forreyour (A.N.) [430], a scout, forager
forster (A.N.) [354], a forester
†forytoures, [465], perhaps an error of the press in the old edition for fautoures
forwit (A.S.) [87], prescience, forethought, anticipation
fostren (A.S.) [360], to foster
foulen (A.S.) [414], to defoul
fowel (A.S.) a fowl, bird
fraynen (A.S.) to ask, inquire, question. pret. s. frayned, [18], [109], [151], [341], [370]
†fraynyng (A.S.) [452], questioning
frankeleyn (A.N.) [398], a large freeholder, in rank in society classed with, but after, the miles and armiger. See Tyrwhit's note on the Canterbury Tales, l. 333