faithe

English

Noun

faithe (plural faithes)

1. Obsolete spelling of faith

Norman

Alternative forms

• faire (Guernsey)

Etymology

From Old French faire, from Latin faciō, facere, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁- (“to put, place, set”).

Pronunciation

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Verb

faithe (gerund faîs'sie)

1. (Jersey) to do, make

Derived terms

• faithe cap pouor (“to steer, steer out to sea”)
• faithe crédit (“to give credit”)
• faithe dêdée (“to wave bye-bye”)
• faithe des ilyies (“to give someone the eye”)
• faithe eune montangne dé beurre (“to do something half-baked; to construct a house of cards”)
• faithe jojo (“to play giddy-up”)
• faithe la carre (“to court”)
• faithe la fraude (“to smuggle”)
• faithe la pânniole (“to be out of sorts”)
• faithe la reine (“to put on airs”)
• faithe la tcheue (“to queue”)
• faithe lé beurre (“to make butter”)
• faithe les cartes (“to shuffle”)
• faithe un bord (“to make a tack, a run”)
• faithe un clyîn (“to give a wink”)
• faithe un discours (“to make a speech”)
• faithe un faux sîngne (“to forge a signature”)
• faithe un noeud (“to tie a knot”)
• faithe v'nîn lé docteu (“to send for the doctor”)
• homme à tout faithe (“jack of all trades”)