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

by A. L. Mayhew; Walter W. Skeat

[ Felnesse], sb. astuteness (= Lat. astutia), W2.

[ Felon], sb. villain, traitor, PP; feloun, PP; felloun, S3; felloune, S3.—AF. feloun, felon, acc. of fel. See [Fel].

[ Felonie], sb. base wickedness, MD; felony, S; felonye, S2, S3, C3, W2.

[ Felonliche], adv. cruelly, PP; felunlyche, S2; felounelich, PP; felunly, S2.

[ Fen], sb. a section of Avicenna’s book on medicine called the Canon, C3, CM.—Arabic fan, a branch, division, category; cp. Ducange (s.v. fen).

[ Fen], sb. mud, mire, marsh, dung, S2, S2, G, H; fenne, Voc., Prompt., W; uenne, S.—AS. fenn: Goth. fani, mud, clay.

[ Fenden], v. to defend, PP; fend, imp. s., S3.—From OF. defendre; Lat. defendere.

[ Fenestre], sb. window, PP; fenystaris, pl., S3.—OF. fenestre; Lat. fenestra.

Feng; see [Fon, v.]

[ Fenkel], sb. fennel, MD, PP; fenecel, Voc.; fenkil, PP; fynkel, PP; fynkyl, Voc.; fenel, PP; fenyl, S2. Comb.: fenel seed, PP.—Lat. feniculum, foeniculum; cp. AS. fenol (Voc.).