English poetry -- 18th century; Literary forgeries and mystifications -- Early works to 1800
Eyne-gears, p. 279. 13. [Sk. considers this a compound of _eyne, eyes_
and _gear, tackle_ and renders _objects_.]
F.
Fage, Ep. 30. _Tale, jest_. C.
Faifully, T. 147. _Faithfully_. C.
Faitour, Ch. 66. _A beggar, or vagabond_. C.
Faldstole, Æ. 61. _A folding stool, or seat_. See Du Cange in v.
_Faldistorium_.
[Fay, H. 2. 144. _Faith_.]
[Faytour, p. 280. 37. as _Faitour_.]
Fayre, Æ. 1204. 1224. _Clear, innocent_.
Feere, Æ. 965. _Fire_.
Feerie, E. II. 45. _Flaming_. C.
Fele, T. 27. _Feeble_. C. [A Rowleian contraction, cf. _gorne_ for
_garden_.]
Fellen, E. I. 10. _Fell_ pa. t. sing. q?
Fetelie, G. 24. _Nobly_. C.
Fetive, Ent. 7. as _Festive_.
Fetivelie, Le. 42. _Elegantly_. C.
Fetiveness, Æ. 400. as _Festiveness_.
Feygnes, E. III. 78. A corruption of _feints_. C.
Fhuir, G. 58. _Fury_. C.
Fie, T. 113. _Defy_. C.
Flaiten, H. I. 84. [_Frightful_, from B.'s flaite, _to affright, to
scare_.]
Flanched, H. 2. 242. [_Arched_, from K.'s flanch, _in heraldry, an
ordinary made of an arch-line_.]
Flemed, T. 56. _Frighted_. C.
Flemie, p. 278. _ult_. [_Daunted_, from B.'s _flemed_.]
Flizze, G. 197. _Fly_. C.
Floe, H. 2. 54. _Arrow_.
Flott, Ch. 33. _Fly_. C.
[Flotting, H. 2. 42. _? Flying_, cf. _flott_; or _Whistling_, from B.'s
floting (O.), _whistling, piping_.]
Foile, E. III. 78. _Baffle_. C.
Fons, Fonnes, E. II. 14. _Devices_. C.
Forgard, Æ. 565. _Lose_. C.
Forletten, El. 19. _Forsaken_. C.
Forloyne, Æ. 722. _Retreat_. C.
Forreying, T. 114. _Destroying_. C.
Forslagen, Æ. 1076. _Slain_. C.
Forslege, Æ. 1106. _Slay_. C.
Forstraughte, p. 281. 58. _Distracted_.
Forstraughteyng, G. 34. _Distracting_. C.
Forswat, Ch. 30. _Sun-burnt_. C.
Forweltring, Æ. 618. _Blasting_. C.
Forwyned, E. III. 36. _Dried_. C.
Fremde, Æ. 430. _Strange_. C.
Fremded, Æ. 555. _Frighted_. C.
Freme, Æ. 267. [and Fremed, H. 2. 147. _Strange_, from K.'s fremd
(O.), _strange_.]
Fructile, Æ. 185. _Fruitful_.
[Furched, Æ. 519. _Forked_.]
G.
Gaberdine, T. 88. _A piece of armour_. C.
Gallard, Ch. 39. _Frighted_. C.
Gare, Ep. 7. _Cause_. C.
Gastness, Æ. 412. _Ghastliness_.
Gayne, Æ 821. To gayne so _gayne_ a pryze. _Gayne_ has probably been
repeated by mistake. [More probably C. intended it to mean _Worth
gaining_.]
Geare, Æ. 299. _Apparel, accoutrement_.
Geason, Ent. 7. _Rare_. C.--G. 120. _Extraordinary, strange_. C.
Geer, H. 2. 284. as _Gier_.
Geete, Æ. 736. as _Gite_.
Gemote, G. 94. _Assemble_. C.
Gemoted, E. II. 8. _United, assembled_. C.
Gerd, M. 7. _Broke, rent_. C.
Gies, G. 207. _Guides_. C.
Gier, H. 1. 527. _A turn, or twist_.
Gif, E. II. 39. _If_. C.
Gites, Æ. 2. _Robes, mantels_. C.
Glair, H. 2. 570. [? _Glare_.]
[Gledes.H. 2. 217. _Glides_]
Gledeynge, M. 22. _Livid_. C.
Glomb, G. 175. _Frown_. C.
Glommed, Ch. 22. _Clouded, dejected_. C.
Giytted, H. 2. 272. [_Glittered_.]
Gorne, E. I. 36. _Garden_. C.
Gottes, Æ. 740. _Drops_.
Gouler, p. 282. 76. [_Usurer_, from K.'s goule, _usury_.]
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