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

by A. L. Mayhew; Walter W. Skeat

[ Fode], sb. food, S, S2, MD; uode, S; food, MD; fude, MD.—AS. fóda.

[ Fode], sb. child, lad, person, alumnus, S, S2, PP, HD, MD.

[ Foh], adj. spotted, S, S2; fou, S; faȝe, pl., S; foaȝe, S.—AS. fáh; cp. Goth. faihus, Gr. ποικίλος.

[ Foine], sb. beech-marten, Cotg. (s.v. fouïnne); foyne, PP; foynȝee, S3; fooyne, the fur of the marten, Prompt.; foyns, pl., fur, MD, HD.—OF. foine, faine, faine, the beech-marten, also faine, the fruit of the beech tree; Late Lat. fagina, ‘mustela,’ also ‘glans fagi’ (Ducange); from Lat. faginus, from fagus.

[ Foison], sb. abundance, plenty, might, MD, Sh., HD; foyson, S2, C3; foysyn, S2; foysoun, B; fusioune, B.—OF. foison, fuison; Lat. fusionem.

[ Folc], sb. folk, people, S, S2, W2, PP; uolk, MD; folk, PP; uolkes, gen., S; folkene, gen. pl., S; folken, S2.—AS. folc.

[ Folc-king], sb. the king of the people, MD; folc-kinge, dat., S.

[ Folde], sb. earth, ground, the world, S2, MD, HD, P.—AS. folde, OS. folda.

[ Folde], sb. a fold, plait, MD, PP. Phr.: in monie volde, in manifold (ways), S.

[ Folden], v. to fold, shut, embrace, PP; falde, MD; folde, pt. s., S3; folden, pp., S2, PP.—AS. fealdan, pt. féold, pp. fealden.