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

by Geoffrey Chaucer

Fo (fòò), s. foe, enemy, B 1748, 3415, F 136; Foo, 1. 64; 5. 339; A 63, B 2331; Foon, pl. 5. 103; T. v. 1866; B 3896; Foos, pl. 2. 55; B 2160, 3219, 3519.

Fodder, s. food (as of a horse), A 3868; Foddre, fodder, B 4. m 7. 27.

Fode, s. food, D 1881, I 137.

Foisoun, s. plenty, abundance, R. 1359; Foison, B 504; Foyson, A 3165. O. F. foison; Lat. acc. fusionem.

Fold; twenty thousand fold (i.e. times), H 169; a thousand fold, 5. 208.

Folde, s. fold, sheepfold, A 512; dat. A 1308.

Folde, v. fold, T. ii. 1085; Folden, pp. folded, T. iv. 359, 1247, 1689.

Fole, -s; see Fool.

Foled, pp. foaled, born, D 1545.