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

by Geoffrey Chaucer

Fraccions, pl. fractions, A. pr. 53.

Fraknes, pl. freckles, A 2169. The sing. form is frakin; see Prompt. Parv.

Frame, ger. to frame, put together, build, T. iii. 530.

Franchyse, s. liberality, 18. 59; E 1987; nobleness, F 1524; privilege, I 452; Fraunchyse, B 3854; Frankness (personified), R. 955, 1211.

Frank, s. frank (French coin); Frankes, pl. franks, B 1371, 1377, 1391, 1461.

Frankeleyn, s. franklin, A 331; F 675; Frankeleyns, pl. A 216.

Frape, s. company, pack, T. iii. 410. O. F. frape, troop; see Godefroy.

Fraternitee, s. fraternity, A 364.

Fraude (before a vowel), s. fraud, D 2136.

Fraught, pp. freighted, B 171. (For an account of the idiom, see the note.) Cf. Swed. frakta, Dan. fragte, to freight, load; Swed. frakt, Dan. fragt, Du. vracht, a load, burden.