Middle English Dictionary Entry
fraknes n. (plural)
Entry Info
| Forms | fraknes n. (plural) Also freken(e)s. |
| Etymology | Cp. OI freknōttr freckly, Norw. dial. fraknor, Swed. fräknar. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
Note: Cp. frakles.
1.
Freckles; also certain other skin blemishes.
Associated quotations
- (c1385) Chaucer CT.Kn.(Manly-Rickert)A.2169 : A fewe fraknes in his face yspreynd Bitwixen yelow and somdel blak ymeynd.
- ?c1425 *Chauliac(2) (Paris angl.25)8a/a : To make good colour and to remeue spottes and frekenes.
- ?c1425 *Chauliac(2) (Paris angl.25)117a/a : If þai [skin eruptions] ben smale, þay ben cleped frakens.
- c1450 Burg.Practica (Rwl D.251)250/22 : For blak spottis and for pockis in þe face and for fraknes.
- c1450 Trin-C.LEDict.(Trin-C O.5.4)572 : Cesia: a pokke or frakene.
- c1450 Med.Bk.(1) (Med-L 136)202/647 : For frakkens and pymples in a mannes face.
- ?c1450 Stockh.PRecipes (Stockh 10.90)90/19 : It schall doon awey þe frekenys.
- a1500 Mayer Nominale (Mayer)708 : Hec lentigo, Hec lenticula: a frakkyne.
- a1500 Hrl.2378 Recipes (Hrl 2378)113/1 : For to don a-wey frekenys. Take þe galle or þe blood of a bole, and anoynt þi face þer-with.
Supplemental Materials (draft)
Note: Med., etc., see further J.Norri, Dictionary of Medical Vocabulary, s.v. frecken.