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† ˈfauntekin Obs.
Forms: 4 faun-, fawnt(e)kyn(e, 5 fantekyn.
[dim. of faunt: see -kin.]
A little child, an infant.
1377Langl. P. Pl. B. xiii. 213, I shal dwelle as I do my deuore to shewen, And conformen fauntekynes. 1393Ibid. C. xi. 182 Fauntekynes and fooles. a1400Morte Arth. 845 He has fretyne..als fele fawntekyns of freeborne childyre! c1440Gesta Rom. lxi. 260 (Harl. MS.) Whanne I was a fantekyn, I was fonde in a toune, in a cradyl. |