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

by A. L. Mayhew; Walter W. Skeat

[ Frounce], sb. a fold, plait, ND; frounces, pl., PP; flounce, SkD.—OF. fronce, wrinkle (Bartsch). For interchange of fr and fl cf. [Frokke].

[ Frouncen], v. to knit the brow, wrinkle, fold, MD, ND, HD; frounsen, HD; frounced, pp., S3; fronst, HD.—OF. froncer; Late Lat. frontiare.

[ Frount], sb. front, forehead, S2, MD, B.—AF. frount, frunt; Lat. frontem.

[ Frude], sb. frog, MD; fruden, pl., S.—Icel. frauðr; cp. Dan. frö.

[ Frume], sb. beginning, MD; frome, MD.—AS. fruma; cp. Goth. frums.

[ Frumentee], sb. furmety, wheat boiled in milk, MD, HD; frumenty, MD, HD; furmente, MD; firmentie, S3.—OF. frumentee, fromentee; Late Lat. frumentata; from Lat. frumentum, corn (OF. froment, forment, wheat, corn).

[ Frumðe], sb. beginning, S; urumðe, MD.—AS. frymða (frumð).

[ Frustir], adj. frustrated, useless, JD, S3.—Cp. OF. frustrer; Lat. frustrare.

[ Frut], sb. fruit, S, S2; fruit, S; fruyt, C3; froit, MD; froyt, H (Ps. 125. 6); fryt, S2; frutis, pl., B; froytis, B.—OF. frut (fruit); Lat. fructum.

[ Fruytesteres], sb. pl. f., women fruit-sellers, C3.