for-shapen (A.S.) _to unmake_. _pret. s._ for-shapte, 365
for-sleuthen (A.S.) 103, _to be spoilt from lying idle_
for-stallen (A.S.) 68, _to hinder, forestall, stop_
for-sweren (A.S.) 170, _to perjure, swear falsely_. _part. pas._
for-sworen, 418, forsworn
for-thynken (A.S.) 167, _to repent, beg pardon_
for-wandred (A.S.) 1, _worn out with wandering about_
for-wanye (A.S.) 79, _to spoil_
+for-werd (A.S.) 476, 494, _worn out_
for-yelden (A.S.) 133, 257, _to make a return for a thing, repay_
forbisne (A.S.) 152, _an example, similitude, parable_
forceres (A.N.) 186, _coffers_
fore-ward, for-ward, for-warde (A.S.) 65, 119, 206, _a bargain, promise_
for-goer (A.S.) 39, _a goer before_
for-goers (A.S.) 31, _people whose business it was to go before the great
lords in their progresses, and buy up provisions for them_
formest (A.S.) 186, 403, _first, foremost_
+formfaderes (A.S.) 498, _first fathers_
formour (A.N.) 160, 358, _a creator, maker_
forreyour (A.N.) 430, _a scout, forager_
forster (A.N.) 354, _a forester_
+forytoures, 465, perhaps an error of the press in the old edition for
_fautoures_
forwit (A.S.) 87, _prescience, forethought, anticipation_
fostren (A.S.) 360, _to foster_
foulen (A.S.) 414, _to defoul_
fowel (A.S.) _a fowl, bird_
fraynen (A.S.) _to ask, inquire, question_. _pret. s._ frayned, 18, 109,
151, 341, 370
+fraynyng (A.S.) 452, _questioning_
frankeleyn (A.N.) 398, _a large freeholder_, in rank in society classed
with, but after, the _miles_ and _armiger_. See Tyrwhit's note on the
Canterbury Tales, l. 333
frayel (A.N.) 252, _a wicker basket_. See note. In the romance of Richard
Coeur de Lion, l. 1547, King Richard says:--
Richard aunsweryth, with herte free,
Off froyt there is gret plenté;
Fyggys, raysyns, in _frayel_,
And notes may serve us fol wel.
fraytour (A.N.) 192, 463, _a refectory_
freke (A.S.) 74, 87, 130, 132, 188, 203, 246, 250, 341, _man, fellow_
frele (A.N.) _frail_
freletee (A.N.) 46, frelete, 367, _frailty_
fremmed (A.S.) 303, _strange_
frere (A.N.) _a friar, brother_
frete (A.S.) 265, _to fret_
frete, freten (A.S.) 33, _to eat, devour_. _pret. s._ freet, 381
fretien (A.S.) _to adorn_. _part. p._ fretted
fryth (A.S.) 224, 241, 355, _an inclosed wood_
frythed (A.S.) 112, _wooded_
frounces (A.N.) 265, _wrinkles_
fullen (A.S.) 322, _to full cloth_
fullen (A.S.) 176, _to become full_
fullen (A.S.) _to baptize_. _pret. s._ follede, 321. _part. past_,
y-fulled, 398
fullynge (A.S.) 244, 322, 398, _baptizing, baptism_
furwe (A.S.) _a furrow_
fust (A.S.) 356, _the fist_