fader (A.S.) 361, _a father_
fayn (A.S.) _fain, glad_
faiten (A.N.) 144, 308, _to beg, idle, to flatter_. _pret. pl._ faiteden,
3. faityng, 175, _deceiving_
faiterie (A.N.) 207, _flattery, deception_
faitour (A.N.) _a deceiver, an idle lazy fellow, a flatterer_
faithly (A.N.) 400, _truly, properly_
fallen (A.S.) _to fall_. _pres. s._ he falleth. _pret. s._ fel, 280, 297,
fil, 278, 312, 374, fille, 285, 336, _pl._ fellen, felle, 336, 388. _part.
pas._ fallen, 375
fals (A.N.) _false, falseness_. falshede, _falsehood_. falsliche, 390,
_falsely_
fangen (A.S.) 111, fonge, 282, 336, _to take, take hold of_. _pret. s._
_under_-feng, 19, _under_-fonged, 209. _part. past_, _under_-fongen, 115,
211
faren, fare (A.S.) 197, _to go, fare_. _pret. s._ ferde, 443, _pl._ ferden,
168 _part. past_, faren 77, 123, 228
fare (A.S.) 376, _proceeding, manner of going on, fare_
fasten (A.S.) _to fast_
fauchon (A.N.) 295, _a sword, falchion_
faunt (A.N.) 134, 144, 336, 403, _a child, infant_
fauntekyn (A.N.) 259, _a young child_
faunteltee, fauntelté (A.N.) 204, 304, _childishness_
faute, _pl._ fautes (A.N.) 179, _a fault_
fauten (A.N.) _to want_. _pret._ fauted, 163
favel (A.N.) 28, 30, _deception by flattery, cajolery_
feble (A.N.) 355, _feeble, weak_
fecchen (A.S.) 39, 385, 410, _to fetch_. _pres. s._ I fecche, thow fettest,
390. _pret. s._ fet, fette, 36, 104, 202, 385. _pl._ fetten, 134. _part.
pas._ fet, 444, fette water at hise eighen, _threw water at his eyes_; to
fetch a thing at another, for, to throw, is an expression still in use
feden (A.S.) _to feed_
fee (A.S.) _property, money, fee_
feere (A.S.) 367, _pl._ feeres, feeris, _companion_
feere (A.S.) 256, 367, 376, _fear_
feet (A.N.) 26, _a deed, fact_
feffement (A.N.) 32, _enfeofment_
feffen (A.N.) 33, 37, _to infeof, to fee, present_
feynen (A.N.) _to feign, dissemble_
feyntise (A.S.) 77, _faintness, weakness_
feire (A.N.) _a fair_
fel (A.S.) _the skin_
fele (A.S.) _many_. fele fold, _manyfold_
fellen (A.S.) _to fell, kill_
felonliche (A.N.) 390, _like a felon, in manner of a felon_
+fen (A.S.) 476, _mud, mire_
fend (A.S.) _pl._ fendes, _a fiend, devil_. fyndekynes, 391, _little
fiends_
fennel-seed (A.S.) 95, _the seed of sweet-fennel was formerly used as a
spice_
fenestre (A.N.) 285, 370, _a window_
fer (A.S.) _far_
fere (A.S.) 140, _to frighten_
ferly (A.S.) _pl._ ferlies, _a wonder_, 196, 253, 376
ferie (A.N.) 270, _a week-day_
ferme (A.N.) 403, _adv._ _firmly_
fermed (A.N.) 177, _strengthened_
fernyere (A.S.) 103, 228, _in former times_
fernmerye (A.N.) 253, _the infirmary_
+ferrer (A.S.) 463, _further_
ferthe (A.S.) 413, _fourth_
festnen (A.S.) _to fasten_. _part. pas._ fest, 35
festynge (A.N.) _feasting_
festu (A.N.) 190, _a mote in the eye_. (festuca, _Lat._)
fetisliche, 28, fetisly, 38 (A.N.) _elegantly, neatly, featously_
fibicches (A.N. ?) 186 (?)
+fichewes (A.S.) 468, _a kind of weasel_, called a _fitchet_ in Shropshire
+fyen (A.N.) 487, _to say, fy!_ The exclamation, _fy!_ was originally one
of disgust, occasioned by anything that stunk, according to the old distich
(MS. Cotton, Cleop. B. ix, fol. 11, v^o. of the thirteenth cent.):--
_Phi_, nota _foetoris_, lippus gravis omnibus horis,
Sit _phi_, sit lippus semper procul, ergo Philippus!
fiers (A.N.) _proud, fierce_
fighten (A.S.) _to fight_. _pret. s._ faught, 391, 402. _pl._ foughten.
_part. pas._ y-foughte, 126, 336
fyle (A.N.) 86, _a daughter, girl_, apparently used here in the sense of a
_common woman_; as they say now in French, _elle n'est qu'une fille_, she
is no better than a strumpet
fyn (A.N.) 403, _fine, clever_
fynden (A.S.) _to find, to furnish_. _pres. s._ he fynt, 73, 146, 305, 367.
_pret. s._ fond, foond, 219, 304, 312
fir (A.S.) 360, _fire_. fuyr, _fire_
fithele (A.N.) 272, _to fiddle_. fithele, 165, _a fiddle_
flappen (A.S.) _to strike with a flail or with any flat loose weapon_.
_pret. pl._ flapten, 128
flatten (A.N.) _to slap_. _pret. s._ flatte, 104
flawmbe, flaumbe (A.N.) 360, 362, _a flame_
flawme (A.S.) 243, _to emit a fetid exhalation_ (?)
flawmen (A.N.) 361, _to flame_. flawmynge, 360, _flaming_
fle, 40, fleen, 168, 366 (A.S.) _to fly_. _pret. s._ fleigh, 40, 351, 353,
402, 435. _pl._ flowen, 42, 128. fledden, 42
fleckede (A.S.) 222, _spotted_
flesshe (A.S.) _flesh_
fleten (A.S.) 237, _to float, swim involuntarily_
flittynge (A.S.) 206, _disputing, flyting_
flobre (A.S. ?) 274, _to slobber_ (?)
florisshe (A.N.) 291, _to adorn_
floryn (A.N.) 74, _a florin_ (a gold coin)
+flurichen (A.N.) 479, _to flourish_
fode (A.S.) _food_
+foynes (A.N.) 468, _a kind of marten, of which the fur was used for
dresses_
fold, foold (A.S.) 24, 141, 243, _the world, the earth_
fole (A.S.) _a foal_
follede, 321, _baptized_. see _fullen_
+folloke (A.S.) 489 (?)
folvyle (A.N.) 410 (?)
folwe, folwen (A.S.) 355, _to follow_. _pres. pl._ folwen. _pret. s._
folwed, folwede, 353. _pl._ folwede, 301. _part. past_, folwed
folwere (A.S.) _a follower_
fonden (A.S.) 238, _to try, tempt, inquire_. _pret. s._ fonded, fondede,
315, 344, 353
fondynge (A.S.) 291, _a temptation, undertaking_
fongen, _see_ fangen
foot (A.S.) _a foot_. foote, 354, _on foot_
for (A.S.) _for, for that, because_; for-thi, _because, therefore_
for-, in composition in verbs derived from the Anglo-Saxon, conveys the
idea of privation or deterioration, and answers to the modern German ver-.
It is preserved in a few words in our language, such as _forbid_,
_forbear_, _forlorn_, &c. The following instances occur in Piers
Ploughman:--
for-bete (A.S.) _to beat down, beat to pieces, or to death, beat entirely_.
_part. past_, for-beten, 436
for-bode (A.S.) _denial, forbidding_
for-biten (A.S.) 332, _to bite to pieces_
for-doon, for-do (A.S.) 78, 163, 371, _to undo, ruin_. _pret. s._ for-dide,
340, 390. _part. past_, for-do, 262, for-doon, 371
for-faren (A.S.) 303, _to go to ruin, perish, to fare ill_
for-freten (A.S.) 332, _to eat to pieces_
+for-gabben (A.N.) 488, _to mock_
for-yeten (A.S.) 362, _to forget_. _pret. s._ for-yat, 205
for-gyven (A.S.) _to forgive_. _pret. s._ 374. _part. pas._ for-gyve, 365
for-glutten (A.S.) 178, _to devour, swallow up_
for-pynede (A.S.) 126, _pined or starved to death, wasted away, niggardly_.
Chaucer, C. T. l. 1453:--
In derknes and orrible and strong prisoun
This seven yeer hath seten Palamon,
_For-pyned_, what for woo and for destresse.