1457. Excuse, A. 281. {Expoun, Expoune, Expowne,} expound, A. 37; B. 1058, 1729. Expounyng, _sb._ expounding, B. 1565. Expresse, A. 910; B. 1158. Fable, A. 592. Face, B. 1539. Fader, father, A. 872. {Falce, False,} B. 205, 474. Falewed, became pale, faded, B. 1539. Ger. _falb_, pale, faded. A.S. _fealo_, pale, reddish or yellowish; _fealwian_, to grow yellow. Fale, good, C. 92. A.S. _fæl_, clean, good, true. Falleȝ, falls, happens, B. 494. Falure, A. 1084. Famacion, defamation, B. 188. Famed, celebrated, B. 275. Fande, found, A. 871. Fanneȝ, fans, flaps, B. 457. Fantumme, phantom, B. 1341. Farande, pleasing, A. 865; handsome, B. 607; joyous, B. 1758. N.Prov.E. _farant_, decent, pleasant, nice. Gael, _farranta_, stout, brave. Farandely, pleasantly, C. 435. N.Prov.E. _farantly_. Fare, _vb._ go, A. 129, 147; B. 100, 621, 929; fare, B. 466. A.S. _faran_. O.N. _fara_. Fare, _sb._ voyage, course, C. 98. A.S. _faru_, _fær_. “Þe caf he cast o corn sum quile, In þe flum þat hatt þe Nile; For-qui þat flum þat rennes þar, Til Joseph hus it has þe _fare_.” --(Cott. MS. Vesp. A. iii. fol. 27b.) Fare, conduct, A. 832; B. 861. Faren, gone, passed, B. 403. Fasor, form, A. 431. See T. B. 3956. Fasoun, fashion, A. 983, 1101. Fat, B. 627. Fateȝ, fades, A. 1038. Fathme, (_a_) embrace, B. 399; (_b_) grope, C. 273. (_a_) “Als I sat upon that lawe, I bigan Denemark for to awe, The borwes, and the castles stronge, And mine armes weren so longe, That I _fadmede_, al at ones, Denemark with mine longe bones.” --(Havelok the Dane, l. 1291.) O.N. _fadma_. Dan. _fadme_. A.S. _fæthmian_, to embrace. Fatte, vessel, B. 802. A.S. _fæt_. Fatted, fattened, B. 56. Faunt, child, maiden, A. 161. Faure, four, B. 958. Faurty, forty, B. 741, 743. {Faut, Faute,} fault, B. 177, 236, 571. Fautleȝ, faultless, B. 794. Fauty, faulty, sinful, B. 741. {Fauor, Fauour,} A. 428; “gret fauor,” A. 968. Fawre, four, B. 938. Fawte, fault, B. 1736. {Fax, Faxe,} hair, B. 790, 1689. A.S. _feax_. Fay, _in faye_, in faith, indeed, A. 263; _par ma fay_, by my faith, A. 489. Faylande, failing, lacking, B. 1535. Fayle, be wanting, B. 737. Set (of the sun), B. 1758. Fayly, fail, A. 34; B. 548. Fayn, glad, A. 393; _fayn of_, B. 642; _faynest_, B. 1219. Fayned, false, B. 188. Fayth, “in _fayth_” indeed, B. 1732; gen. sing, B. 1735. Faȝte, fought, A. 54. {Febele, Feble,} poor, bad, B. 47, 101, 145. {Fech, Feche,} fetch, A. 847, 1158; B. 621. Fede, A. 29. Fees, cities, B. 960. Fr. _fief_. Prov. Fr. _feu_, _fieu_. M.Lat. _feudum_. Eng. _fee_. The origin of this term is to be found in Goth. _faihu_, possessions. O.H.G. _fihu_, _fehu_, cattle. O.N. _fe_. A.S. _feoh_, cattle, money. Fel, bitterly, B. 1040. A.S. _fell_, cruel, severe. Felaȝschyp, fellowship, B. 271. Felde, field, B. 1750.