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

by A. L. Mayhew; Walter W. Skeat

[ Foyne], sb. a foin, thrust, S3; prick, punctus, Manip.; foines, pl., ND.

[ Foynen], v. to thrust or lunge with a sword, MD, C; feyne, MD; foignen, MD; foin, ND, Sh.; foygnede, pt. s., MD; foyneden, pl., MD; fwnȝeit, B.

[ Foȝ], sb. mutual consent, junctura, MD; foȝe, dat., S.—AS. fóg, gefóg.

Fra, Fra-; see Fro.

[ Fraisten], v. to try, prove, MD, JD, HD; fraisted, pp., MD, S2, HD.—Icel. freista; cp. Goth. fraisan, AS. frásian.

[ Frake], sb. a man, HD; see [Freke].

[ Frakly], adv. keenly, greedily, hastily, S2, B, JD. See [Frek].

[ Frakne], sb. freckle, lentigo, Prompt.; frakyn, lenticula, Voc.; freken, neuus, Manip., HD; frecken, Palsg., Manip.; fraknes, pl., HD, C; freknes, MD.—Icel. frekna.

[ Fraknede], pp. freckled, HD.

[ Frakny], adj. freckled, Prompt.