Middle English Dictionary Entry
faiten v.(1)
Entry Info
| Forms | faiten v.(1) |
| Etymology | From OF fait, ppl. of faire do. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
(a) To act or speak falsely; to dissemble; (b) to beg under false pretenses; (c) to deceive.
Associated quotations
a
- c1330(?a1300) Tristrem (Auch)3054 : Falsly canestow fayt.
- c1400(c1378) PPl.B (LdMisc 581)15.208 : Alle suche þei faiten. Fy on faitoures and in fautores suos!
b
- c1390 PPl.A(1) (Vrn)8.78 : Or his Bac, or his Bon heo brekeþ in heore ȝouþe..Fayteþ with heore Fau[n]tes euer-more after.
- c1400(?a1387) PPl.C (Hnt HM 137)10.100 : Þauh he falle for defaute þat faiteþ for hus lyf-lode.
- c1400(c1378) PPl.B (LdMisc 581)prol.42 : Bidders and beggeres..Fayteden for here fode, fouȝten atte ale.
c
- c1450 How mankinde dooþ (Lamb 853)595 : My fleissche in ouerhope wolde me faite, And into wanhope it wolde me caste.