Fo
adj. few, S; see Fewe.
Foaȝe
adj. spotted, S; see Foh.
Fodder
sb. food for cattle, MD; foddre, dat., S.—AS.
fódor, foddor.
Fode
sb. food, S, S2, MD; uode, S; food, MD;
fude, MD.—AS. fóda.
Fode
sb. child, lad, person, alumnus, S, S2, PP,
HD, MD.
Foh
adj. spotted, S, S2; fou, S; faȝe, pl., S;
foaȝe, S.—AS. fáh; cp. Goth. faihus, Gr.
ποικίλος.
Foine
sb. beech-marten, Cotg. (s.v. fouïnne); foyne, PP;
foynȝee, S3; fooyne, the fur of the marten, Prompt.;
foyns, pl., fur, MD, HD.—OF. foine,
faine, faine, the beech-marten, also faine, the
fruit of the beech tree; Late Lat. fagina, ‘mustela,’ also ‘glans
fagi’ (Ducange); from Lat. faginus, from fagus.
Foison
sb. abundance, plenty, might, MD, Sh., HD; foyson, S2, C3;
foysyn, S2; foysoun, B; fusioune, B.—OF.
foison, fuison; Lat. fusionem.
Folc
sb. folk, people, S, S2, W2, PP; uolk, MD; folk,
PP; uolkes, gen., S; folkene, gen. pl., S;
folken, S2.—AS. folc.
Folde
sb. earth, ground, the world, S2, MD, HD, P.—AS.
folde, OS. folda.
Folde
sb. a fold, plait, MD, PP. Phr.: in monie volde, in
manifold (ways), S.
Folden
v. to fold, shut, embrace, PP; falde, MD; folde,
pt. s., S3; folden, pp., S2, PP.—AS.
fealdan, pt. féold, pp. fealden.
Fole
sb. foal, S, PP; foles, pl., PP; folus,
P.—AS. fola: Goth. fula; cp. Lat. pullus; see
Brugmann, § 208.
Fole
adj. and sb. foolish, lustful, a fool, MD, S2;
foole, S3; foule, H; fule, S2; fool, C2;
foles, pl., S2, S3, P.—AF. fol.
Folie
sb. folly, S2, PP; folye, S, C2, PP; folies,
pl., S.—AF. folie.
Folily
adv. foolishly, C3; folili, W.
Follich
adj. foolish, MD; foly, S2; folliche,
adv., S.
Folte
adj. foolish, Prompt., Cath.; folett, Prompt.—OF.
folet (Bartsch). See Fole
(foolish).
Folten
v. to behave foolishly, MD, Prompt.; folted, pp.
crazed, S2.
Foltheed
sb. folly, PP.
Foltische
adj. foolish, W; foltish, HD.
Foltren
v. to totter, S3; see Faltren.
Foltrye
sb. foolishness, Prompt.
Folwen
v. to follow, C2, C3, PP; folȝen, MD, S; folewe,
S2, PP; folgen, S; follȝhenn, S; folhin, S;
fallow, S2; filghe, S2; foluand,
pr. p., S2; folheð, pr. s., S; folhes,
S; foleweð, S; feleweð, S; fulwes, S2;
folgede, pt. s., MD; folwede, PP; folgeden,
pl., S; folecheden, S; folud, S2; ȝe-folged,
pp., S; i-folewed, PP; y-folowed, PP.—AS.
folgian (fylgean); cp. OHG. folgên (Otfrid).
Fon
v. to seize, grasp, take, receive, S, S2; fo on,
1 pr. pl. subj., begin, S; feng, pt. s.
began, MD; feng on, S; veng, S2; feng, pl.,
S2.—AS. fón, 1 pr. s. fó, pt. feng,
pp. fongen.
Fon
adj. few, S2; foner, comp. fewer, S2; see Fewe.
Fongen
v. to take, receive, PP, S, S2, S3; fangen, PP;
fang, S2; see Fon.
Fonger
sb. receiver, S2.
Fonne
adj. and sb. foolish, a fool, MD; fone, HD;
fon, MD, H, HD.—Cp. Swed. fåne, a fool.
Fonnen
v. to act foolishly, MD; fonned, pp. as adj.
foolish, fond, W, HD; fond, S3, HD. See above.
Font
sb. font, PP; fount, S2, PP; founȝt, S2.
Comb.: funt-fat, font-vessel, S; fant-ston,
font-stone, S; fontstoon, C3; fun-ston, HD.—Church
Lat. fontem.
Foo
adj. and sb., hostile, guilty, a foe, PP, C2;
fo, PP, S2; uo, S2; fa, S; faa, S2;
foon, pl., S3, C2, G, PP; fon, PP, S2; fan,
S; uan, S; foin, HD; foyn, MD; fo, S;
foos, PP, C2; faas, S2; faes, S2; fais, S2;
fays, S3; fayis, S2.—AS. fáh, pl. fá;
cp. Goth. fihan, to hate; see Brugmann, § 458. Cf. Feend.
Foole
sb. fool, S3; fool, PP. Comb.: fool sage,
licensed jester, PP; foole large, foolishly liberal, S3; foole
largely, S3; see Fole.
Foom
sb. foam, C3, MD; fame, HD; fom, S2, MD;
fome, MD, C3; faym, S3.—AS. fám; cp. MHG.
feim.
Foot
sb. foot, also, a measure, S2, C3, HD; fot, S, S2;
fut, B; foote, PP; fote, PP; vote,
dat., S; fute, B; fet, pl., S; fett,
S; vet, S. Comb.: foothot, instantly, S2, C3;
fote hote, HD; futhate, futhat, B.—AS.
fót: Goth. fotus.
For
prep. for, by, for fear of, in spite of, in the place of, for the
sake of, S, S2, PP; forr, S; fore, S, PP;
uor, S.
For
conj. because, in order that, whether, S, S3, PP. Comb.:
for outen, without, besides, S2, B; for owtyn, JD; for
out, B; for te, for to, in order to, S, PP; vor te, S,
S2; for to, PP; vor to, S2; for þan þe, because
that, S; for-þon, S; vorþan, therefore, S; for þat
þe, because that, S; for þet, for that reason, S; for
þi for that cause, S, S2, PP; uorði, S; for-þe, S;
for-þy, S2, PP; forr-þi, because, S; for till, for
to, S3; for-whi, wherefore, S2, PP; because, S3; for-quhy,
S3; for-why, C3, PP.
For
adv. far, S; see Fer.
For
pt. s. fared, S, S2; see Faren.
Forage
sb. forage, food, C2.—OF. forrage, from
forre; Low Lat. fodrum, from a Teutonic source, cp. AS.
fódor. See Fodder.
Forager
sb. forager, messenger, PP. Cf. Forrayour.
Force
sb. force; forss, B; fors, B; forse, matter,
consequence, PP. Phr.: no forse, it matters not, PP; no
fors, S2, C2; no force, ND, HD, S3 (20b, 87); to give no
force, not to care, HD, Palsg.; make no fors, C3.—AF.
force: Late Lat. fortia. Cp. Cotg. (s.v.): je ne fais
point force de cela, I care not for, I force not of, that thing.
Forcere
sb. casket, strong-box, PP; forcer, HD; focer, HD;
fosar, HD.—OF. forsier; Low Lat. forsarium
(acc.), see Ducange.
Ford
sb. a ford, passage, course, MD; forde, PP; forth,
PP, S2; vorþ, S2; furth, MD.—AS. ford
(OET.).
Fore
prep. before, S; for, JD. Comb.: for by,
past, by, B, C2, C3; for gane, opposite to, S3, B; for
outh, before, in front of, B; forowth, B; forrouth,
S2, B; forrow, S2, B.—AS. for, fore, in the
sight of, before, Goth. faura.
Forest
sb. forest, MD; forestes, pl., PP.—OF.
forest.
Forester
sb. forester, MD; forster, C, PP, HD;
foster, HD.
Foreyn
adj. strange, MD; foreynes, pl. strangers,
PP.—OF. forain; Late Lat. foraneum.
Forfet
sb. crime, forfeit, PP, MD.—OF. forfet,
forfait; Late Lat. forisfactum, forefacttum
(Ducange). (For- 4.)
Forfeten
v. to do wrong, to fail, to forfeit, MD, PP; forfaiten,
PP. (For- 4.)
Forgen
v. to make, construct, forge (of smith’s work), MD;
forgeden, pt. pl., W2 (Ps. 128. 3); forgit,
pp., S3; forgid, PP.—OF. forger,
forgier (Ps. 128. 3); Lat. fabricare (Vulg.).
Forgetil
adj. forgetful, H.—AS. forgitol.
Forgetilnes
sb. forgetfulness, H.—AS. forgitolnes.
Forloynen
v. to go far astray, MD, HD; forloyned, pp.,
S2.—OF. forlonger, to go far before (Cotg.). (For- 4.)
Formaylle
sb. the female hawk, MD, HD.—Cp. OF. forme,
a kind of hawk (Cotg.).
Forme
adj. superl. first, S, PP; forrme, S; furme, MD.
Comb.: forme-fader, ancestor, S, S2, S3, H, PP;
forme-foster, progenitor, S2; forme-mete, first meat,
morning-meal, S.—AS. forma, superl. of fore,
before.
Forme
sb. form, figure, shape, MD; scabellum, Voc.;
furme, MD; fourme, MD, W; fourm, MD; foorme,
form of a hare, Prompt. (see F. forme, Cotg.).—AF.
forme; Lat. forma.
Formen
v. to form, Prompt.—OF. former; Lat.
formare.
Former
sb. former, creator, MD, PP.
Formere
adj. comp. former, MD.—Comb.: formere fader,
ancestor, S2.
Formest
adj. superl. first, S, PP; furmest, S2.—AS.
fyrmest (formest).
Formour
sb. former, creator, MD, PP; formeour, PP;
formyour, MD, S2.—OF. formeör; Lat.
formatorem.
Forn
prep. and adv. before, MD, HD; foren, S.
Comb.: forn aȝens, over against, W.—AS.
foran; cp. OHG. forn, ‘olim’ (Tatian).
Forneys
sb. furnace, C; fornays, MD; furneise, S;
fornes, S2; fourneys, C2, C3; fornesse,
HD.—OF. fornaise; Lat. fornacem.
Forray
sb. foray, B.
Forray
v. to forage, B.
Forrayour
sb. forayer, forager, B; foreyours, pl., PP;
foreioures, PP. Cf. Forager.
Forred
pp. furred, S2, PP; see Furren.
Forth
adv. forth, henceforth, throughout, PP, S; uorth, S, S2;
furð, S, S2; forth, prep., along, S2; furth,
S3. Comb.: forth daies, far advanced in the day, W;
fore days, HD; furth of, forth from, S3; forð riht,
straightway, MD; forð rihtes, S; forð to, until, S; for
to, S2; forte, S, S2; fort, S; uort, S;
forthward, forward, S, S2, 03; forðwyth, right before, S2;
forthwit, S; forwit, S2.
Forther
adv. further, S2, PP; ferther, C2; furder, S3;
furðer, MD. Comb.: forthermore, furthermore, C2,
C3; forthermo, C3; forthirmar, S2; forther ouer,
more over, C3.—AS. Furðor (= Fore + suffix
-ðor).
Forther
v. to further, aid, S2; forthren, C; furðren, S;
firthren, S.—AS. fyrðrian.
Fortune
sb. fortune, chance, MD, Prompt.; fortoun, B.—OF.
fortune; Lat. fortuna.
Fortune
v. to make fortunate, to happen, S3, HD, C.
Fortunous
adj. fortunate, HD.
Forwe
sb. furrow, PP; see Fur.
Forðen
adv. even, also, MD; forrþenn, S.—AS. forðum
(furðum).
Forðen
v. to promote, perform, S.—AS. forðian.
Foster
sb. nourishment, MD, HD; one nurtured, a child, MD;
fostyr, nurturer, fosterer, S3.—AS. fóstor
(= fód-stor), nourishment. See Fode.
Fostren
v. to foster, support, cherish, PP; fosstrenn, S;
fostred, pt. s., C2, C3; y-fostred, pp.,
C2.—AS. fóstrian.
Fother
sb. a carriage-load, a load, MD, C; fothyr, B;
fudder, JD; fudyr, B; uoðere, pl.,
MD.—AS. fóðer; cp. OHG. fuodar (mod. fuder), whence F.
foudre.
Fou
adj. spotted, S; see Foh.
Foul
sb. fowl, bird, S2, C, PP; foȝel, S; fowel, C, PP;
foghill, H; fuhel, S; foull, S3; fugeles,
pl., S; fuȝeles, S; fughils, H; fueles, S;
fuweles, S; fogheles, S2; foghles, S2.—AS.
fugol.
Foul
adj. foul, PP, MD; uoul, MD, S2; ful, S;
fule, adv., S; foule, G; fuluste,
superl., MD. Comb.: ful-itowen, badly disciplined,
wanton, MD; ful-itohen, S; fulitohe, S.—AS.
fúl, Goth. fuls.
Foule
sb. fool, H; see Fole.
Foulen
v. to make foul, defile, revile, destroy, S2, PP; fowlen,
S2; fulen, S; filen, S2; fild, pp.,
S2.—AS. fúlian, to become foul, fýlan, ‘inquinare.’
See Foul.
Foulere
sb. a taker of birds, W2. See Foul.
Foundement
sb. foundation, S3, W.
Founden
v. to found, PP; fundit, pp., S3; y-founde,
S3; foundun, W.—OF. fonder, Lat. fundare.
Foundour
sb. founder, PP.—OF. fondeur; Lat.
fundatorem.
Foundren
v. to founder, also to cause to sink, MD; foundre, C;
foundered, pp., S2; fowndryd (as horse),
PP.—OF. fondrer, an extended form of fonder, to fall
(Bartsch); see also Diez, p. 144.
Founs
sb. bottom, S2; founce, MD, WA.—OF. fons
(Bartsch); Lat. fundus; cp. Prov. founs, deep (Diez,
p. 143).
Foure
num. four, C3, PP; fower, S; uour, S; fuwer,
MD; faur, MD; faure, S2; fawre, S2; fowre,
S2.—AS. féower, OS. fiuwar: Goth. fidwor; cp.
OWel. petguar, Lat. quatuor.
Foute
sb. scent, trace of a beast of chase, S2; see Feute.
Fownys
sb. pl. fawns, S3; see Fawn.
Foyne
sb. a foin, thrust, S3; prick, punctus, Manip.;
foines, pl., ND.
Foynen
v. to thrust or lunge with a sword, MD, C; feyne, MD;
foignen, MD; foin, ND, Sh.; foygnede, pt.
s., MD; foyneden, pl., MD; fwnȝeit, B.
Foȝ
sb. mutual consent, junctura, MD; foȝe,
dat., S.—AS. fóg, gefóg.