Chaucer's Works, Volume 6 — Introduction, Glossary, and Indexes

by Geoffrey Chaucer

Eyse, s. ease, D 2101. See Ese.

Eyther, adj. either, 5. 125.

Fable, s. story, description, R. 1439; I 31; Fables, pl. fables, 3. 52; R. 2.

Face, s. face, R. 323; A 199, 458; look, B 1. p 5. 25; a technical term in astrology, signifying the third part of a sign (of the zodiac); a part of the zodiac ten degrees in extent, F 50, 1288; A. ii. 4. 40.

Facound, adj. eloquent, fluent, 5. 521.

Facounde, s. eloquence, fluency, 3. 926; 5. 558; Facound (before a vowel), C 50. 'Faconde, f. eloquence;' Cotgrave.

Facultee, s. capacity, authority, or disposition, A 244; power, B 5. p 4. 109; branch of study, HF. 248.

Fade, adj. faded, R. 311.

Faden, v. fade, B 4. p 3. 17; Fade, 7. 19; ger. 3. 564; Faded,pp. as adj. R. 354.

Fader, s. father, 1. 52; L. 1828; A 100, B 274, 3622, G 1434, I 131; Fader, gen. L. 1406; A 781, B 1178, 3121, 3127; fader day, father's time, B 3374, E 1136; fader kin, father's race, ancestry, G 829; Fadres, gen. 1. 130; L. 2608; B 3534, 3630, E 809; Faders, gen. L. 2449; Fadres, pl. L. 730; C 93; ancestors, E 61; parents, originators, B 129; Faderes, the Patres Conscripti, the Roman Senate, B 1. p 4. 150.