† fauntekinn.
Obsolete.
A little child, an infant.
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baban?c1225
fauntekin1377
infant1382
babea1393
fauntelet1393
babyc1400
lakinc1440
mop1440
chrisomer1574
tenderling1587
chrisom1596
childling1648
flosculet1648
bratling1652
lullaby-cheat1665
strangera1674
child (also infant, baby) in armsa1675
hoppet1695
tot1725
bambino1761
weanie1786
tiny1797
dot1800
trudgeon1814
toddle1825
toddles1828
yearnling1829
dab1833
toddler1837
baba1841
arrival1846
teeny-tiny1849
toddlekins1852
mite1853
trot1854
babelet1856
nestler1866
spoon-child1868
bubby1885
chavvy1886
bub1889
kiddy1889
toddleskin1890
newborn1893
kidlet1899
kidling1899
bubba1906
bundle of joy1924
liddly1929
mammet1932
snork1941
kiddywink1957
sproglet1987
1377 W. Langland Piers Plowman B. xiii. 213 I shal dwelle as I do my deuore to shewen, And conformen fauntekynes.
1393 W. Langland Piers Plowman C. xi. 182 Fauntekynes and fooles.
?a1400 Morte Arth. 845 He has fretyne..als fele fawntekyns of freeborne childyre!
c1440 Gesta Romanorum (Harl.) lxi. 260 Whanne I was a fantekyn, I was fonde in a toune, in a cradyl.
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