c1000 in T. Wright & R. P. Wülcker (1884) I. 162 Sternutatio..snytingc, uel fneosung.
1398 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomew de Glanville (1495) vii. xi. 230 Constantyne sayth that fnesynge is a vyolent meuynge of ye brayne to putte out superfluytees of fumositees therof.