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

by A. L. Mayhew; Walter W. Skeat

[ Fil], pt. s. fell, C2, PP; fyl, S2; see [Fallen].

[ File], sb. concubine, P; fyle, HD.—OF. fille, filie, daughter, wench; Lat. filia.

[ Fille], sb. wild thyme, S2, MD; serpillum, Voc.; fill, rest-harrow, HD. Phr.: not worth a fille, MD.—AS. fille.

[ Filstnien], v. to help; filstnede, pt. s., S.—AS. See [Fulst].

[ Filthe], sb. filth, foulness, MD; fuðle, S.—AS. fýlðu. See [Foul].

[ Filthehed], sb. dirtiness, W.

[ Filtz], sb. son, PP; fitz, PP; fiz, PP.—AF. fiz (fitz); OF. filz, fils; Lat. filius.

[ Finden], v. to find, S; fynden, S; vinden, S; vynde, S; fynt, pr. s., C3; fint, pl., S; fand, pt. s., S, S2, S3; fant, S; fond, S, S2, G, C2; fonde, S2; font, S2; vond, S2; foond, C2, W; funden, pl., S; funde, S; fonden, S; fand, S2; fonde, C2; founden, S2; i-funde, pp., S; ifounde, S; hi-funde, S; founde, C2; funden, S2; funding, S3.—AS. findan, pt. fand (pl. fundon), pp. funden.

[ Findiȝ], adj. heavy, firm, compact, weighty, S, MD; findy, JD; fundie, MD.—AS. findig, heavy.

[ Fine], sb. end, S3; fyn, S2, S3, C2, G.—OF. fin; Lat. finem.