Talk:fornale

Request for verification
Another that might not exist. Mglovesfun (talk) 18:49, 18 September 2009 (UTC)


 * It’s in the OED, but it’s marked with Sc. (Scots?); it’s supported by a single quotation (which is at least something), but it includes the letter ȝ and is dated 1478, which puts it on the Middle English–Early Modern English borderline. The entry also lists as an alternative spelling, if that helps at all. †  ﴾(u):Raifʻhār (t):Doremítzwr﴿ 18:56, 18 September 2009 (UTC)


 * Of Google Book Search’s first thirty hits for the term, John Jamieson’s Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language (1825) seems to be the only useful one; hits in Polish or Italian or of surnames predominate otherwise. The spelling seems to mean undefined: in English; it’s related to fornale in Scots. I reckon this is Scots, so I suggest we just switch the language header; it should be verifiable in Scots. Meanwhile, we need an English entry for . †  ﴾(u):Raifʻhār (t):Doremítzwr﴿ 19:03, 18 September 2009 (UTC)

RFV failed, "English" changed to "Scots". —Ruakh TALK 00:48, 26 December 2009 (UTC)


 * And, thanks for your research, Doremítzwr. —Ruakh TALK 01:00, 26 December 2009 (UTC)