Hi,

I'm puzzling over a phrase in Robert Burns' "Tibby Fowler o' the Glen." In the last verse, (Be a lassie e'er sae fair/ An' she want the pennie siller/ A flie may fell her in the air/ Before a man be even till her.),
does "a flie may fell her in the air" mean she'll be knocked down by a fly before etc.? Or is it something else entirely? I tried two Scots Dictionary and the DSL online, but couldn't find an answer.

tx,
k.