salmond (N/A)
All this will be fact on the boards, fiction for the benches. sed etiam est, paucis vos quod monitos voluerim. profecto expediet fabulae huic operam dare. non pertractate facta est neque item ut ceterae: neque spurcidici insunt versus, immemorabiles; hic neque periurus leno est nec meretrix mala neque miles gloriosus; ne vereamini, quia bellum Aetolis esse dixi cum Aleis: foris illic extra scaenam fient proelia. ❋ Titus Maccius Plautus (1919)
The fient a bit o that, exclaimed the Borderer, Ill no part wi ye at ony rate for a fortnight mair. ❋ Unknown (1917)
Feard! fient a haet care I, said the dauntless farmer: be she witch or deevil, it s a ane to Dandie Dinmont. ❋ Unknown (1917)
But fient a hair care I. O Tibbie, I hae seen the day, &c. ❋ Unknown (1909)
The fient ma care, quo 'the feirie auld wife, [devil may, lusty] ❋ William Allan Neilson (1907)
For fient a wame it had ava: [devil a belly, at all] ❋ William Allan Neilson (1907)
I knew by the boat some white men had here for the Indians never made such boats this gave me a fient hope of meeting some white men in this Indian world but continuing down stream several days I saw several persons running Buffalow on the hills on the other side of the river but to far to tell who they were ❋ Unknown (1871)
"Ad Graecas, [Note 2] bone Rex, fient mandata kalendas!" was the prompt reply of England's Elizabeth. ❋ Emily Sarah Holt (1864)
Scribit mihi se daturum operam, ut habeam triennio quingentos aureos: fient sexcenti, et acquiescam. ❋ John Wilson Ross (1852)
Tommy and Benjie trembled from top to toe, like aspen leaves, but fient a word could we make common sense of at all. ❋ David Macbeth Moir (1824)
