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First published 1951 (DOST Vol. II).
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Fene, Feyn, v. [ME. fene, rare var. of feine, feyne. Cf. Fenȝe v.] To feign. c1500 Fyve Bestis 377.
Souerane lord, I can nocht fabillis fene c1500-c1512 Dunb. xiii. 27.
Sum speikis full fair and falsly fenis [M. feynis] Id. xxxiii. 17.
To be a leiche he fenyt [A. feynit] him thair 1513 Doug. i. Prol. 294.
I couth haue fenyt, In ryme a ragment twys als curyus Ib. xii. Prol. 209 (Sm).
To pleis his luife sum thocht to flat and fene [B. feyn]