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