Middle English Dictionary Entry
frā̆kel adj. (Also as n. & adv.)
Entry Info
| Forms | frā̆kel adj. (Also as n. & adv.) Also frekel. |
| Etymology | OE fracod, with substit. of suffix of evel, fikel. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
Note: Cp. fraked.
1.
Vile, foul, wretched, worthless; this frakel world.
Associated quotations
- a1225(?OE) Lamb.Hom.(Lamb 487)21 : Ne beo heo [the sin] nefre swa frekel ne swa heh...þet crist almihti nule milcie.
- a1225(?OE) Lamb.Hom.(Lamb 487)25 : An eppel..wið-uten feire and frakel wið-innen.
- c1225(?c1200) HMaid.(Bod 34)10/82 : Þes fikele worlt ant frakele.
- c1230(?a1200) *Ancr.(Corp-C 402)49a : Hu mihti is godd, hu frakel is þe worldes blisse.
- c1230(?a1200) *Ancr.(Corp-C 402)55a : Þet is riht religiun þet euch..borhi eð tis frakele world se lutel se ha least mei.
- a1300 A Mayde Cristes (Jes-O 29)12 : Þis worldes luue..vikel & frakel & wok and les.
- a1300(?c1150) Prov.Alf.(Jes-O 29)34/256 : Ofte mon of fayre frakele icheoseþ.
- a1300(?c1150) Prov.Alf.(Jes-O 29)37/349 : [He] seyþ him vayre bi-vore, and frakele [Trin-C: fokel] bi-hynde.