Florent, "so florent estate" (R[200],d), flourishing, prosperous. "Sinopa was a florent citee."—Udal, Apoph. of Erasmus (1543), p. 77.
Flouthy, "full of flouthy bushes" (JE[355],b)? slouthy as in my text and in original: if flouthy from flout = mock, jeer, treat with contempt: cf. lecherous thorns, backbiting briars, elders of envy, and other kindred similes in the same passage.
Fond, "each fond opinion" (N[58],a; et passim), foolish, silly, unwise.
Fone, "God shield you from your fone" (M[14],d; et passim), foes: an old plural.
Foot, "I hope to have his foot met" (M[23],d), i.e. caught by the foot, tripped.
Football, "lend us a football" (M[32],c). Dr. Brandl says this is the earliest mention of the game.
Forborne, "it may no longer be forborne" (N[51],d), endured. "I may not certes, though I shulde die, Forbere to ben out of your compagnie."—Chaucer, Cant. Tales (1383), 10,056.
Force, Forceth (passim), as sub. = matter, consequence, importance, ground for care or anxiety; as verb = to care, regard, value, to be of importance or signify. "What fors were it though al the town bihelde?"—Chaucer, Troilus and Cressida (1369), ii. 373. "It little forceth how long a man liue, but how wel and vertuously."—Udal, Mark v. "I force not argument a straw."—Shakespeare, Rape of Lucrece (1594), 1021.
For-cold, "pottage shall be for-cold" (M[13],b)—"when a man is for-cold" (M[5],c), very cold: as a prefix for- has (1) an intensive force; (2) a negative or privative force; and (3) a deteriorative force. Typical examples of each class are——(1) forlorn = utterly lonely; for-drunken = beastly drunk; (2) forbid, forfend; (3) forshapen = badly formed, etc.