faithe
English
Noun
faithe (plural faithes)
- Obsolete spelling of faith.
Norman
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Old French faire, from Latin facere.
Pronunciation
Audio (Jersey): (file)
Verb
faithe (gerund faîs'sie) (Jersey)
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”)