Chaucer's Works, Volume 6 — Introduction, Glossary, and IndexesChaucer, Geoffrey
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Chaucer's Works, Volume 6 — Introduction, Glossary, and Indexes
Chaucer, Geoffrey
English poetry -- Middle English, 1100-1500
FRELY, _adv._ freely, E 352, F 1604, 1605.
FREMEDE, _adj._ foreign; Fremed (_before a vowel_), strange, wild; _fremed
and tame_, wild and tame, every one, T. iii. 529; Fremde, foreign, T. ii.
248; F 429; Fremd (_before a vowel_), strange, L. 1046. A.S. _fremede_.
FRENDLY, _adv._ in a friendly way, 3. 852. See FREENDLY.
FRENDLYESTE, friendliest, T. i. 1079.
FRENDSCHIPE, _s._ friendship, A 428. See FREENDSHIPE.
FRENESYE, _s._ madness, T. i. 727; D 2209.
FRENETYK, _adj._ frantic, T. v. 206. Cf. FRENTIK.
FRENGES, _pl._ fringes, D 1383; borderings, HF. 1318.
FRENTIK, _adj._ frantic, mad, D 2048_n_. (_In a spurious line._)
FRERE, _s._ friar, 19. 19; A. pr. 62; A 208, D 829, 832, 840, 844, 855,
1265; Freres, _pl._ A 232, D 847, E 12.
FRESE, _v._; Freseth, _pr. s._ freezes, I 722.
FRESH, _adj._ fresh, bright in manner, lively, R. 435; A 92; Fressh[:e], 2.
39; R. 1187; Fresshe, _def._ 5. 442; bold, F 1092; _voc._ 1. 159; _pl._ A
90, D 1259.
FRESHLY, _adv._; Freshly newe, without fail, 3. 1228.
FRESSHE, _adv._ newly, L. 204; Fresh (_for_ Fresshe, _before a vowel_),
freshly, A 365.
FRESSHE, _v._ refresh, R. 1513.
FRESSHER, _adj. comp._ fresher, F 927.
FRET, _s._ ornament, L. 215, 225, 228. A.S. _fraetwe_, pl.
FRETEN, _v._ eat (governed by _saugh_), A 2019; _ger._ to devour, B 4. m 7.
29; Frete, _v._ swallow up, 7. 12; _ger._ devour, B 3294; Fret, _pr. s._
devours, R. 387; Freten, _pr. pl._ devour, B 3. m 2. 14; Frete, _pt. pl._
consumed, D 561; Freten, _pp._ eaten, devoured, 7. 13; B 4. m 7. 15; A
2068; Frete, _pp._ T. v. 1470; B 475. A.S. _fretan_.
FRETTED, _pp._ adorned, set, L. 1117. A.S. _fraetwian_. See FRET.
FREYNE, _v._ ask, question, T. v. 1227; Freyned, _pt. s._ B 3022; _pp._ G
433. See FRAYNETH.
FRO, _prep._ from, 2. 116; 3. 420; 4. 26; T. i. 5; A 44, B 24, 121, F 464;
out of, 4. 254; _to and fro_, L. 2358, 2471; _fro usward_, away from us (to
express that the sun, having reached the point nearest our zenith, begins
to decline), A. i. 17. 10 (cf. i. 17. 40).
FROGGE, _s._; Frogges, _pl._ frogs, R. 1410.
FROM, _prep._ from, A 128, 324; apart from, T. iv. 766; from the time that,
R. 850. See FRO.
FROST, _s._ L. 2683; T. i. 524, v. 535.
FROSTY, _adj._ frosty, cold, A 268, 1973; 7. 2; L. 878; which comes in the
winter, 5. 364.
FROT, _error for_ FROIT = Fruit, HF. 2017_n_.
FROTE, _ger._ to rub, T. iii. 1115; Froteth, _pr. s._ A 3747. O.F.
_froter_.
FROTHEN, _pr. pl._ become covered with foam, A 1659.
FRO-THIS-FORTH, henceforward, T. iv. 314.
FROUNCE, _s._ wrinkle, B 1. p 2. 20.
FROUNCED, _adj._ wrinkled, R. 365.
FROUNCELES, _adj._ unwrinkled, R. 860.
FROUNT, _s._ true countenance, B 2. p 8. 5. F. _front_.
FROWNING, _pres. part. as adj._ E 356.
FRUCTEFYINGE, _adj._ fruitful, B 1. p 1. 39.
FRUCTIFYE, _v._ produce fruit, 16. 48.
FRUCTUOUS, _adj._ fruitful, I 73.
FRUIT, _s._ fruit, 1. 38; result, F 74; Fruyt, _s._ fruit, B 4633; result,
B 411; _first fr._, first-fruits, D 2277; Fruites, _pl._ 9. 3.
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