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▪ I. ˈfrecken, n. Obs. exc. dial.
Forms: 4 frekne, 5 frakyn(e, 5–6 frakene, 6 fracin, frackne, freken, -in, 7 frechon.
[a. ON. freknur pl. (Sw. fräkne, Da. fregne).]
A freckle.
c1386Chaucer Knt.'s T. 1311 A fewe freknes in his face y-spreynd. 14..Nom. in Wr.-Wülcker 680/3 Hec lenticula, a frakyn. 1545T. Raynalde Byrth Mankynde iv. vi. (1634) 200 Frekens..may be taken away by often anoynting them with the oyle of Tartar. 1621Burton Anat. Mel. iii. ii. vi. iii. (1651) 562 Redde streeks, frechons, hairs, warts. a1825Forby Voc. E. Anglia, Freckens, freckles.
Hence ˈfreckened ppl. a., marked with freckles.
a1400Morte Arth. 1081 His forhevede alle was it over, As þe felle of a froske, and fraknede it semede. c1440Promp. Parv. 176/1 Fraknyd, idem quod Frakny. 1877in N.W. Linc. Gloss.
▪ II. frecken, v. Anglo-Irish, etc.|ˈfrɛkən|
[mispronunciation of frighten.]
trans. To frighten. Also with of.
1847Le Fanu T. O'Brien 230 ‘A whole parish that was freckened beyant all tellin'.’ 1894Hall Caine Manxman 347 ‘May be it was myself she was freckened of.’ |