Middle English Dictionary Entry
frīk(e adj.
Entry Info
| Forms | frīk(e adj. |
| Etymology | OF frique (from Goth. frik-s, corresp. to OE frec). |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
Note: Cp. frek.
1.
(a) Vigorous, brisk; fressh (hol) and frike, hail and hearty; (b) eager, zestful; with a ~ wil, with zest, eagerly.
Associated quotations
a
- (1230) in Pipe R.Soc.n.s.424 : Robertus Frike.
- c1390 Bi a wode (Vrn)65 : Ȝif þou beo a fryk mon in þi floures.
- (c1438) MKempe B (Add 61823)234/20 : To kepyn hir jurney & hir pase wyth a man fryke & lusty to gon.
- (1440) PParv.(Hrl 221)179 : Fryke, or craske, or yn grete helthe: Crassus.
- a1450 St.Editha (Fst B.3)3164 : Holle and fryke & sounde he went home.
- a1450 Ch.Feasts (Roy 18.A.10)329 : Þe Egle is frikest fowle in flye.
- c1540(?a1400) Destr.Troy (Htrn 388)2204 : My floures bene fallen, & my frike age.
- ?a1475 LDirige(2) (Dc 322)125 : That day a man ys fresshe and fryke.
- a1500(?c1425) Spec.Sacer.(Add 36791)227/29 : The hors, the whiche was stronge, fryk, lusty, and abyl to armys.
b
- a1450 Castle Persev.(Folg V.a.354)429 : Myth I ryde be sompe & syke, & be ryche & lord lyke, certis þanne schulde I be Fryke & a mery man on molde.
- c1540(?a1400) Destr.Troy (Htrn 388)1050 : For to fare to þere ffoos with a ffryke wille.
- c1540(?a1400) Destr.Troy (Htrn 388)1189 : Þe Grekes..ffaryn to þe fight with a frike wille.
- c1540(?a1400) Destr.Troy (Htrn 388)6949 : Bes frike on your fos, fell of your dynttes.
- c1450 ?Rolle Luf es lyf (Lamb 853)25 : Loue is hetter þan þe cole To hem þat of it is fayn & frike [rime: lijke].
Supplemental Materials (draft)
- ?c1400(1379) Daniel *Treat.Uroscopy (Roy 17.D.1)f.66ra (2.8) : Kynd is myȝty for to delyuer oute þe vryn myȝtely, os it is in hem þat ar myghty and fryke in kynde.
Note: Need date, sense (a).