Middle English Dictionary Entry
fāǧe n.
Entry Info
| Forms | fāǧe n. |
| Etymology | Cp. fāǧen . |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
(a) Trickery or deceit through flattery, or an instance of it; falsehood; (b) (this) no fage, this is the truth or a fact; in fact, really, truly; without fage, without fail, surely.
Associated quotations
a
- a1450(?c1421) Lydg.ST (Arun 119)2051 : Hold it for no fage, Al shal turn vnto thy damage.
- c1450(?c1408) Lydg.RS (Frf 16)2801 : And certys, yif I shal nat feyn, I dar afferme with-out fage.
- c1475 A philosophre (Hrl 372)27/7 : A frend..aged..was..encoraged, By flateres that by plesaunce hym faged, To have a wife..Where that requethe this fage, this sory cryme.
b
- c1400(?c1390) Gawain (Nero A.10)531 : Wynter wyndez aȝayn, as þe worlde askez, no sage [read: fage].
- a1450(?c1421) Lydg.ST (Arun 119)453 : And called hym Edippus..which is to seyn platly, this no phage [vr. fage], Bored the feete, as in that langage.
- c1450(?c1408) Lydg.RS (Frf 16)3811 : The stremys eke most fresh and colde Vpon the tonge, this no fage.
- c1475(c1420) Page SRouen (Eg 1995)p.32 : Rone ys myn herrytage, I wylle hit have with owtyn fage.