One Flexible Word

Hmmm, should you take linguistic advice from someone who cannot spell "incompetence" or "dissatisfaction"?

The OED has this note at the start of the definition:

For centuries, and still by the great majority, regarded as a taboo-word; until recent times not often recorded in print but frequent in coarse speech.

Bless 'em.

They're also not enamoured of the suggestion of a connection with ficken, they reckon there's no evidence. Oh, and the first use they've found is this:

a1503 DUNBAR Poems lxxv. 13 Be his feiris he wald haue fukkit.

I wonder what it means.

Bob

OT ... Saw this and thought you might be interested :

http://www.spacedaily.com/reports/Acid_Washed_Pink_Genes_999.html

That vid is well ...... Pretty Fuckin' Funny.

Guess what a windfucker is :o) No, it isn't vulgar.

Does anyone know what a feiris is? It is one of the few words in Dunbar's poem that I can't find a meaning for.