Middle English Dictionary Entry
fōlen v.(2)
Entry Info
| Forms | fōlen v.(2) |
| Etymology | AF foler. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
Note: Cp. foleien.
1.
To be or become foolish, to act like a fool; foled, silly.
Associated quotations
- c1350 MPPsalter (Add 17376)Deut.32.6 : Ha, þou foled [L stulte] folk, and nouȝt wys.
- c1400(?c1380) Cleanness (Nero A.10)1422 : So faste þay weȝed to him wyne, hit warmed his hert..And al waykned his wyt, and wel neȝe he foles.
- a1450-a1500(1436) Libel EP (Warner)720 : Wyse mene..whyche folyne not ne dotyne.
- a1500(?a1400) Morte Arth.(2) (Hrl 2252)402 : Wondir thought me nevir more Thanne me dyd of a folyd knight.