A Concise Dictionary of Middle English from A.D. 1150 to 1580

by A. L. Mayhew; Walter W. Skeat

[ Fallow], sb. fellow, S2, S3; see [Felawe].

[ Fallow], v. to be fellow to, S3; see [Felawen].

[ Fallynge], sb. a falling; fallyngis, pl., ruins, W2, H.

[ Fallynge-ax], sb. felling-axe, W2; see [Fellen].

[ Fallynge-euylle], sb. the falling-sickness, epilepsy, S2.

[ Fals], adj. false, MD, C2; false, MD, C2.—AF. fals; Lat. falsum.

[ Fals-hede], sb. falsehood, S3, C3; falset, S3.

[ Falsien], v. to make false, MD; falsyn, Prompt.; falsed, pp., C2.—OF. falser (mod. fausser); Late Lat. falsare.

[ Falsnessis], sb. pl. frauds, W2.

[ Falten], v. to fail, to be wanting in, to stammer; falt, pr. s., S; fauten, pl., PP.—OF. *falter (whence F. faute); cp. It. faltare, freq. form of Lat. fallere.