faithe

English

Noun

faithe (plural faithes)

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

Audio (Jersey) (file)

Verb

faithe (gerund faîs'sie)

(Jersey) to do, make

Derived terms

Terms derived from faithe

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”)

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