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

by A. L. Mayhew; Walter W. Skeat

[ Ficchen], v. to fix, MD; fitchid, pp., W, W2; fichyt, B.—OF. ficher (Ps. 31. 4); Late Lat. *figicare, from Lat. figere, to fix, see Diez (s.v. ficcare).

[ Fieble], adj. feeble, C2, P; see [Feble].

[ Field], sb. field, S2; see [Feld].

[ Field-wode], sb. name of a plant, S2.

[ Field-wort], sb. gentian, HD; feldwort, herba luminaria, Alph.

[ Fiers], adj. fierce, S2, C2, C3; fierse, PP; see [Fers].

[ Fierðe], ord. fourth, S, P; see [Ferthe].

[ Fife], num. five, S; fyf, PP, C2; fiff, B; fiffe, B; uiue, S; fyue, S2, PP; fif, PP.—AS. fíf: Goth. fimf, see Sievers, 185.

[ Fifetende], ord. fifteenth, S2.

[ Fif-fald], five-fold, MD; fif-folde, S.