Fa, Faa
sb. foe, S, S2; see Foo.

Face
sb. face, PP; a term in astrology, C2.—OF. face; Lat. faciem.

Facion
sb. fashion, S3; see Fasoun.

Facound
adj. eloquent, CM.—OF. faconde; Lat. facundum.

Facound
sb. eloquence, fluency, CM; facunde, H, Prompt.—OF. faconde; Lat. facundia.

Fade
adj. weak, faint (of colour), MD; vad, MD.—OF. fade.

Faden
v. to fade, lose colour, wither, to cause to wither, MD, Cath., Prompt.; vade, MD, Sh., HD.

Fader
sb. father, S, S2, C3; Feader, S; feder, S; vader, S, S2; veder, S; fadre, S2; faderes, gen. s., S; fadres, C2; fader, S2, C2, C3; faderes, pl., S2; fadres, C2; fadris, W.—AS. fæder.

Fadme
sb. fathom, ulna, MD, Prompt., C; fadome, CM; fedme, MD; fadmen, pl., G.—AS. fæðm.

Fadmen
v. to embrace, MD, Prompt.; faðmen, MD; fadmede, pt. s., MD; faþmed, pp., MD, S2.—AS. fæðmian.

Fagen
adj. fain, S; see Fayn.

Fai
sb. faith, S2; fay, G; see Feið.

Faie
sb. fay, fairy, S2; see Fay.

Fail
sb. greensward, JD; faill, S3; fail, grassy clod cut from the sward, JD.—Gael. fál, wall, hedge, sod; OIr. fál, wall, hedge (Windisch).

Fail-dyke
sb. dike built of sods, JD.

Faille
sb. fail, doubt, MD; feale, S3.

Faille
v. to fail, S, C2; fayle, S2; failede, pt. s., S.—AF. faillir; Late Lat. fallīre for Lat. fallere.

Fainen
v. to rejoice, S2; see Faynen.

Faire
sb. fair, P; see Feyre.

Fairye
sb. fairy power, fairy land, C2; see Fayerye.

Fait
sb. deed, S2, PP; faite, PP; see Fet.

Faiten
v. to beg under false pretences, PP; fayten, PP.

Faiterie
sb. deceit, PP; fayterye, Prompt., HD.

Faitour
sb. pretender, impostor, vagabond, MD, PP; faytowre, fictor, Prompt.; faytoures, pl., S3; faitors, H.—OF. faitour, faiteör (Godefroy); Late Lat. *factitorem.

Falding
sb. a kind of coarse cloth, C, HD; faldynge, amphibalus, birrus, Cath., Prompt.

Fallace
sb. deceitfulness, W; fallas, W, HD.—OF. fallace; Lat. fallacia (Vulg.).

Fallen
v. to fall, S, C2; uallen, S; feol, pt. s., S; fel, S; fil, C2; ful, S; fyl, S2; i-uel, S; fille, S3; vul, S2; feolle, subj., S; fellen, pl., S; felle, S; fille, C2; felden, S2, W, W2; y-fallen, pp., C2; i-falle, S; falle, S2, C2; fallyng (Scotch form), S3; feld, W.—AS. (ge)feallan, pt. féoll, pp. ge-feallen.

Fallow
sb. fellow, S2, S3; see Felawe.

Fallow
v. to be fellow to, S3; see Felawen.

Fallynge
sb. a falling; fallyngis, pl., ruins, W2, H.

Fallynge-ax
sb. felling-axe, W2; see Fellen.

Fallynge-euylle
sb. the falling-sickness, epilepsy, S2.

Fals
adj. false, MD, C2; false, MD, C2.—AF. fals; Lat. falsum.

Fals-hede
sb. falsehood, S3, C3; falset, S3.

Falsien
v. to make false, MD; falsyn, Prompt.; falsed, pp., C2.—OF. falser (mod. fausser); Late Lat. falsare.

Falsnessis
sb. pl. frauds, W2.

Falten
v. to fail, to be wanting in, to stammer; falt, pr. s., S; fauten, pl., PP.—OF. *falter (whence F. faute); cp. It. faltare, freq. form of Lat. fallere.

Faltren
v. to totter, SkD, C3, CM; to stammer, falter, Prompt.; foltred, pp., S3.

Falwe
adj. fallow, pale, yellow, MD.—AS. fealu (stem fealwa).

Falwen
v. to become yellow, pallid, to fade, MD; faluwen, MD; valuwen, S.—AS. fealuwian.

Familier
adj. familiar, Manip.; famulier, C; famuler, MD.—AF. familier; Lat. familiarem.

Fand
pt. s. found, S, S2, S3; see Finden.

Fandien
v. to try, seek, strive, to prove, MD, S; fande, S2, H; fonde, S, S2, S3, C2; uonden, S; faynd, B; i-fonded, pp., S.—AS. fandian; deriv. of Finden.

Fanding
sb. tempting, temptation, S2; fandynge, H; fondunge, S; fondyng, S2, G; uondynge, S2.—AS. fandung.

Fane
sb. banner, streamer, S3, MD; fayn, weather-vane, S3; fan, C3; vane, C2; fanys, pl., streamers, S3.—AS. fana, a standard, Goth. fana, a bit of cloth; cp. Lat. pannus (pānus), see Curtius, 362.

Fantasie
sb. fancy, PP; fantasy, S3; fantasies, pl., P; fantasyes, S2, C2.—OF. fantasie; Lat. phantasia; Gr. φαντασία.

Fantome
sb. deceptive appearance, falsehood, apparition, MD, C3; fantoum, MD; fantum, S2, W; fantom, H; fantesme, MD; fanteme, MD.—OF. fantosme (Ps. 78. 4); Low Lat. *fantasuma (cp. Prov. fantauma); Lat. phantasma; Gr. φάντασμα.

Fare
sb. journey, S; doing, business, S2, C3, C; behaviour, G.

Faren
v. to go, to fare, to behave, S, S2, C2; uaren, S; færen, S; far, S3; vare, S; fair, S3; farst, 2 pr. s., S; feareð, pr. s., S; fars, S2; varþ, pl., S2; for, pt. s., S, S2; i-faren, pp., S; faren, MD, S2; fare, S, S2, C2; i-fare, S, S2. Comb.: far wel, farewell, C2; pl. fareth wel, C3; farewel, it is all over!, C3.—AS. faran, pt. fór, pp. faren.

Farme
sb. a feast, meal, CM, MD; see Ferme.

Farsen
v. to stuff, HD; farsed, pp., C; farsid, H.—OF. farcir; Lat. farcire.

Fasoun
sb. fashion, make, shape, MD, CM; fassoun, S3; faccion, S3; facions, pl., S3.—OF. fason, fasson, façon; Lat. factionem.

Fast
adj. firm, fixed, SkD; fest, S; faste, adv. fast, firmly, quickly, soon, PP, S, C2; securely, S; feste, S; fast, soon, PP; close, S2; ueste, S; uaste, S2. Phr.: fast aboute, very eager, G.—AS. fæst, firm.

Fast-lice
adv. continuously, S.

Fast-rede
adj. firm in counsel, S.

Fasten
sb. fasting, S; festen, S.

Fasten
v. to make fast, also to fast, jejunare, MD, W (Mt. 6. 16); fest, S2; fæston, pt. pl., confirmed, S; fested, pp., S2.—AS. fæstan; cp. Goth. fastan, ‘jejunare.’

Fasting
sb. abstinence from food, MD; fasstinng, S.

Fastnesse
sb. stronghold, MD; festnes, S2.

Fat
adj. fat, MD; fet, S; fette, pl., S.—AS. fæt; cp. Icel. feitr.

Fat
sb. vessel, S, Voc.; fet, MD; uet, MD; feat, MD; ueat, S; faten, pl., S.—AS. fæt: OS. fat; cp. OHG. faz (Tatian).

Faucon
sb. falcon, C2; faucoun, PP; faukyn, PP; faucones, pl., P.—AF. faucon, falcun; Lat. falconem.

Fauel
sb. impersonification of Flattery, PP; fauuel, S2; fauell, flattery, S3.—OF. favele, talk; Lat. fabella, ‘sermo brevis’ (Ducange).

Faunt
sb. child, infant, MD; faunte, HD; fauntes, pl., P; fauntis, P.—OF. fant, It. fante; Lat. infantem.

Fauntee
sb. childishness, PP.

Fauntekyn
sb. little child, PP; fawntkyne, HD; fantekyne, HD.

Fauntelet
sb. infancy, properly a little infant, PP.

Fauntelte
sb. childishness, PP.

Faur
num. four, MD; faure, S2; see Foure.

Faur-tend
ord. fourteenth, S2. Cf. Vourteþe.

Faute
sb. fault, MD; faut, S2.—OF. faute, falte. See Falten.

Fawch
sb. fallow, S3; fauch, JD; faugh, HD; fauf, HD. Comb.: fawch-ȝallow, fallow-yellow, S3.

Fawe
adj. few, S; see Fewe.

Fawely
adv. few, S3.

Fawn
sb. fawn, the young of an animal, MD; enulus = hinnulus, a young mule, Voc.; fawne, hinulus, Voc.; fowne, hinnilus, Voc. [these Voc. words occur close to names for deer]; fawne, hinnulus, Cath.; fownys, pl., S3.—OF. faön, feön, foün; perhaps a derivative of Lat. foetus, see Diez, p. 580.

Fay
sb. fay, fairy, a person endued with supernatural powers, HD; faie, S2; faies, pl., RD.—OF. faë (fee); Late Lat. fata, from Lat. fatum, a decree of destiny; cp. It. fata, Sp. hada.

Fayerye
sb. magic, fairy world, a fairy, MD; fayreye, PP; feyrye, fairy origin, S2; feyrie, S2, PP; fairye, C2; fairy, P.—OF. faerie, enchantment, also feerie, (Cotg.).

Faym
sb. foam, S3; see Foom.

Fayn
adj. fain, glad, willing, S2, C2, MD; fagen, S; fain, MD; uæin, S; fein, MD; uein, MD; feyn, S2: fawen, MD; fawe, adv., gladly, MD; fainest, superl., CM.—AS. fægen.

Fayn
sb. streamer, weather-vane, S3; see Fane.

Faynen
v. to feign, S3; see Feynen.

Faynen
v. to rejoice, PP; fainen, S2; faunen, to fawn, PP; fawnyn, Prompt.—AS. fagenian, fægnian.

Faynnes
sb. gladness, H (Ps. 67. 3); faynes, H. See Fayn.

Fayntise
sb. pretence, S3; fayntis, H; see Feyntise.

Fayre
adj. fair, C2, PP; faȝȝerr, MD; fæiȝer, MD; faiger, MD; feiȝer, MD; feier, S; uair, S2; feir, MD, S; uayr, S2; fayr, S; vaire, S; faire, pl., S; feyre, S, S2; veyrer, comp., S2; fæirest, superl., S; færeste, pl., S; faireste, S.—AS. fæger.

Fayre
adv. courteously, kindly, PP; fæire, S; faȝȝre, S; faire, S, P; feyre, S, S2, CM; feire, S, S2; uaire, S2.

Fayrehed
sb. beauty, fairness; fairehed, S2; fairhede, S; uayrhede, S2.

Fayrnes
sb. beauty, MD; fairnesse, S, C2.

Fayten
v. to tame, mortify, PP, S2; faiten, PP. See Afaiten.

Faþmen
v. to embrace, S2; see Fadmen.

Faȝe
pl. spotted, S; see Foh.