FER FELLOE. Now applied to the circumferential segments (of wood) in which the spokes radiating from the nave are infixed, and which are surrounded by the (iron) rim or tire. Forsothe the whelis weren siche, as ben wonte to be maad in a chaar; and the axtre of hem, and the spokys, and the felijs (L. V. dowlis, canthi), and the naue alle 3oten. Wic. 3 Kings vii. 33. On silver spokes the golden fellies rolled (aurea summæ curvatura rota).-Sandy's Ovid. Met. ii. 107. FELLOW, v. FELLOWSHIP, v. Wiclif, Chaucer, and Earl of Wurcestre. Wherfor whom euere Saul sau a strong man and able to bateil, he felawshipide him to him silf. (L. V. feloushipide, sociabat.)- Wic. 1 Kings xiv. 52; also v. 22-24. Solytary vertue may not itself attayne to such things as ben hyghest, but joyned and felawshipped with other it mighte atteyne.-Tullius. De Amicitia, Wurcestre, c. 7. And if there bee any thyng that knitteth and felowshippeth (societ) himself to thilke middle poincte, it is constrained into simplicitie.-Chaucer. Boecius, b. iv. p. 6. And the Lord was with Joseph, and he was a luckie felowe, and continued in the house of his Master, the Egyptian. Bible, 1549. Gen. xxxix. Of Moises, the felow that brought us out of the land of Egypt, we wot not what is become.-ld. Er. xxxii. FELON. And the dekene, hosebonde of the wijf that was slayn, was axid, how so greet felonye was doon (tantum scelus). Wic. Judg. xx. 3; also ix. 24. He af his lijf in to deth; and was arettid with felenouse (sceleratos) men; and he dide a wei the synne of many men, and he preiede for trespassouris.-Id. Is. liii. 12. So much rose the felony of the Romans (felness). Berners' Froissart, i. 510. FEN. See Piers Plouhman in v. Be-slyme, supra. And he bildide a wal, forsothe thei dawbeden, or pargeten it with fen without chaffis (luto).- Wic. Ez. xiii. 10. The hound turn azen to his castyng, and a sowe is waischung in walwyng of fenne. (E.V.cley, luti.)-Id. 2 Pet. ii. 12. FENCE. From the wild waves he (Industry) won the Belgic land; FENDE. See FIEND. FER. See FAR. FERD, s. i. e. Fear, qv. and the Quotations from Chaucer. No man shal stoond azens tow; your dreed and feerd (L.V. outward drede and inward drede, terrorem et formidinem) shulen yue the Lord 3oure God upon al the lande, that ye ben to trede.- Wic. Deut. xi. 25. And smoke stiede therof as of a furneis, and al the hil was ferdful. (E.V. feerful, terribilis.)-Id. Ex. xix. 18. And ener be thou suffrynge fals callengis; and be thou oppresside in al daies, and wondriden at the ferdfulnes (E. V. drede, terrorem) of tho thingis whiche thin izen shulen see.-Id. Deut. xxviii. 34. Suche ferde hau these louers in presence of their loues, and subjectes aforne their soveraines. Chaucer. Test. of Loue, b. i. For feere of hir tonge.-Piers Plouhman's Vision, v. 12024. FERIE, n. Lyfe of our Ladye, b. 7, c. 1. FIL Of these things others quickly will dispose, Let me know if Aldemey's calf be sould yet, and what FEW. Whether not the fewenesse (paucitas) of my dajis shal ben endid in short? Wic. Job x. 20. They (students at Cambridge) be content with a penny peece of beef amongst four, having a few pottage made of the broth of the same beef, &c. Ser. by Thos. Sonor, An. 1550, in Strype. FEWELL. FEUAGE, or FUAGE, from Fr. Feuage. A tax similar to our Hearth or Chimney Money. Skinner. And see FOUAGE, in Cotgrave. So to this counsayle for reysing this fewage (they) weie called.-Berners' Froissart, i. 151. FEY, v. FERS, s. and pl. Ferses. For fere, and feres, thrown out.-Hol. Livy, p. 414. A deale of snow there was to be digged, faied, and Chessmen, see Chaucer in v. Check, supra. Fers, The King's fere, i. e. the Queen. Feres, The At chesse with me she gan to play; Chaucer. The Duchesse, v. 654. Ne say not so, for, truely, FERVENT, ad. 1b. v. 723. For he was stirid atens hem bi my feruent loue (zelo meo), And franke bitokeneth the soverayn excellence, There are few reformations that would do more to Chalmers. On the Constitution of Man, pt. i. c. 7. Strive not to run a furlong in a breath; festination may FESTUE. Browne. Christian Morals, pt. i. § xxxiii. Lewed men may likne yow thus, Piers Plouhman's Vision, v. 6183. FETCH, v. Written Fecche, fette, fet. A. S. I see What I can do or offer is suspect; Forsothe this wisdom is not from aboue comyng down, but ertheli, beestli, and feendli (animalis et diabolica). Wie. James iii. 15. FIERCE. Twenty junge men manly wenten to the wall, and with feerse inwitt goynge (feroci animo) thei stieden up. Wic. 2 Mac. x. 35. And yet ner the latere these thingus doende, thee myžten not swage the feerste (L. V. fersnesse, ferocitatem) (also written the feerse) of his breste.-Id. Judith iii. 11. And Jacob bolnyde, and seide with strijf, For what cause of me, and for what synne of me, hast thou come so fersly (L. V. fulbrent, exarsisti) aftir me, and hast sout all the purtenance of myn hous.-Id. Gen. xxxi. 36. This Arcite tho. As fers as a leon, pulled out a swerd. And thanne was he calledNoght holy Crist, but Jhesu, A faunt fyn of wit, Filius Mariæ.-Piers Plouhman's Vision, v. 13187. And the Lord of Oostis schal make in this hil to all puplis the feeste of fatte thingis, the feeste of vyndage of fatte thingis ful of merow, of vyndage wel fined (defacuta). Wic. Is. xxv. 6. Than wold they never fine Chaucer. Wif of Bathes Tale, v. 6718. Id. Troylus and Cressida, w. 42. Thou art too fine in thy evidence: Stand aside. Shakespeare. All's Well that Ends Well, act v. sc. 3. Your Majesty was too fine for my Lord Burghley, i. e. refined, full of finesse, qv.-Bacon. Apophthegmes. All their vowes and invocations upon the gods for their help would not serve, but only it was fine force and meere manhood must do the deede.-Holland. Livy, p. 434. FINE. Finitude,-applied to created things, imports the proportions of the several properties of these things to one another. Infinitude, the unboundedness of these degrees of properties. Cheyne. To imagine that I have completed (this high investigation) would be to forget at once the fulness of the creation, and the finitude of the creature. Chalmers. Constitution of Man, Ded. FINT, i. e. Findeth. See FIND. For the thorny erbe that is clepid Saliunka schal steețen up a firr tree (abies).- Wic. Is. lv. 13. Forsothe he seide to hem, No but (nisi) I schal se in his hondis the ficching of naylis (L. V. fitchinge, fixuram), and schal sende my fyngris into placis and I schal sende myn honde in to his syde, I schal not bileue.- Wic. John xx. 25. FIZZ. Written Fyest in Skelton. See Dyce, Notes, p. 170. FLAGITIOUS. Forsothe thou cursid, and of alle men most flagiciouse (flagitiosissime), or fullist of yuil doyngus, and stiryngus, nyl thou veynly ben enhaunsid.- Wic. 2 Mac. vii. 34. FLAM, v. Now before thou fliest to the old, stale, usual pretence, that thou canst do none of those things, consider with thy self, that there is a God who is not to be flammed off with lies, who knows exactly what thou canst do, and what thou canst not.-South. Sermons. The Will for the Deed. FLAME, v. See Piers Plouhman, in v. Foster, infra. As wax and a weke Were twyned togideres, And than a fir flawmynge Forth out of bothe.-Piers Plouhman's Vision, v. 11778. In whiche my body brennen shall to glede, That all be well. Chaucer. Troylus and Cressida, b. v. v. 302. FLANNEL. In flannen robes the coughing ghost does walk. FLAP. The flodis shuln flappe for ioye with hond togidere (plaudent).- Wic. Ps. xcvii. 8. I shal do hem awei as powdre of the erthe; and as cleye of streetis I shall breek hem and to flappe (confringam). Id. 2 Kings xxii. 43. FLASH, v. Alas, ye Lordes, many a false flatour FLAW. Chaucer. Nonnes Preestes Tale, v. 15331. So pent-the vapours with a trembling sound Dryden. Virgil. Æneid, viii. 325. For the Kyng of Yrael is goon out that he seche a quyk flize (L. V. fle, pulicem) as a patritch is pursued in hillis. Wic. 1 Kings xxvi. 20. Awake, thou coke, quod he, God yeve the sorwe, What aileth the to slepen by the morwe, Hast thou had fleen at night, or art thou dronke? Chaucer. Manciples Prol, v. 16966. My mistress sends away all her suitors, and puts fleas their ears.-The Puritan, act iii. sc. 1. FLEE. And thou schalt make in to the usis of the auter, pannes to receyue aischis, and tongis, and fleisch hookis (fuscinulas), and resettis of fyris; thou schalt make alle vessilis of brasse.-Id. Ex. xxvii. 3. And this order constraineth by the proper stabilitie the movable thinges, or else thei shulden flete folily (temere fluituras).-Chaucer. Boecius, b. iv. p. 6. Bats or flitter mise (are creatures) between birds and beasts.- Wats. Bacon, de Ang. 1. iii. c. 1. FLOAT. See quotation from Shakespeare in Dictionary, and that from Dryden, infra. Cast thi cure on the Lord, and he schal fulli nurische; and he schal not yue withouten end floteryng to a iust man (in æternum fluctuationem).- Wic. Ps. liv. 23. They flotteren without governour sine rectore fluitabunt. Chaucer. Boecius, b. iii. pr. 11. And are upon the Mediterranean float FLOCK. Dryden. Tempest, act i. sc. 1. Also othere men weren gaderide togidere flocmeel (gregatim) and camen out of housis, bisechynge with opyn bisechyng for that-that the place was comynge to dispit. Wic. 2 Mac. iii. 18. FLOM. A river. See Robert of Brunne in v. Gate in the Dictionary. FLOOD. And he (Noe) was of sixe hundryd teeris, whanne the watris of the flood floweden upon the erthe (diluvii aque inundaverunt).- Wic. Gen. vii. 6. Nakeden shal be the flod womb (L. V. botme of water, alveus rivi), and the ryueres fro ther welle.-Id. Is. xix. 7. And right as a sea yeneth flood, so draweth sea ebbe-and pulleth ayen under wawe-all the first out throwe. Chaucer. Test. of Loue, b. ii. And whanne thei hadden bigun to trede on the drie erthe, the watris turneden ajen in to her trowe (in alveum suum), and flowiden as tho weren wont before.-Wic. Josh. iv. 18. Aftir that alle kyngis of Amorreys (Amorites) herden, that the Lord hadden dried the flowyngis (E. V. flodis, influenta) of Jordan bifor the sones of Israel, til thei passiden, the herte of hem was failid.-Id. Ib. v. 1. FLOW, v. To rise to fulness. flate, puff out. When Night Met. to fill, in A FOAM. FOO Maister, Y haue broust to thee my sone, that hath a doumbe spirit, and where euer he takith him, he hurtlith hym doun and he fometh. (E. V. frothith or vometh, spumat.)-Wic. Mark ix. 16. (Ye shall) eete not o day, ne two, ne fyue, or tenne, ne FODDER, v. FOG. All foggy fat she was.-Skelton. El. Rum. v. 483. Forth with his wife haue him croned, Fr. Gower. Conf. Am. b. viii. p. 183, col. 2. Cary. Dante, Purgatory, xxviii. 124. And Symount bowide or folden (flerus), fante not ageinus hem, and overcamen not hem.-Wic. 1 Mac. xiii. 47. The knee bowid or folden bifore hym; thei scornyden hym, seyinge, Hayle, Kyng of Jewes. (L. V. kneliden, genu fleru.)-Id. Mat. xxvii. 29. FOLIACEOUS. And this moves sober pens into suspensory and timerous assertions, not presently to obtrude them as Sibyl's leaves; which after considerations may find to be but folious appearances, and not the central and vital interiors of truth. Browne. Christian Morals, pt. iì. § iii. FOLK. Beside a fulke-men clepe Cimerie, FOLLOW. FOOT. FOR And Achab seith, Bi whom? And he seide to hym, Bi Leading her toward a footstool'd throne Cowper. Odyssey, i. 167; also x. 386. FOR. For to se (Wiclif); For to don, for to han Piers Plouhman's Vision, v. 3811. Hackluyt, v. i. R. Thorne to Dr. Ley. With your forblowe blowynge vanyte? And Richard vor brec there hys neeke atwo. FOR-BUY. To buy out, to redeem. Y the Lord shal lede you out of the traueilous prisoun of I wote (he, Job, seith) that my forbier (L. V. agenbier) tif forsothe no God of alle Gentilis and of regyouns myste deliuere his puple of my hond (Sennacherib) and of the hond of my fadirs, folowyngly (L. V. suyngli, consequenter) ne your God schal mown (poterit) delyuere you of this myn hond.- Wic. 2 Par. xxxii. 15. But Cristes lore, and his apostles twelve, FOND. The fifte, is moder of helthe, Piers Plouhman's Vision, v. 9512. He (a prelat) is seid fonned salt, not prophetable to eny thing. Wic. Prol. p. 31. And Jetro seide, Thou doist a thing not good; thou art wastid with a fonnid trauel (E. V. foli, stulto), both thou and this puple, which is with thee.-ld. Ex. xviii. 18. And Y schal terre hem to yre in a fonned folk. Id. Deut. xxxii. 21. And in the profetis of Samarie Isit fonnedness, and thei And toke a light, and found his countenance Chaucer. Troylus and Cressida, b. iii. v. 981. How fonned and folysshe ben the old aged men that desyre or weeshe to be yong agayn. The Boke of Tulle of Old Age, a. 52. Also i. 1. How subtly to detain thee I devise, FOOL. Milton. Par. L. b. viii. v. 209. But and if I had doon foolhardili atens my soule, that myste the kyng unknowe, and thou shuldist stond forn azens.- Wic. 2 Kings xviii. 13. It semeth betere thus, "thou and thi sones schulen suffre the synnes of youre presthod," that is, if ony men pressen forth hem silf bi joure necligence, not onely thei schulen be punyschid for her foolhardynesse, but ze schulen be panyschid for your necligence. Id. Num. xviii. 1, marg. note. And foors (vim) thei maden to Loth moost hidowsly. And atte laste by euyl company was ledde so that he forced not openly to goo to the stewes.-Oracion of Cayus And comming neere his foes, he sternly cries, Fairefax. Godfrey of Bulloigne, b. ix. st. 766. Shakespeare. Macbeth, act v. sc. 5. FOR-CUT. See FOR-CARVE, in Dictionary. And so boweth forth by a brook, Til ye fynden a ford.-Piers Plouhman's Vision, v. 3639. And thei wenten doun after hym, and thei occupyeden the foordis (L. V. forthis, vada) of Jordan that ouersenden in to Moab.-Wic. Judges iii. 28; and xii. 5, forthis in both And Gyle was for-goer Piers Plouhman's Vision, v. 1256. Where the forgoere (L. V. bifore goere, precursor) for us entride in-Jhesus.- Wic. Heb. vi. 20. FORE-GUESS. See PRESUME. FOREIGN. A foreine (Chaucer). An outer court or yard. Foreigner used by A. Marvel for one not a Downe in the bottom derke and wonder lowe, That longing was unto the doughtren tweine FORE-KNOWLEDGE. Prior or preceding know ledge. That glorious shining light Fairefax. Godfrey of Bulloigne, b. xiv. st. 6. Themselues forenenst old Raphias towne they fond. Fairefar. Godfrey of Bulloigne, b. xv. st. 15. FORE-REVENGE, v. To anticipate revenge (of an injury to be done). The murderer encompass'd now with swords, and desperate, fore-revenges his own fall with the death of another, whom his poniard reached home. Milton. History of England, b. iv. An. 626. In old English writers, witches are supposed to possess the power of fore-speaking, or fore-dooming; and hence to fore-speak, is considered to be equiva The most violent opponents of the King's (James VI.) government were forfeited; the rest were allowed still to hope for favour. Robertson. History of Scotland, b. v. An. 1568. FOR-FEND, v. Than for I spac to God, thee also I shal not forfende. (L. V. forbede, prohibebo.)—Wic. Job xxxiv. 31, et aliter. FORGE. In forging of gold-signe is of a smaragd. (L. V. the She greuede (L. V. boonde, irretivit) hym with manye makyng, in fabricatione.)- Wic. Ecclus. xxxii. 8. FOR Lechis bihoten that that is of lechis; forgers (L. V. FOR-GET. FOR FORN-HAD, i. e. had before. jeeld to now the fornhad strengthe. (L. V. formere, pris- FORNICATE. Norris writes, Fornicarious.- Thes (ten hornes) shulen haate the fornicarie womman The dede was ver-gyte anon.-Robert of Gloucester, p. 314. Forsothe to whom thes ben not redy, he is blynd, and by hond temptynge, or assayinge, receyuynge forzettingnes of the purgynge of his old trespassis. (L. V. forgetith, oblivionem accipiens.)- Wic. 2 Pet. i. 9. Many greate in werthinesse losed, han bee tofore this tyme that now out of memorie are sheden, and cleanly forgotten for defaute of writynges. FOR-GIVE, v. Chaucer. Test. of Loue, b. i. So wole Crist of his curtesie, Piers Plouhman's Vision, v. 11850. Chaucer. Lucrece, v. 1852. One of our late great poets is sunk in his reputation, because he could never forgive any conceit, which came in his way, but swept like a drag-net great and small. Dryden. Preface to Fables. FOR-GO, v. Forgon (Wiclif), i. e. Gon forth or away from, sc. the right path, the truth; misled, deceived. Colocenses also, thei as Laodicensis ben men of Asye, and they were forgon by false Apostles. (L. V. disseyued.) Wic. Coloss. Prol. Your friends all wearie, and your spirits spent, FOR-LENT. Lent, gave, given,-forth, or utterly. Timias That ladies love unto his lord forlent. FOR-SHAPE, v. Piers Plouhman's Vision, v. 11945. FOR-SLOW, FOR-SLOTH. (He) hath his angels him to serue, Gower. Conf. Am. b. viii. fo. 1731. s. Forswearing. See FOR-BID. With dreadfull force and furious intent, FOR-LESE, v. Id. lb. b. iv. c. iii. v. 6. She held her selfen a forlost creîture. Will ye not obey holy Church? Will ye not do the penance enjoined you by holy Church? Will ye not forswear obedience to holy Church? Beware, lest you fall into the indignation of holy Church, lest they curse you.-Tyndale. Answer to Sir T. More's Dialogue, p. 12. (Parker Soc. Ed.) The Lord spake to Moises and seide, A soule that synether makith fals chaleng, ether fyndeth a thing lost, and denyeth ferthermore and forswerith (pejeravit), &c.- Wic. Lev. vi. 3. neth FOR-LOOK, v. To look forth. Wic. Ecclus. iii. 34. Manye forsothe ben the spies of the treccherous: (The Brutons) her poer verlore. Robert of Gloucester, p. 227. Chaucer. Boke of the Duchesse, v. 386. FORM. To formalize (in Hales, see in Dictionary); to speak or act according to set form; in North, infra, equal to-to stand upon ceremony; to be over-nice or scrupulous. Kynde, quod Wit, is a creatour Fader and formour Of all that ever was maked. Piers Plouhman's Vision, v. 5202. For the sake of his (Bridgeman's) family, that gathered like a snowball, while he had the seal he would not have formalized with any tolerable compliance. North. Examen, xxxviii. Quoted in Campbell, ii. 287. FORMER. Dyce, on Skelton, says, first, highest. It is, prior, superior. And he (Jacob) commaundide to the formere (E. V. forther, priori), and seide, If thou shalt mete my brother Esau, and, &c.- Wic. Gen. xxxii. 17. Of honour and worshyp, which hath the former state. FOR-SYTH. Regardeth, Dyce. Seeth or looketh Skelton, i. 232. And whanne it was forth daies (E. V. moche our was As an egle, forthclepynge his bryddis to flee (L. V. sti- Doth awei his forthgetingus (L. V. siouns, propagines), for thei ben not the Lordis.-Wic. Jer. v. 10. FOR-THINK, v. God seide, It me forthynketh (pænitet me fecisse hominem). Piers Plouhman's Vision, v. 5432. Sotheli he answerynge seith, I nyle; forsothe afterward he stirid by penaunce or forthenkynge wente (poenitentia), E.V. The L. V. is in the Dictionary.-Wic. Mat. xxi. 29. The Greek hath Metanoia and metanoite, repentance and repent; or forethinking and forethink. As we say in English, It forethinketh me, or I forethink; and, I repent, or it repenteth me. So now the Scripture saith, Repent, or let it forethink you. Tyndale. Answer to Sir T. More, p. 12. (Parker Soc. Ed.) FRA FOR-TOP, s. Supreme or extreme top; summit. Blessynge of hym that aperyde in the busshe come upon the heed of Joseph, and upon the fortop of Nazarez among his britheren. (L.V. cop, verticem.)- Wic. Deut. xxxiii. 18. FORTY. Thei (physiciens) would fowertie were sicke at ones. It nedeth me not long the forvise, Atcheved wel.-Chaucer. Troylus and Cressida, b. ii. Piers Plouhman's Vision, v. 13586. I wote not, that thon be offendid in holi scripturis thurt symplenesse, and as thurs fouines of wordis. Wic. Pref. Ep. p. 73. And put thou it void upon coolis, that it wexe hoot, and the brasse therof melt, and the foulyng therof. (L.V.filthe, inquinamentum.)-Id. Ez. xxiv. 11. FOUND, v. Lat. Fund-are, and fund-ere, both from fundus; fund-are, equivalent to fundum ponere, and fund-ere, to fundum jacere; or the latter may be from the Gr. xovw of the same signification. Fundus, pro imo dolii, fluminis, maris; equivalent to the Dut. Grond or gront. (Vossius.) See GROUND, that on which, &c. FOUNES or FOWNES, s. Skinner, qd. Founds, inventa, devices, from the v. to find. Jun. Devices, imaginations, fancies, conceits, and suggests an affinity with fond, denoting too indulgent to children; also fatuous (qv.). He founde his countenance; (he framed his looke.) Chaucer, Troylus and Cressida, b. iii. v. 981. But see v. Fond, supra. All other dredes weren from him fledde, Chaucer. Troylus and Cressida, b. i. v. 465. Golde, franke, and myrre, they yave hym al thre. FRAUD. He (being) ateynt of the trespas shal telde alle thingis hoole that thurs frawde (per fraudem) he wolde with hoolde.-Id. Lev. iv. 5. And he (a dispiside man) shal cum priuely, and shal weelde the rewme in fraude doynge. (L. V. bi gile, fraudulentia.)-Id. Dan. xi. 21. The Egyptians were guilty of inexcusable fraudulency, which could not be commanded or authorized by a just God.-Geddes Crit. Rem. on Ex. c. xii. v. 2. FRAY, v. All sodainly as thing dying. He fell at ones downe sowning; That, for his wo, this Lady fraid, Unto the Quene hire hyed.-Chaucer's Dreme, v. 521. Thy carkesse shalbe meate vnto all maner foules of the ayre, and unto the beastes of the erthe, and no man shall frage them awaye.-Bible, 1549. Deut. c. xxviii. FRAYNE. But by a frayning for than Faileth ther manye.-Piers Plouhman's Crede, v. 53. FREE, sc. Also without spot or blemish ; chaste, pure, unspotted, unblemished. If thes thre thingis he do not, she shal goon out freelich (L.V. freli, gratis) with outen money.-Wic. Er. xxi. 11. And whan he hath late the sparow freliche (L.V. frely, libere) flee awey in the feelde, he shal preye for the hows, and thurg ryst it shal be madd clene.-Id. Lev. xiv. 53. FREELTEE. i. e. Frailty, Frailness. FREELNESS. SFRAIL FREM. He was a nygard That no good myghte aspare To frend ne to fremmed. FREQUENT. See Piers Plouhman's Vision, v. 9900. The favouring moon arose To guard them on their flight through upland paths Remote from frequentage.-Southey Don Roderick, § x. Seie thou to wisdom, thou art my sistir, and clepe thou prudence thi frendesse. (E. V. lemman, amica.) Wic. Prov. vii. 4. Kisse he me with the cos of his mouth: that is Ywolde, that God schewe hym silf frendful to me bi signis and werkis, as a spouse to the spousesse. Id. Song of Solomon, i. 1, (mar. note.) I trust that the frendlyhode of Scipio with Lelyus shalle be knowen to all them whiche shal come after us. Tullius de Amicitia. Erle of Wurcestre, a. 52. Frendship forsothe is nothyng elles but the knyttyng to gydre of that thyng that is goodly, and of that thyng that is humayne with souerayne benyuolence and charyte. Id. lb. a. 62. With love to friend, th' impatient lover went. Dryden. Sigism, and Guiscard. FRIEZE. FUL In dud frese ye war schrynyd With better frese lyuyd.—Skelton, i. 121, 1. 46. Dyce. Ed. FRITH. Hackluyt writes-Frete or straight of Magellan, Hack. iii. 11; and fret several times afterwards. We first advertise, it [Euripus] generally signifleth any strait, fret, or channel of the sea, running between two shores.-Brown. Vulgar Errours, b. vii. c. 13. The fret or channel of Euripus not ebbing or flowing seven times a day, according to common report.-Id. 16. FRITH. He is frythed in with floreyns And othere fees manye. Piers Plouhman's Vision, v. 3668. He drew a Hatchet out of a frog-belt.—Id. FRORE. FROST. That were noughte froslynges. Skelton. El. Rum. v. 460. I as a vyne frutede swotnesse of smell, and my floures (ben) frutes of honour and of honeste. (L.V. made fruyt, fructificavi.)-Wic. Ecclus. xxiv. 23. FRUMP, s. A mock, a scoff; applied to a crosstempered, scornful person, generally a female. Mrs. Cad. Our Bell came in and interrupted him, and methought she looked very frumpish and jealous. Foote. Author, ii. 1. FRUSH. So may ye safely pass Southey. Madoc, pt. ii. § xix. FRY. (These) schal be spreint with aile in the fring panne, and schal be fried (sartagine, frigetur).— Wic. Lev. vi. 21. FUDGE. Foote. The Bankrupt, A. 3. Marg. That last-suppose-is fudged in, Why should you cram these upon me? FUGITIVE. This (Wisdam) forsothe the ferr fugitif, or fleynge ristwis fro the wrathe of his brother (L.V. that fledde, profugum ira patris justum) ladde awei bi rizt weies; and shewede to hym the kingdam of God.- Wic. Wisd. x. 10. FULFIL, v. And there was a begger, Lazarus bi name, that lai at his gate ful of bilis and coueitide to be fulfillid (saturari) of the crummes, that fellen doun fro the riche mannis boord, and no man af to him.- Wic. Luke i. 23. And day by day her wombe gan to ryse Through the fulfillyng of the holy ghoost. Lyfe of our Ladye, d. vii. c. 1. FULK, i. e. Folk, qv. FULL. Wiclif renders the Lat. Valde by ful, and thus it is used as equivalent to—very, completely. FUR In Robert of Gloucester, Full sore is very sore. In R. Brunne, full loud is very loud. And to ful brenne in Wic. exardere. Ful fat, incrassare. Ful fedyng, saturitas. See FULSOME. Ful is also frequently affixed to form a compound substantive, as Handful, handfuls; Spoonful, spoonfuls, &c. And for to haue my fulle of that fruyt (I wolde) forsake alle othere. Piers Plouhman's Vision, v. 10814. Whanne hir guttes fullen.-Id. v. 5716. FULL, v. The A. S. Full-ian is also-to baptize, to sprinkle. In Matt. iii. 1, John the Baptist is called Johannes se fulluhtere. The application is deduced from the operation of fulling by the action And tho that bicome cristene And upon Calvarie on cros Yerouned kyng of Jewes.-Id. v. 13041. Why is thy clothyng rede and thy vestymentes as troden or fulled in a presse?- The Golden Legend, fo. 24, c. 3. FULSOME. Baret, in his Alvearie, 1573, ex plains-Fruitefull, ranck, battle. In the edition of 1580, Sluttish, squalidus, nauseosus. Crasseaux. In Cotgrave we find Nideur and Nidoreux applied to the stench or fulsom savor of things broiled or burned. Skinner, who is followed by Johnson, derives from foul, and some. Minsheu, Wallis, and Tyrwhitt coincide with Junius, who explains the word to signify Nauseous, whatever from too great abundance provokes Nausea. Nauseous, disgusting, offensive, from fulness, superabundance, or excess; gross, rank. See the Quotations from Caxton, Wurcestre, infra; Chaucer Elyot, and Godwin, in Dictionary. For alwey God gaf hyr to her presence Lyfe of our Ladye. W. Carton, a. 5, col. 1. Shedyth his stremys into the ryuere.-ld. Ib. b. 5, col. 2. Of fulsomeness angels to fede.-Id. Ib. i. 2. Tullius de Amicitia. Erle of Wurcestre, b. 7, col. 2. There is not such fulsomenesse in frendship, as ther is in other thingis.-Id. Ib. col. 3. The skilful shepheard pil'd me certaine wands, To whom for curteyns of golde and sylke FURNACE. The Golden Legend, fo. 10, c. 3. Thanne when the sunne is gon down, ther was maad a derke clowd, and a furneys (clibunus) smekynge aperyde and a lawmpe of fijr.- Wic. Gen. xv. 17. FURROW. See COULTER, Piers Plouhman, supra. If azen me myn erthe crie, and with it his forewis (sulci), bewepen; for whete be sprunge to me a brimbil; and for barli a thorne.- Wic. Job xxxi. 38. But yf case be that my lande crye against me or that the then let thystles forowes therof make any complainte: growe in steade of my wheate, and thornes for my barleye. |