A Concise Dictionary of Middle English
Chapter 85 : +Flote+, +Floten+; see +Fleten+.+Floteren+, _v._ to fluctuate, flutter, PP.--OF. _flote

+Flote+, +Floten+; see +Fleten+.

+Floteren+, _v._ to fluctuate, flutter, PP.--OF. _floter_ (+ suffix _-er_); Lat. _fluctuare_; see Constans.

+Flotering+, _sb._ restless motion, W2.

+Flour+, _sb._ flower, C2, C3; +flur+, S; +floures+, _pl._, youthful powers, S2.--AF. _flur_; Lat. _florem_.

+Flour-dammes+, _sb._ ladies' flower, perhaps Dame's violet or Dame-wort, _Hesperis matronalis_ (Britten's Plant-names); Mr. Small suggests 'damask rose,' S3.

+Floure-de-lice+, _sb._ fleur-de-lys, S2; +flour-de-lyss+, S3; +flour-de-lycis+, _pl._, S3.--OF. _flor de lis_ (Bartsch, 193. 2).

+Flouren+, _v._ to flower, flourish, PP, C2, W2.--OF. _florir_.--Cf.

+Florischen+.

+Flowe+, +Flowen+; see +Fleen+.

+Flowen+, _v._ to flow, S, PP; +flowe+, to abound, W2; +floh+, _pr.

s._, S; +flo?ed+, _pt. s._, S2.--AS. _flowan_, pt. _fleow_, pp.

_flowen_.

+Flowing+, _sb._ flood, W2.

+Flowte+, _sb._ pipe, _cambucus_, Prompt.; +floyte+, MD.--OF. _flaute_, It. _flauto_.

+Flowten+, _v._ to blow on a wind instrument, MD; +flowtyn+, _calamiso_, _flo_, Prompt.; +floytynge+, _pr. p._, C.--OF. _flauter_; Late Lat.

*_flatuare_ from Lat. _flatus_; see Constans.

+Flowtour+, _sb._, fluter, piper, CM.

+Flum+, _sb._ river, MD; flow, flood, JD. _Comb._: +Flum Jurdan+, river Jordan, MD; +flum iurdon+, S; +flom Jordan+, MD, W; +fleme Jordon+, MD.--OF. _flum_; Lat. _flumen_ (cp. Vulg., Mk. 1. 5).

+Flye+, _sb._ fly, C3, PP; +fli?e+, MD; +fle?e+, MD; +fle+, S3.--AS.

_fleoge_ (_flge_). See +Fleen+.

+Flytten+, _v. tr._ and _intr._ to remove, to depart, MD, S3, PP; +flutten+, MD; +flitten+, MD, PP; +flute+, _imp. s._, S; +vlutten+, to subsist, support oneself, S.--Icel. _flytja_, to carry, remove, support, _flytjask_ (reflex.), to remove oneself, to flit, also, to support oneself.

+Fnast+, _sb._ breath, S.--AS. _fnaest_.

+Fnasten+, _v._ to breathe, to breathe hard, MD, S, HD.--Cp. OHG.

_fnaston_, 'anhelare.'

+Fnesen+, _v._ to breathe hard, to sneeze; +fneseth+, _pr. s._, puffs, snorts, C3.--AS. _fneosan_.

+Fnesynge+, _sb._ snorting, Voc.; +fnesynge+ (= Lat. _sternutatio_), W2 (Job 41. 9).--AS. _fneosung_ (Voc.).

+Fo+, _adj._ few, S; see +Fewe+.

+Foa?e+, _adj._ spotted, S; see +Foh+.

+Fodder+, _sb._ food for cattle, MD; +foddre+, _dat._, S.--AS. _fodor_, _foddor_.

+Fode+, _sb._ food, S, S2, MD; +uode+, S; +food+, MD; +fude+, MD.--AS.

_foda_.

+Fode+, _sb._ child, lad, person, _alumnus_, S, S2, PP, HD, MD.

+Foh+, _adj._ spotted, S, S2; +fou+, S; +fa?e+, _pl._, S; +foa?e+, S.--AS. _fah_; cp. Goth. _faihus_, Gr. p???????.

+Foine+, _sb._ beech-marten, Cotg. (s.v. _founne_); +foyne+, PP; +foyn?ee+, S3; +fooyne+, the fur of the marten, Prompt.; +foyns+, _pl._, fur, MD, HD.--OF. _foine_, _faine_, _faine_, the beech-marten, also _faine_, the fruit of the beech tree; Late Lat. _f.a.gina_, 'mustela,'

also 'glans f.a.gi' (Ducange); from Lat. _f.a.ginus_, from _f.a.gus_.

+Foison+, _sb._ abundance, plenty, might, MD, Sh., HD; +foyson+, S2, C3; +foysyn+, S2; +foysoun+, B; +fusioune+, B.--OF. _foison_, _fuison_; Lat.

_fusionem_.

+Folc+, _sb._ folk, people, S, S2, W2, PP; +uolk+, MD; +folk+, PP; +uolkes+, _gen._, S; +folkene+, _gen. pl._, S; +folken+, S2.--AS.

_folc_.

+Folc-king+, _sb._ the king of the people, MD; +folc-kinge+, _dat._, S.

+Folde+, _sb._ earth, ground, the world, S2, MD, HD, P.--AS. _folde_, OS. _folda_.

+Folde+, _sb._ a fold, plait, MD, PP. _Phr._: +in monie volde+, in manifold (ways), S.

+Folden+, _v._ to fold, shut, embrace, PP; +falde+, MD; +folde+, _pt.

s._, S3; +folden+, _pp._, S2, PP.--AS. _fealdan_, pt. _feold_, pp.

_fealden_.

[[In the Additions it was not clear which pa.s.sages belong to which word--+Falten+ or +Folden+--so the added text is shown in full after both entries. The words "this article" refer to +Falten+.]]

The form +falt+ should be taken away from this article and placed under +Folden+. The words _falt mi tunge_ mean 'my tongue gives way.' For the various meanings of this verb +folden+, see MD (ii. 68).

+Fole+, _sb._ foal, S, PP; +foles+, _pl._, PP; +folus+, P.--AS. _fola_: Goth. _fula_; cp. Lat. _pullus_; see Brugmann, -- 208.

+Fole+, _adj._ and _sb._ foolish, l.u.s.tful, a fool, MD, S2; +foole+, S3; +foule+, H; +fule+, S2; +fool+, C2; +foles+, _pl._, S2, S3, P.--AF.

_fol_.

+Folgen+; see +Folwen+.

+Folie+, _sb._ folly, S2, PP; +folye+, S, C2, PP; +folies+, _pl._, S.--AF. _folie_.

+Folily+, _adv._ foolishly, C3; +folili+, W.

+Follich+, _adj._ foolish, MD; +foly+, S2; +folliche+, _adv._, S.

+Fol-marde+, _sb._ polecat, S2; see +Ful-mard+.

+Folte+, _adj._ foolish, Prompt., Cath.; +folett+, Prompt.--OF. _folet_ (Bartsch). See +Fole+ (foolish).