Þat quak wit ilk lim was won, Þat first for eild moght noght spek, To bidd hast now es nan sa frek.” --(Cott. MS. Vesp. A. iii. fol. 29b.) Freles, blameless, A. 431. O.N. _fryja_, to blame. _Frie_, to blame, occurs in the romance of _Havelok the Dane_, 1998. Freloker, more freely, B. 1106. Frely, lordly, B. 162; beautiful, B. 173; freely, C. 20. Frelych, lordly, B. 162; bountiful, C. 214. French, an error for _frech_ (_fresh_) or _frelich_, A. 1086. Frete, gnaw, eat, devour, B. 1040. A.S. _fretan_. Freten, devoured, B. 404. Frette, furnish, B. 339; ornament, B. 1476. A.S. _frætu_, ornament; _frætewian_, _frætwian_, trim, deck, adorn. Fro, from, A. 427; B. 396. This is another form of the Northumbrian _fra_. O.N. _frá_; “_to ne fro_,” A. 347. {Frok, Frokke,} dress, garment, frock, B. 136, 1742. Froþande, frothing, frothy, filthy, B. 1721. Frunt, kicked, C. 187. See T. B. 5968. Frym, beautiful, fresh, vigorous, A. 1079. Prov.E. _frim_; _frum_, tender, fresh. A.S. _freme_, advantageous, good. Drayton uses the phrase “_frim_ pastures,” _i.e._ luxuriant pastures. Fryst, delay, put off, B. 743. A.S. _fyrstan_, to give respite; _fyrst_, a space of time, interval. Icel. _frest_, delay; “_to frist_, to trust for a time” (Ray); to delay (Jam.). {Fryt, Fryte,} fruit, A. 29; B. 1044. Fryth, wood, A. 89; B. 534, 1680. Gael, _frith_, a heath, deer park, forest. Ful, foul, B. 231. Fulfille, accomplish, B. 264, 1732. Fulȝed, baptized, B. 164. See _Folȝed_. Fundament, foundation, A. 1010. Funde, found, B. 1735. Fust, fist, B. 1535. Fyf, five, A. 849. Fygure, A. 170, 747. Fykel, treacherous, deceitful, C. 283. Fyldor, gold thread, A. 106. Fr. _fil d’or_. Fyled, defiled, dirty, B. 136. Fyled, formed, B. 1460. Fylsened, strengthened, aided, supported, B. 1167, 1644. A.S. _fylst_, help, assistance; _fylstan_, to help, aid. Fylter, huddle together, B. 224; join, B. 696; meet together in battle, B. 1191; become ragged, entangled. Prov.E. _felter_, entangle, clot. Fairfax uses the phrase “_feltred_ locks.” Cf. the phrase a “_filtered_ fole,” a shaggy foal. Baker says that the term _felt_ is applied to a matted growth of grass. “His fax and his foretoppe was _filterede_ togeder.” --(Morte Arthure, p. 91.) Fylyoles (= _fyells_, _phiolls_), round towers, B. 1462. Cf. _Fala_, a tour of tre. Med. Gram. Fyne, _vb._ end, die, A. 328; cease, A. 353; B. 450; delay, B. 929. Fyne, _sb._ cessation, A. 635. Fynne, fin, B. 531. Fyole, B. 1476. Fyrmament, B. 221. Fyrre, _adv._ farther, comp. of _fer_, A. 103, 127; B. 766; C. 116; _adj._ distant, A. 148. A.S. _fyrre_. Fyrte, fearful, trembling, A. 54. A.S. _fyrhto_; _fyrhtu_, fear, fright, trembling; _forht_, fearful, timid. Fyþel, fiddle, B. 1082. Fyþere, feather, B. 530, 1026.