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81. fāmǒus adj.

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(a) Celebrated, renowned, famous; (b) well-reputed, estimable; (c) well-known.

82. fecche n.

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Any of certain cultivated or wild leguminous plants belonging to the genus Vicia or to allied genera; vetch.

83. feith n.

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(a) A system of religious doctrine accepted on belief; a religious persuasion, a religion; Cristes (Cristen) feith, feith of holi chirche; fals feith, heretical or heathen belief; fikel feith

84. fertre n.

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(a) A shrine enclosing the body or relics of a saint; a tomb; (b) in fertre, enshrined; entombed.

85. fēs n.

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Load, pack.

86. fēt n.

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(a) What one does or succeeds in doing; act, deed, doings; the working or operation (of the universe); (b) in fet, in fact, actually.

87. fēver-fū, -feu n.

Additional spellings: feverfu, fever-feu, feverfeu
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Feverfew (Chrysanthemum parthenium).

88. flaume n.

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A small quantity of blazing vapor, a flame; also fig.;--usu.pl.; flaume of fir, a tongue of fire, a flame.

89. flaumen v.

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(a) To emit flames, to be afire, to blaze; ppl. flaumbed, blazing, intense; (b) flaumen of (on, with) fir, to blaze; (c) to give off (fire, light, sparks); flaumen doun, to shed (light) downward.

90. flǒur-de-līce, flǒurdelīs n.

Additional spellings: flourde-lice, flourdelis
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(a) A flowering plant of the genus Iris, the fleur-de-lis; often as fig. for Virgin Mary; (b) the fleur-de-lis (esp. the root) used in medicine.

91. fōlēr n.

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?Foliage.

92. fouē̆r n.(2)

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One who builds or tends a fire, a kitchen servant.

93. fǒundǒur, -ur n.(1)

Additional spellings: foundur
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The original builder of a city; the founder of a country; the builder of a castle, etc.

94. fracciǒun n.

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(a) The breaking (of an object); fracture (of a bone); (b) theol. the breaking or dividing of the Host; (c) math. an aliquot part of a unit, a fraction or subdivision; also, a mark indicating such a…

95. frank-pleǧǧe n.

Additional spellings: frankplegge
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One of the mutually responsible members of a tithing, etc.

96. gǒurd(e n.

Additional spellings: gourde
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(a) A cucumber plant (Cucumis sativus); commune gourd; also, a cucumber; (b) the colocynth (Citrullus colocynthis); wilde gourd; also, the fruit of this plant; (c) a gourd plant (Lagenaria vulgaris…

97. heir n.

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(a) One who inherits, or is entitled to inherit, the property, title, honors, etc. of a dead man; an heir or heiress; fals heir; verrei heir; kind heir, natural heir; thirde heir, the third in…

98. indistinctlī adv.

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(a) Without judicious discrimination, indiscriminately; (b) equally, alike.

99. -iǒun suf.

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Derivational suffix usually in nouns from L or OF: accioun, contradiccioun, dominioun, temptacioun, etc.; also in ME formations, often diminutives: conjeccion, merlioun, oinion, carioun (var. of…

100. Jon n.

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(a) John; -- used as a familiar name for a priest; sire Jon; (b) used as a contemptuous name for a person of mean station. [See also herbe-jon, Seint Jones wort; Jon with the gilden mouth, see gilden