It is used for _coward_ by Minot, pp. 31, 36. Cf. Du. _vuil_, foul, malicious. Finden, _v._ S. to find, 1083. _Finde_, 220. _Fynde_, 42. _Funden_, _pa. t. pl._ found, 602. _Funde_, _part. pa._ found, 2376. _Funden_, 1427. Fir, _n._ S. fire, 585, 1162, &c. _Fyr_, 915. Firrene, _adj._ S. made of fir, 2078. _Firron_, Doug. Virg. 47. 34. Flaunes, _n. pl._ Fr. custards, or pancakes, 644. _See_ Way’s note in Prompt. Parv. Fledden, _pa. t. pl._ S. fled, 2416. Flemen, _v._ S. to drive away, banish, 1160. R. Gl., R. Br., Chauc., Rits. A. S. So in Sc. V. Jam. Flete, _pres. subj._ S. float, swim, 522. Sir Tr. p. 27; K. Horn, 159; Chauc. _Fleit_, Sc. V. Jam. Fleye, _v._ S. to fly, 1791, 1813, 1827, 2751. _Fley_, _pa. t._ flew, 1305. Flo, _v._ S. to flay, 612, 2495. K. Horn, 92. _Flow_, _pa. t._ flayed, 2502. _Flowe_, _pa. t. pl._ 2433. Flok, _n._ S. flock, troop, 24. _See_ Trome. Flote, _n._ S. boat, 738. A.S. _flóta_, a ship; Icel. _floti_, (1) a ship, (2) a fleet; cf. Laȝam. 4530. Flour, _n._ Fr. flower, 2917. Fnaste, _v._ S. to breathe, 548. Cf. A.S. _Fnæstiað_, the wind-pipe, _Fnæstan_, puffs of wind. _Fnast_ = breath in _Owl and Nightingale_, l. 44. Fo, _n._ S. foe, 1363, 2849; _pl._ foos, 67. Fol, _n._ Fr. fool, 298. _Foles_, pl. 2100. Folc, Folk, _n._ S. men collectively, people, 89, 438, &c. Folwes, _imp._ S. follow ye, 1885, 2601. Fonge, _v._ S. to take, receive, 763; _2 p. pres. subj._ 856. In common use from Laȝam. to Chauc. and much later. For, _prep._ S. _For to_ is prefixed to the inf. of verbs in the same manner as the Fr. _pour_, or Sp. _por_. It is so used in all the old writers, and in the vulgar translation of the Scriptures, and is still preserved in the North of England. Cf. 17, &c. _For_ = on account of, 1670. Sir Tr. p. 62. For, Foren. _See_ Faren. Forbere, _v._ S. spare, abstain from, 352. Chauc. Rom. R. 4751. _Forbar_, _pa. t._ spared, abstained from, 764, 2623. Forfaren, _v._ S. to perish, 1380. R. Br. _Forfard_ (_p. p._) Ly Beaus Desc. 1484. The inf. is also used in Web., P. Plowm., Chauc. In Sc. _Forfair_. V. Compl. of Scotl. p. 100, and Gl. Lynds. Forgat, _pa. t._ S. forgot, 2636, &c. _Foryat_, 249. For-henge, _v._ to kill by hanging, 2724. Cf. Du. _verhangen zich_, to hang one’s self. Forlorn, _part. pa._ S. utterly lost, 770, 1424. _Forloren_, 580. R. Br., Rits. M. R., Chauc. Used actively, Sir Tr. p. 35. Forþi, _adv._ S. on this account, therefore, because, 1194, 1431, 2043, 2500, 2578. Sir Tr. p. 14, and in all the Gloss. Forthwar, _adv._ S. forthward; i.e. as we go on, 731. Forw, _n._ S. furrow, 1094. Forward, _n._ S. promise, word, covenant, 486. _Forwarde_, 554. Laȝam. l. 4790. Sir Tr. p. 13. Rits. M. R., Web., R. Gl., R. Br., Minot, Chauc. Fostred, _part. pa._ S. nourished, 1434, 2239. Fot, _n._ S. _Euerilk fot_, 2432, every foot, or man. _Fet_, _pl._ 616, 1022, 1303, 2479. _Fote_, 1054, 1199. Fouhten. _See_ Fyht. Fourtenith, _n._ S. fortnight, 2284.