_introd._, VIII _b_ 37, IX 286, &c.; #Fadir#, _gen. sg._ XVI 79;
#Fadris#, XVI 36. [OE. _fæder_.]
#Fadirhode#, _n._ fatherhood (as title), IX 294. [Prec. + OE. _hād_.]
#Faggatis#, _n. pl._ fagots, X 111. [OFr. _fagot_.] _See_ Flaggatis.
#Faght#. _See_ Fight.
#Fai#, #Fay#, _n._ faith, XIV _c_ 7; in French formula _par ma fay_, by
my troth, VI 129. [OFr. _fei_.] _See_ Feith, Parfay.
#Faierie#. _See_ Fairi.
#Fayll#, _n._ in _withoutten fayll_, without fail, XVII 149. [OFr.
_faille_.]
#Fail(l)e#, #Fayl#, _v._ to fail, be wanting, VIII _a_ 320, XI _b_ 186,
XIV _c_ 35, XVII 274, &c.; _faile (fayl) of_, to fail in, miss, XVI 157,
XVII 492; #Fayled#, _2 sg. pa. t._ were at fault, V 288; #Failet#, _pl._
in _f. hym_, he lacked, VII 175. [OFr. _faillir_.]
#Fayn(e)#, _adj._ glad, VI 33, 90, VIII _a_ 266, 295; _fayn I wold
(that)_, I would be glad (if), XVII 526. [OE. _fægen_.]
#Fayned#. _See_ Feynen.
#Fair(e)#, #Fayr(e)#, #Feyre# (I), #Uayre# (III), _adj._ fair,
beautiful, I 63, II 70, XV _c_ 13, &c.; excellent, good, &c., I 260, III
2, V 250, VI 130, XIII _a_ 30, &c.; seemly, I 80; as _sb._ in _þat
faire_, that fair being, IV _a_ 81; _fayre myght the befall_, may good
luck come to you, XVII 514; #Feyrest#, #Fairest#, #Farest#, _superl._ II
53, XV _c_ 28, XVII 79, &c.; as _sb._ the fairest (season), VII 99. [OE.
_fæger_.]
#Faire#, #Fayre#, _adv._ fairly; courteously, VIII _a_ 25; well, V 161,
XVII 255; deftly, V 241; properly (set out), VII 82. [OE. _fægre_.]
#Fayre(s)#. _See_ Fare, _v._
#Fairi#, #-y#, #Feyré#, #Faierie# (XII), _n._ faëry, fairyland, II 10
(_the feyré_), II 283, 562; magic, II 193, 404, 492, XII _b_ 67. [OFr.
_faierie_.]
#Fairnise#, _n._ beauty, II 56. [OE. _fæger-nes_.]
#Fais#. _See_ Foo, _n._
#Faitest#, _2 sg. pres._ beg under false pretences, VIII _b_ 30.
[Back-formation from Faitour.]
#Fayth#, &c. _See_ Feith.
#Faitour#, _n._ impostor; beggar, or idler, feigning disease or injury,
VIII _a_ 115, 177; (as term of abuse), XVI 157, 209. [OFr. _faitour_.]
#Falce#. _See_ Fals.
#Fall#, _n._ fall, XII _b_ 14. [OE. _(ge-)fall_.]
#Falle(n)#, #Fall#, _v._ to fall; #Fel#, #Fell(e)#, _pa. t. sg._ I 23,
VII 25, XII _b_ 28, &c.; #Fyl#, I _introd._, 25, 28, 186; #Falled#, V
175; #Fell(en)#, _pl._ VII 95, IX 149; #Fyl#, #Fillen#, I 194, II 15;
#Fal#, #Falle(n)#, _pp._ VII 93 (slain), XII _b_ 57, XVII 521, &c.; _fal
yn a swone_ (corrupt. of _fallyn aswone_; _see_ Aswone), I 195. To fall
(down), I 194, II 327, &c.; _fel on slepe_, fell asleep, II 72; to
happen, turn out, come to pass, I 23, II 8, V 183, 310 (_see_ Foule),
VII 25, XII _b_ 18, &c.; (with _dat. pron._) to happen to, befall, VII
171, XII _b_ 28, 184; to fall to one's share, V 175, 259, VII 76; _hit
fell hom of a foule ende_, an evil fate overtook them, VII 180; _as fell
for the wintur_, for winter, VII 124. _And my fry shal with me fall_, my
children who will share my fate (? _or_ who I may happen to have) XVII
66; #Fallyng#, _n._ VII 109. [OE. _fallan_.] _See_ Befalle.
#Fals(e)#, #Falce#, _adj._ false, lying, dishonest, V 314, VII 18, VIII
_a_ 213, XI _a_ 11, XVII 35, 201, &c.; as _sb._ VII 41; #Falsly#, _adv._
XI _b_ 81. [OE. _fals_, from L. _falsus_.]
#Falshed#, _n._ lying, VII 34. [Prec. + OE. _*hǣdu_.]
#Falssyng#, _n._ breaking of faith (applied to the girdle as the cause;
_cf._ Kest), V 310. [From ME. _fals(i)en_; cf. OFr. _falser_.]
#Fame#, _n._ rumour, tale, XII _b_ 189; _of good f._, of good repute,
XVII 141. [OFr. _fame_.]
#Famyn#, _n._ famine, VIII _a_ 319. [OFr. _famine_.]
#Fand(e)#. _See_ Fynde(n).
#Fang#. _See_ Fonge.
#Fantasyes#, _n. pl._ delusions, imaginings, IX 84, XI _b_ 73. [OFr.
_fantasie_.]
#Fantosme#, _n._ illusion, XII _b_ 75. [OFr. _fantosme_.]
#Fare#, _n._ behaviour, practices, V 318, XVI 158; _his feynit fare þat
he fore with_, the deceit he practised, VII 44. [OE. _faru_.] _See_
Wel-fare.
#Fare#, #Fayre# (XVII), _v._ to go, fare, behave, II 604, XVII 190, 255,
415; _fare by_, _to_, _wiþ_, behave towards, treat, I 256, VI 107, XIV
_c_ 95; _fareȝ well_, &c., farewell, V 81, XVII 238; #Fore#, _pa. t._
VII 93; _fore with_, practised, VII 44; dealt with, VII 176; #Faren#,
_pp._ departed, gone (by), VII 29, VIII _a_ 99. [OE. _faran_.] _See_
Ferde, _pa. t._
#Farest#. _See_ Faire.
#Farleis#. _See_ Ferly, _n._
#Fasor#, _n._ appearance, VI 71. [OFr. _faisure_.]
#Fast(e)#, _adv._ securely, I 101, II 94, IX 173, XII _b_ 30, &c.; as
intensive adv. varying with context, II 118, V 335, VIII _a_ 102, XI _b_
187, XII _b_ 69, XVI 107, XVII 488, &c.; quickly, V 147, XI _b_ 274, XII
_b_ 104, &c.; _fast by_, hard by, XIII _a_ 50. [OE. _fæste_.]
#Fastes#, _3 pl. pres._ fast, IV _b_ 49. [OE. _fæstan_.]
#Fath#. _See_ Feith.
#Fauco(u)n#, _n._ falcon, II 307, 312, VIII _a_ 32, &c. [OFr.
_fauco(u)n_.]
#Fauntis#, _n. pl._ children, VIII _a_ 278. [Shortened from OFr.
_enfa(u)nt_.]
#Fauour(e)#, _n._ grace, beauty, VI 68, XVII 79. [OFr. _favour_.]
#Fautlest#, _adj. superl._ in _on þe f._, the (one) most faultless, V
295. [Error for, or red. of, _fautlesest_; OFr. _faute_ + OE.
_-lēas_.]
#Fautours#, _n. pl._ supporters, XI _a_ 1, 49. [L. _fautor_.]
#Fawty#, _adj._ faulty, V 314, 318. [From ME., OFr. _faute_, n.]
#Fe#. _See_ Fee, _n._^1
#Feaw#, #Few(e)#, _adj. pl._ few, VI 212, VII 52, XIII _b_ 50, XV _a_
19, &c. [OE. _fēawe_.] _See_ Fone.
#Fecche#, _v._ to fetch, VIII _a_ 150; #Fette(n)#, _pa. t._ VIII _a_
287, XII _b_ 150, XVI 382; #Yfet#, _pp._ II 170. [OE. _fetian_,
_feccan_.]
#Fede#, _v._ to feed, VIII _a_ 247, XI _b_ 281; #Fedde#, _pa. t._ VIII
_a_ 292, XI _b_ 278, &c.; #Uedde#, _subj._ would feed, III 8; #Fedde#,
_pp._ IV _b_ 39. [OE. _fēdan_.]
#Fedynge#, _n._ feeding; _in f. of_, for feeding, XI _b_ 258. [OE.
_fēding_.]
#Fee#, #Fe#, _n._^1 goods, XVII 309, 326. [OE. _fe(o)h_, _fēo-_.]
Distinguish next.
#Fee#, _n._^2 fee (as a term of venery, the share given to the dog,
falcon, &c.); some small gain in their hunting, XVII 490. [OFr. _feu_,
_fe_, &c.]
#Feeldes#; #Feele#; #Feende#; #Feere#; #Feest#. _See_ Feld(e); Fele,
_adj._; Fende; Fere _n._^1, _n._^2; Fest.
#Feghtande#. _See_ Fight.
#Feye#, _adj._ doomed to die, XV _c_ 20. [OE. _fǣge_.]
#Feill#. _See_ Fele, _adj._
#Feynd(is)#. _See_ Fend(e).
#Feyne(n)#, #Fayne# (VII), _v._ to feign, pretend, invent, VII 41, XI
_b_ 1, 81, &c.; _feyned hem_, pretended to be, VIII _a_ 115; to falsify,
VII 34; #Feynit#, _pp._ false, VII 18; _feynit fare_, deceit, VII 44.
[OFr. _feindre_, _feign-_.]
#Feyré#; #Feyre(st)#. _See_ Fairi; Faire.
#Feith#, #Fayth#, #Fath# (XVII), &c., _n._ faith, XI _b_ 13, 171, XVI
364, &c.; plighted word, troth, V 216; _bi my feith_, _in (god) fayth_,
&c., upon my word, V 297, VIII _a_ 266, XVII 228, 330, &c. [OFr. _feid_,
later _fei_.] _See_ Fai.
#Feythful#, _adj._ honest, VIII _a_ 247; #Feithfulliche#, _adv._
honestly, VIII _a_ 71; #Faithfully#, accurately, VII 78. [Prec. + OE.
_-ful_.]
#Fel#. _See_ Falle(n).
#Felaȝschip#, #Felaschipe# (XII), #Felaushepe# (I), #Felowship#
(XVII), _n._ community, I _introd._; company, in _bere_, _don f._ (with
_dat. pron._), keep (one) company, V 83, XII _a_ 24; friendship, XVII
363. [Next + OE. _-scipe_.]
#Felawe#, #Felowe#, _n._ fellow, I _introd._, XIV _d_ 7, 16;
(contemptuous), XVI 284. [OE. _fēo-laga_, from ON. _fé-lagi_.]
#Feld(e)#, #Filde#, #Fylde#, _n._ field, II 60, VIII _a_ 134, 232; field
of battle, VII 45, 93; #Feeldes#, _pl._ XIII _a_ 19. [OE. _féld_.] _See_
Afelde.
#Fele#, #Feele# (XVI), #Feill# (X), #Uele# (III), _adj._ many, II 401,
522, III 2, V 349, VI 79, VII 29, X 55, 63, 141, XV _b_ 10, XVI 61, &c.
[OE. _fela_, adv.]
#Fele#, #Feele#, _v._ to feel, perceive, experience, IV _a_ 25, _b_ 45,
V 125, XIII _a_ 26, XVI 346 (_see_ Fitte), XVII 121, &c.; _2 sg. subj._
V 204; #Felte#, _pa. t._ I 156, 163. [OE. _fēlan_.]
#Fell#, _v._ to fell; to destroy, IV _a_ 47. [OE. _fellan_.]
#Fell(e)#, #Fellen#. _See_ Falle(n).
#Fell(e)#, _adj._ deadly, cruel, V 154, VI 7, VII 82, 109, XIV _b_ 33;
#Felly#, #Fellyche# (I), _adv._ cruelly, terribly, I 130; fiercely, V
234. [OFr. _fel_.]
#Felloune#, _adj._ grim, deadly, X 115, 192. [OFr. _feloun_.]
#Femayll#, #Femele# (IX), _adj._ female, IX 58, XVII 152. [OFr.
_femelle_.]
#Fend(e)#, _n._ devil, Devil, V 125, VIII _a_ 82, IX 93, XI _b_ 3, 220,
XVI 340, &c.; #Feende#, XVI 9, 14, &c.; #Feynd#, XVII 35, 43. [OE.
_fēond_.]
#Fende#, _v._ to defend, XVI 30. [Shortened from Defende, _q.v._]
#Fenyl#, _n._ fennel, XV _b_ 18. [OE. _finu(g)l_.]
#Fenyx#, _n._ Phœnix, VI 70. [OE. _fenix_, L. _phœnix_.]
#Fer#, #Ferre#, #Far#, _adj._ and _adv._ far, IV _b_ 36, V 24, XIII _a_
27, XV _g_ 5, XVII 439, &c.; _as fer as_, in so far as, IX 293; _(vn)to
the fer(re) ende_, to the very end, VII 78, 95. #Fer(re)#, #Fyrre# (V,
VI), _compar._ farther, V 83, XIV _b_ 18; away, XVI 156, 336; further,
VII 97; moreover, V 53, VI 184; _fyrre þen_, beyond, VI 203. [OE.
_feorr_; _feorr_, _firr_ compar.] _See_ Ferforth, Fyrþer.
#Ferde#, _n._ fear, in _for ferde_, in fear, V 62, 204, XVII 315. [Prob.
false division of _for-fer(e)d_, pp., terrified; OE. _*for-fǣran_,
_-fēran_.] _See_ next.
#Ferd(e)#, _pp._ afraid, V 314, XIV _b_ 93, XVII 102; at XVI 209 rime
requires _flaide_ (_see_ Flay and note). [OE. _fǣran_, _fēran_.]
#Ferd(e)#, _pa. t._ fared, XII _a_ 43, 145; _ferd with_, dealt with, X
172. [OE. _fēran_.] _See_ Fare, _v._
#Fere#, #Feere# (XVI), _n._^1 companion, XV _f_ 5; wife, V 343, XVI 352.
[OE. _fēra_.]
#Fere#, #Feere#, _n._^2 company, in _in fere_, &c., all together,
collectively, XVI 126, 364, 385. [OE. _ge-fēre_; but this use is
prob. partly developed from ME. _y-fere(n)_, OE. _ge-fēran_, pl.,
(as) companions.] _See_ Yfere.
#Fere#, _n._^3 fear, VIII _a_ 177, 292. [OE. _fǣr_, _fēr_.]
#Fere#, _n._^4 outward appearance, VII 18. [Shortened from OFr.
_afe(i)re_.]
#Fere-flunderys#, _n. pl._ fiery sparks, XV _h_ 12. [_See_ Fyr; _cf._
Mn.E. and dial. _flinders_, splinters.]
#Ferforth#, _adv._ far, XII _b_ 190. [OE. _feorr_ + _forþ_.] _See_ Fer.
#Ferked#, _pa. t. sg._ flowed, V 105. [OE. _fer(e)cian_, go.]
#Ferly#, _adj._ wonderful, II 4 (note); _adv._ wondrously, extremely, I
145, XV _b_ 10. [OE. _fǣr-līce_, suddenly, prob. infl. by ON.
_ferliga_ monstrously; _see_ next.]
#Ferly#, _n._ a marvel, V 346, X 134; #Farleis#, #Ferlies#, _pl._ VII
95, XVI 61. [OE. _fǣr-lic_, sudden, prob. infl. by ON. _ferlíki_ (ME.
_ferlike_) monster.] _See_ prec.
#Ferre#. _See_ Fer.
#Ferryit#, _pp._; _f. wes_, had farrowed, X 109. [Formed on _farrow_,
_ferry_; OE. _færh_, _ferh_, young pig.]
#Fers(e)#, _adj._ fierce, bold, II 293, XIV _b_ 33, XVI 131. [OFr.
_fer-s_, nom. sg.] _See_ Fuersly.
#Fersch#, _adj._ fresh, XIII _a_ 29, 49. [OE. _fersc_.] _See_ Fresch.
#Ferste#, #Uerst#. _See_ Furst.
#Feruent#, _adj._ hot, IX 10; burning bright, XVII 8; eager, XVII 77.
[OFr. _fervent_.]
#Fest#, #Feest# (XVII), _n._ feast, festival, V 333, XVII 454 (? with
topical allusion to the Corpus Christi festivities). [OFr. _feste_.]
#Feste-dayes#, _n._ feast-days (of the Church), VIII _b_ 30. [From
prec.]
#Fest(e)#, _v._ make fast, confirm, XVI 340; _pa. t._ V 279; _pp._
fixed, made fast, IV _a_ 1, 82, XVI 335, 337. [OE. _fæstan_; on the
vowel _see_ Cast.]
#Festnyt#, _pp._ fastened, X 124. [OE. _fæstnian_; see prec.]
#Fet(e)#. _See_ Fote.
#Fethre-bed#, _n._ feather-bed, XII _a_ 94. [OE. _feþer-bedd_.]
#Fette(n)#. _See_ Fecche, Fote.
#Feurþe#, _adj._ fourth, XIII _a_ 18. [OE. _fēorþa_, _fēowerþa_.]
_See_ Fowre.
#Fewe#. _See_ Feaw.
#Ficht#. _See_ Fight.
#Fift#, #Fyft#, _adj._ fifth, VII 129, X 2. [OE. _fī̆fta_.]
#Fyfteyn#; #Uyf-#, #Vif-#, #Vyftene# (III); _adj._ fifteen, III 21, 26,
29, XVII 443. [OE. _fī̆ftēne_.]
#Fight#, #Fyght(e)#, #Fiȝte#, _v._ to fight, IV _b_ 26, VIII _a_ 36,
XVI 131, &c.; #Ficht#, X 66; #Fiste#, XV _g_ 31 (_see_ Appendix, p.
278); _fyght with_, oppose, XVII 138; #Faght#, _pa. t. sg._ XVI _b_ 48;
#Foght#, _pl._ VII 45; #Feghtande#, _pres. p._ in _are f._, fight, IV
_b_ 18; #Yfouȝte#, _pp._ VIII _a_ 146. [OE. _fe(o)htan_.]
#Fight#, #Fiht#, _n._ fighting, battle, VII 29, 52, XIV _c_ 60; #Ficht#,
X 115, 198. [OE. _fe(o)hte_.]
#Figure#, _n._ shape, XII _a_ 114. [OFr. _figure_.]
#Fyked#, _pa. t. sg._ flinched, V 206. [OE. _*fician_; cf. _be-fician_,
and next.]
#Fikel#, _adj._ fickle, XIV _c_ 7. [OE. _ficol_.]
#Fyl#. _See_ Falle(n).
#Filde#, #Fylde#. _See_ Feld.
#File#, _n._ worthless creature, XIV _b_ 47. [ON. _fýla_.]
#Fyled#, _pp._ sharpened, V 157. [OE. _fīlian_, to file; or OFr.
_afiler_.] _See_ Fylor.
#Fill#, _v._ to fill, XVII 180. [OE. _fyllan_.]
#Fill(e)#, #Fulle#, _n._ one's fill, II 256, VIII _a_ 261, XVII 207.
[OE. _fyllo_.]
#Fille#, _n._ chervil (_see_ Cheruelles), _or_ wild-thyme, XV _b_ 18.
[OE. _fille_; in glosses _fil_, _cerfille_ = _cerpillum_ (i.e.
_serpyllum_ thyme, but perhaps confused with _chærephyllum_, chervil).]
#Fillen#. _See_ Falle(n).
#Fylor#, _n._ whet-stone, V 157. [Cf. OFr. _afiloir_.] _See_ Fyled.
#Filthe#, _n._ filth, IV _a_ 37, _b_ 16; corruption, XVI 380 (_see_
note). [OE. _fylþ_.]
#Fyn(e)#, _adj._ fine, VII 175, IX 64. [OFr. _fin_.] _See_ Fine.
#Finaly#, _adv._ in the end, XII _b_ 107. [From OFr. _final_.]
#Fynde(n)#, #Finde#, #Fynd#, _v._ to find, discover, II 1, 256
(_subj._), VI 148, VII 82, IX 75, XIII _a_ 17, XVI 6, XVII 330, &c.; to
get, XII _a_ 17, XVI 288; to invent, devise, II 4, 14, XI _b_ 137; to
provide for, VIII _b_ 80; to provide one with (as _fynden hem tode_),
VIII _a_ 71, _b_ 21, 27, 51, 92; _founden me to scole_, provided the
means to put me to school, VIII _b_ 37; _founden with_, provided with,
XI _b_ 140. #Fint#, #Fynt#, _3 sg. pres._ (OWS. _fint_) II 239, VIII _b_
92; #Fand#, _pa. t. sg._ X 182, 186; #Fond(e)#, I 37, II 426, VIII _b_
41, XII _a_ 59, XV _a_ 13, &c.; #Founde#, II 537, 569 (_subj._);
#Fande#, _pl._ XVI 62; #Found#, #Founde(n)#, II 309, VII 172, VIII _b_
37; #Fon#, _pp._ XVII 503; #Fonden#, IV _a_ 63; #Founde(n)#, I 229, VII
66, XI _b_ 140, &c.; #Fun#, XIV _b_ 93; #Funden#, XIV _b_ 47, 50;
#Yfounde#, II 4, 14, XIII _a_ 64. [OE. _fíndan_.]
#Fyndynge#, _n._ finding, IX 234; invention, XI _b_ 226. [From prec.]
#Fine#, _adv._ extremely, very, II 94. [Cf. Afine, Fyn; _see_ Zupitza,
(15th c.) _Guy of Warwick_, l. 9086 (note).]
#Fynen#, _pres. pl._ refine, IX 45. [OFr. _finer_.]
#Fynger#, #Finger#, _n._ finger, II 109, VI 106, VIII _a_ 10. [OE.
_finger_.]
#Fint#, #Fynt#. _See_ Fynde(n).
#Fyr(e)#, #Fire#, #Fuyr#, _n._ fire, II 398, IV _a_ 6, XII _a_ 69, XIII
_a_ 3, 4, &c.; #Fere#, in _fere-flunderys_ (q.v.), XV _h_ 12. [OE.
_fȳr_ (Kt. _fēr_).]
#Firmament#, _n._ firmament, heavens, VII 124, 134, XVII 7, 422.
[(Christian) L. _firmāmentum_; first appears in E. _c._ 1050.]
#Fyrre#. _See_ Fer.
#Firste#, #Fyrst(e)#. _See_ Furst(e).
#Fyrþer#, _adv._ further, I 255. [OE. _furþor_, ? infl. by _firr_.]
_See_ Fer, Forþer.
#Fysch#, #Fische#, #Fysh#, _n._ fish, VIII _a_ 305, XIII _a_ 37, XVII 3.
[OE. _fisc_.]
#Fiste#. _See_ Fight.
#Fitte#, _n._; _fele þi fitte_, undergo your turn of woe, XVI 346. [ME.
_fit_, terrible or violent experience, &c.; ? OE. (once) _fitt_,
contest.]
#Fyue#; #Uif#, #Vif#, #Vyf# (III); _adj._ five, III 22, 23, 27, V 125,
VI 91 (_see_ Þo, _adv._), VIII _a_ 319, XIII _b_ 32, &c. [OE. _fīf._]
#Flaggatis#, _n. pl._ fagots, X 23, 25, 27. [? Alteration of Faggatis,
_q.v._; another reading is _fagaldis_.]
#Flaȝ(e)#. _See_ Fle(n), Flye.
#Flay#, _v._ to put to flight; terrify, XVII 380; #Flaide#, _pp._ *XVI
209 (required by rime; MS. ferde). [OE. _flēgan_.]
#Flayles#, _n. pl._ flails, VIII _a_ 178. [OE. _*flegel_, _fligel_; OFr.
_flaiel_.]
#Flapten#, _pa. t. pl._ lashed, laid on, VIII _a_ 178. [Cf. Du., G.,
_flappen_.]
#Flasshet#, _pa. t. sg._ flashed, VII 134. [Obscure.]
#Flaw#. _See_ Flye.
#Flawme#, _n._ flame, IV _a_ 14, 66. [OFr. _flaume_.]
#Fle(n)#, _v._ to flee, V 57, 62, XV _i_ 16, XVII 292, 296; #Fles#, _2
sg. pres._ V 204; #Flese#, _pres. pl._ IV _b_ 86; #Fleth#, _imper. pl._
XIV _d_ 14; #Flaȝ(e)#, _pa. t. sg._ V 206, 208 (second); #Fley#, XI
_b_ 273; #Flowen#, _pl._ VIII _a_ 177; #Fled#, _pa. t._ and _pp._ XIV
_b_ 48, 51, 80. [OE. _flēon_, str.] _See_ Flye.
#Flee#, #Fle(e)ynge#, #Fleȝe#; _see_ Flye. #Fley#; _see_ Fle(n).
#Fleme#, _n._ a fugitive, XV _b_ 36. [OE. _flēma_.]
#Flemmynges#, _n. pl._ Flemings, people from Flanders, XIII _b_ 7. [OE.
_*flǣming_; cf. ON. _flǽming-r_, MDu. _vlāming_.]
#Fles(e)#. _See_ Fle(n).
#Flesch(e)#, #Flessche#, #Flessh(e)#, _n._ flesh, meat, I 129 (note), V
245, VIII _a_ 18, 150, 305, IX 141; _flesshe or bone_, a limb, I 197.
[OE. _flǣ̆sc_.]
#Flesch(e)ly#, _adj._ carnal, of the body, IV _a_ 57, _b_ 71;
#Flecshly#, carnal-minded, worldly, XI _b_ 158. [OE. _flǣ̆sc-lic_.]
#Flete#, _v._ to float; #Flietende#, _pres. p._ XII _a_ 157; #Flett#,
_pp._ XVII 436. [OE. _flēotan_, str.]
#Fleth#. _See_ Fle(n).
#Flett#, _n._ floor, XVII 223. [OE. _flett_.]
#Flex#, _n._ flax, VIII _a_ 13. [OE. _flex_.]
#Flye#, #Flyghe#, #Flee# (IV), _v._ to fly, I 193, IV _b_ 4, 30, 38, 41,
&c.; #Flaȝ#, _pa. t. sg._ V 208 (first); #Flaw#, X 92; #Fleȝe#,
was, VI 71 (note); #Fle(e)ynge#, _pres. p._ IX 148, 252; #Flone#, _pp._
XVII 487. [OE. _flē(o)gan_.] _See_ Fle(n).
#Flyeghynge#, #Flyghyng(e)#, _n._ flying; _of gude (ill) fl._, strong
(weak) in flight, IV _b_ 34, 35, 38. [From prec.]
#Flietende#. _See_ Flete.
#Flyt#, #Flitte#, _v. trans._ and _intr._ to move, remove, escape,
depart, XVI 210, 336, 340 (_subj._), XVII 223, 263; #Flyt#, _pa. t._
XVII 17; #Flyt#, #Flit(t)#, _pp._ XVII 454, 540; _in synder flit_,
separated, XIV _c_ 31. [ON. _flytja_.]
#Flo#, #Floo#, _v._ to flow, XVII 101, 115. [OE. _flōwan_, ON.
_flóa_.]
#Flone#. _See_ Flye.
#Flood(e)#, #Flod(e)#, _n._ flood, water, stream, V 105, VII 160, XII
_a_ 166, XVI 76; (in pl.) waters, waves, VII 123, 142, 171; floods, VII
109, VIII _a_ 320, XVII 101, &c. [OE. _flōd_.]
#Floterand#, _pres. p._ weltering, tossing, VII 160. [OE. _floterian_.]
#Flour#, #Flowre#, _n._ flower, II 60, 67, IV _a_ 57, XV _e_ 19, &c.;
_in the floures_, in the bloom, XII _introd._; excellence, in _bar þe
flour_, excelled (all), XIV _c_ 23; flour, VIII _a_ 150. [OFr. _flour_;
the sense in VIII was not differentiated in spelling until end of 18th
cent.]
#Flowen#. _See_ Fle(n).
#Flowyng#, _n._ flood, XVII 540. [From OE. _flōwan_.] _See_ Flo.
#Flume#, _n._; _flume Iordanne_, River Jordan, XVI 76. [OFr. _flum_.]
#Fo#. _See_ Foo.
#Fode#, #Foode#, _n._ food, VII 175, VIII _a_ 21, 71, 200, 264, XVI 10
(_see_ Frute), &c. [OE. _fōda_.] _See_ Fede.
#Foght#; #Fois#. _See_ Fight; Foo.
#Foysoune#, _n._ abundance, great number, X 166. [OFr. _foison_.]
#Fold(e)#, _n._ earth, in _(vp)on folde_, allit. tag of little meaning,
V 305, XIV _b_ 18. [OE. _fólde_.]
#Fold(e)#, _quasi-sb._ (variety, repetition) in _many oþer folde_,
manifold other things, I 20; _other wise many fold_, in manifold other
fashions, XVII 54; _bi foldis seuen_, seven times, XVII 13. [False
division of OE. _manig-fáld_, _seofon-fáld_, &c., where _-fáld_ is adj.
suffix.]
#Folde#, _v._ to fold; enfold, XV _f_ 9, 10; #Folde#, _pp._ (? or _pa.
t._) in _folde vp_, ? covered with her hands, _or_ upturned, VI 74. [OE.
_fáldan_.]
#Fole#, #Folys#, &c. _See_ Fool.
#Folehardi#, _adj._ foolhardy, II 426. [OFr. _fol-hardi_.] _See_ Fool.
#Folȝed#. _See_ Folwen.
#Foly#, _n._ folly, I 67, XI _b_ 123. [OFr. _folie_.]
#Folk(e)#, _n._ people, II 389, VIII _a_ 292, 295, &c.; mortals, VII 45;
#Folkes#, _pl._ peoples, XVI 70. [OE. _folc_.]
#Folwen#, _v._ to accompany, VIII _a_ 2; #Folȝed#, _pa. t._ V 354
(_see_ note). [OE. _folgian_.]
#Fome#, _n._ foam, VII 172. [OE. _fām_.]
#Fomen#, _n. pl._ foemen, XIV _c_ 85. [OE. _fāh-mann_.] _See_ Foo.
#Fon#, #Fond(e)#, #Fonden#. _See_ Fynde(n).
#Fonde#, _v._ to endeavour, seek (to), VIII _a_ 213, XII _a_ 183, XII
_b_ 171, XIII _b_ 24; #Fondet#, _pa. t._ V 57. [OE. _fándian_,
_fóndian_.]
#Fone#, #Fune#, _adj._ and _pron._ few, XIV _a_ 28, 29, XVII 99. [ME.
also _fo_; ? obscurely rel. to Feaw, _q.v._]
#Fonge#, _v._ to get, take, VI 79, 119; #Fang#, XVII 245. [OE. _fōn_,
_ge-fángen_; cf. ON. _fanga_.] _See_ Onderuonge.
#Fonnyd#, (_pp._) _adj._ infatuated, XI _b_ 37, 38, 76, 167, 215. [From
ME. _fon(ne)_, fool; obscure.]
#Foo#, _adv._ as an enemy, fiercely, V 258. [OE. _fāh_, _fā-_.]
#Foo#, _n._ foe, XIV _d_ 12; #Fo#, II 112, VIII _b_ 60; _frende nor
foo_, nobody, XVI 287; _ichon other fo_, each hostile to the other,
every man against his neighbour, XVII 112; #Fais#, _pl._ X 55, 65, 197,
#Fois#, XVI 30; #Fooes#, XVI 386. [OE. _ge-fā_.]
#Fool#, #Fol(e)#, _n._ fool, I 30, V 346, XI _b_ 42, 184, &c. [OFr.
_fol_.]
#For#, _conj._ for, I 109, XVII 231, &c.; #Uor#, III 6, 8, &c.; because,
V 300, VII 178, VIII _a_ 235, 237, XIII _b_ 16, XVI 258, 295; so that,
XII _a_ 93, 194, XVI 251; _for that_, so that, XII _b_ 133. [OE. _for
þam (þe)_, for, because; _for þȳ þæt_, so that.] _See_ Forþi.
#For#; #Uor#, #Vor# (III); _prep._ for (i) _Cause_: because of, on
account of, through, I 134, II 32, III 17, IV _b_ 35, V 279, VII 183, IX
130, X 136, XI _a_ 32, _b_ 28, 256, XV _b_ 24, &c.; _for of_ (OFr. _de
par_) for sake of, XV _d_ 5; _for why (whi)?_ and why?, XVII 14, 284,
518; for (fear of), V 57, 199, XVII 102, &c.; (as precaution) against,
VIII _a_ 9, 62, 87, 209, 306, XIV _a_ 36, XV _h_ 12. (ii) _Indir.
object_: for (benefit of), III _introd._, VIII _a_ 278, &c.; for sake,
on behalf, of, I 90, III 40, IV _a_ 88, &c. (iii) _Dir. object_: for
(purpose of), with a view to, to get, &c., IV _a_ 69, VII 32, 88, VIII
_a_ 230, X 41, XI _b_ 126, 182, 235, XVI 220, &c.; _for (uor) to_, _for
te_, in order to, so as to, I 81, II 568, III _introd._, 44, XV _b_ 30,
_c_ 18, &c.; _for till_, X 149, 169; as equiv. of _for_ with vbl. sb., X
8, 33, 105; merely equiv. of _to_, _till_, I 21, II 37, X 143, &c. (iv)
_Equivalence_: in favour of, VII 13, XI _b_ 215; (in exchange, return,
&c.) for, IV _a_ 42, V 284, VIII _b_ 76, IX 190, XI _b_ 162, XV _g_ 20,
&c.; as result of, IX 201; for, as, VII 49, 50, VIII _a_ 206, XII _a_
180, XIV _c_ 92, &c. (v) _Reference_: with regard to, III 9, &c.; _for
the_, for all you care, XVII 193; in spite of, II 571, V 64, XIV _a_ 24,
XVI 146; _for all(e)_, despite (all), I 73, 86, XIV _b_ 23, XVI 158.
(vi) _Time_: during, VI 226, VIII _a_ 236, &c. _See_ Maystrie, Nones,
Soþe; Þar(e), Þere(fore), &c. [OE. _for(e)_.]
#Forbede#, _v._ to forbid, VI 19; _forbede þat_ (with neg.), forbid to,
I 78; #Forbodyn#, _pp._ I 7. [OE. _for-bēodan_.] _See_ Bede, _v._
#Forbere#, _v._ to spare, XIV _b_ 12. [OE. _for-beran_.] _See_ Bere,
_v._
#Forbette#, _pp._ cruelly beaten, IV _a_ 86. [OE. _for-_ + _bēatan_,
str.] _See_ Bete, _v._^1
#Force#, _n._ strength, XVI 210. [OFr. _force_.]
#Fordo#, _v._ to destroy, XVII 100, 114; #Fordon(e)#, _pp._ XVII 145;
_ben fordon_, come to grief, Introduction xv. [OE. _for-dōn_.] _See_
Do(n).
#Fore#. _See_ Fare, _v._
#Forest#, _n._ forest; wild, unenclosed, and partly wooded, land, II
160, 246. [OFr. _forest_.]
#Foret#. _See_ Forþ.
#Forfete#, _v._ to transgress, V 326; #Forfette#, _pa. t._ XVI 352.
[From OFr. _forfait_, _-fet_, n.
#Forgaa#. _See_ Forgon.
#Forgete#, _v._ to forget, IV _a_ 79; #Forgetynge#, _n._ IV _b_ 68. [OE.
_for-_ + ON. _geta_; cf. OE. _forgetan_.] _See_ Gete, Forȝete.
#Forgon#, _v._ to give up, XV _b_ 35; #Forgoo#, V 142; #Forgaa#, IV _b_
31. [OE. _for-gān_.]
#Forȝ#, _n._ force, waterfall, V 105 (the earliest recorded instance
in E.). [ON. _fors_.]
#Forȝelde#, _v._ to repay, VIII _a_ 272. [OE. _for-géldan_.] _See_
Ȝelde.
#Forȝete#, _v._ to forget, XI _b_ 157; #Forȝete#, _pp._ XII _b_
202, XIV _c_ 8, &c. [OE. _for-getan_.] _See_ Forgete, Vnderȝete.
#Forȝeue#, _v._ to forgive, IX 324. [OE. _for-gefan_.] _See_ Ȝeue.
#Forloyne#, _v._ to go astray, VI 8. [OFr. _forloignier_.]
#Forlorn#, (_pp._) _adj._ ruined, in pitiful plight, I 136, II 127. [OE.
_for-loren_, pp.] _See_ Lese, _v._^1
#Forme#, _adj. superl._ first, V 305. [OE. _forma_.]
#Forme#. _See_ Fourme.
#Forne#, _adv._ of old, V 354. [OE. _foran_, _forne_.]
#Forsake#, #Fursake# (XV), _v._ to deny, XV _g_ 33; forsake, V 312;
(foll. by _infin._) to refuse to, neglect to, XV _c_ 19, XVII 273;
#Forsoke#, _pa. t. sg._ forsook, II 227. [OE. _for-sacan_.]