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

by A. L. Mayhew; Walter W. Skeat

[ Fasting], sb. abstinence from food, MD; fasstinng, S.

[ Fast-lice], adv. continuously, S.

[ Fastnesse], sb. stronghold, MD; festnes, S2.

[ Fast-rede], adj. firm in counsel, S.

[ Fat], sb. vessel, S, Voc.; fet, MD; uet, MD; feat, MD; ueat, S; faten, pl., S.—AS. fæt: OS. fat; cp. OHG. faz (Tatian).

[ Fat], adj. fat, MD; fet, S; fette, pl., S.—AS. fæt; cp. Icel. feitr.

[ Faþmen], v. to embrace, S2; see [Fadmen].

[ Faucon], sb. falcon, C2; faucoun, PP; faukyn, PP; faucones, pl., P.—AF. faucon, falcun; Lat. falconem.

[ Faunt], sb. child, infant, MD; faunte, HD; fauntes, pl., P; fauntis, P.—OF. fant, It. fante; Lat. infantem.

[ Fauntee], sb. childishness, PP.